This week, Russian gymnasts and coaches, along with other Tokyo-bound delegations, visited the Kremlin to meet with the country’s president. The visit confirmed that Russia more or less decided on the teams – Nagorny...
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Nikita Nagorny appeared on the cover of Men’s Health Russia this month and the magazine interviewed him together with Alexey Nemov. Nagorny and Nemov talked about their Olympic experiences and Nagorny shared how excited he...
Doha World Cup, the last installment of the Apparatus WC series, was postponed several times and finally scheduled for June 23-26. Some gymnasts will try to grab this last opportunity for Olympic qualification and those who have...
With the conclusion of the all-around final at the Russian Cup, Valentina Rodionenko announced the Olympic teams, and following the event finals, she added the names of the individual gymnasts that are the frontrunners for the...
On the first day of the event finals, Lilia Akhaimova won gold on vault and Vladislava Urazova – on uneven bars. For Akhaimova, this victory was especially significant. Vault and floor are the two events that can get her...
Changing time zones can be a challenge for gymnasts and it looks like one of the aims of the Russian Cup was to try competing as close to the Tokyo time zone as possible. The event took place in Novosibirsk (+4 hours from Moscow...
The Russian Cup serves as one of the selection stages for the Tokyo Olympics. The main contenders for the Olympic teams were more or less known in advance and Russia even sent the projected teams to Euros to test them (with...
This week, Russian gymnasts are competing at the Russian Cup in Novosibirsk. The competition is a part of the selection process for the Olympics, although the teams will not be named until July and several internal selections...
The Russian Cup starts next week and will serve as one of the major trials for the Russian Olympic team. The other trials will be behind closed doors – verifications at Round Lake, so this will likely be our only chance to...
Last month, Oksana Chusovitina opened her 2021 season with a bronze on vault at the Varna World Cup. Chusovitina said in an interview to Bulgarian media, that she recently dealt with an injury but is feeling fine already and...