The Ukrainian men’s team competed in the qualifications at the World Championships yesterday. The team which put up three inexperienced gymnasts in addition to Illia Kovtun and Igor Radivilov was not expected to make the...
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Igor Radivilov competed on rings and vault for the Ukrainian team in the qualifications at the World Championships today. On rings, he scored 13.866 which placed him well out of the final, but he is very likely to make the vault...
Artem Dolgopyat comes to these World Championships as the reigning Olympic and European floor champion, however, the Worlds gold has eluded him so far and his two medals from Worlds are both silver. His main goal this season...
Yesterday, Illia Kovtun wore a t-shirt with the words “Stop War” on the chest in podium training. He was asked to remove the shirt by the FIG because wearing it would be against the new Code of Conduct that prohibits...
Greece’s Vasiliki Millousi has announced a comeback to competitive gymnastics after a four-year hiatus. Millousi retired after the 2018 World Championships because she wanted to have children. Now, this 38-years-old mother...
The Ukrainian men’s team will start competing at the World Championships tomorrow. Even before the competition, they are already making the international news because Kovtun wore a t-shirt with “Stop War”...
Valeria Osipova comes to Liverpool as a veteran and leader of a young Ukrainian team, after her teammates Diana Varinska and Anastasia Bachynska retired this year. Despite difficulties they faced this year, the Ukrainians managed...
On the second day of MAG podium training, Illia Kovtun appeared wearing a t-shirt in the colours of the Ukrainian flag with the words “Stop War” on his chest. He wore the t-shirt on the field of play. Gymnast...
Milad Karimi has extra motivation to perform well at Worlds – the team will get to go to a Liverpool game if they compete well on Sunday: “We really want to go to a game, there will be a game now. If we compete well in...
The Netherlands became the seventh country to join the boycott of the FIG Congress next month over the participation of Russian and Belarusian delegates. Earlier, Ukraine, Norway, Estonia, Poland, Lithuania and Italy all...