For Artur Davtyan, winning pommel horse gold at the European Championships was especially meaningful because the Armenian anthem played in the arena on the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. For the medal ceremony, Davtyan pinned...
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David Belyavskiy’s senior career started 11 years ago and she competed at his first World Championships back in 2010. With his performance in the all-around final at 2021 Euros where he won silver, he shows that he is still...
Aleksandr Kartsev emerged this year as a likely candidate for the Russian Olympic team and the European Championships was his big test. He finished third in the all-around and potentially earned another Olympic spot for Russia...
Kirill Prokopev has been around for a while and went to multiple minor international competitions (you might remember him from the floor final in Osjek where the commentator tried to pronounce his last name and failed...
Nikita Nagornyy had a strong performance in the all-around final, gaining almost a full point compared to the qualification and finishing with 88.032. No one else in the field could get even close to him and David Belyavskiy who...
Angelina Melnikova came into the all-around final at the European Championships as a leader but two falls in the competition put her in the second place. This is still Melnikova’s highest finish in the all-around at Euros...
Viktoriia Listunova came into the all-around final in the second place behind her teammate Angelina Melnikova. Both Listunova and Melnikova fell on beam in the qualification round. Today, the new senior was able to handle her...
David Belyavskiy last medalled in the all-around at the European Championships in 2015 when he was silver (two years before that he was the all-around champion). This year, an AA gold is not very likely because he would need to...
Nikita Nagornyy dominated the qualification at the European Championships. He qualified in first in the all-around leading by almost two points over the second place and made finals on five of the six events. He is also the first...
Angelina Melnikova went to the Olympics at only 16, the baby of the team, and became the veteran by 2021. She competed at every major competition for Russia this whole quad and is the only gymnast from the 2016 Russian team...