For a while, it looked like Daria Spiridonova would become an alternate on the Russian team, just as she was the last year. Maria Paseka is the reigning European champion on vault and for Spiridonova, the Worlds became the first...
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When Roxana Popa reinjured her knee in 2015, she thought she would not be able to compete again. She had trouble even walking down the street, so gymnastics was out of the question at the time. However, after another surgery in...
Eythora Thorsdottir is known for her expressive floor routines. Her new floor routine, she hopes, will resonate with many people and they’ll be able to put their own emotions into it: “This time we decided not to...
Laney Madsen was first supposed to compete for Bulgaria at the 2018 World Championships but got injured shortly after arriving in Doha. This year, she used the European Championships and Games to prepare for Worlds and hopes to...
Petro Pakhniuk has been having quite a good season so far, winning silver on parallel bars at the European Championships and bronze on floor at the European Games. In 2016, he represented Azerbaijan at the Olympic Games in Rio...
At the World Championships, Oleg Verniaiev hopes to help the Ukrainian men’s team qualify to the Olympics. So, he’s going to give it his all despite having two surgeries earlier this year and not quite being...
Russian WAG team ended up in a difficult situation without much depth. After Aliya Mustafina and Angelina Simakova got injured, they were left without enough all-arounders and with specialists whose strengths don’t match...
The 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart are underway with podium training and the competition starts on October 4th. Here’s everything you need to know if you want to follow the competition. Unfortunately, despite...
Krisztián Berki, the 2012 Olympic champion on pommel horse, had to miss the Rio Olympics due to an injury. He hoped to have a chance to repeat the victory at the Tokyo Olympics but another injury is likely to rule the...
Fabian Hambüchen talked about the current state of artistic gymnastics in Germany in a short interview with SWR.de. He believes there are two big issues at play that slow down the development of the sport: low salaries for the...