Maria Paseka talked to Izvestia about defending her gold medal at Worlds and how she managed to overcome the fear before the final. She said that she plans on fixing the leg separation and bending on her Cheng and has been...
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Denis Abliazin talked to the media about competing in the rings final at Worlds where he won the silver medal: “This silver was very hard for me to win, because I competed only on one apparatus there, and competing on one...
Ksenia Semenova was staying up during the Worlds and watching the competition, cheering for her husband and the whole Russian team. She talked to Sport-Express about her opinion on the competition. Earlier Semenova also said on...
Aliya Mustafina discussed the results of the women’s all-around with MatchTV. According to Mustafina, she expected Eremina to become a medalist in the all-around: “I expected it, specifically from Lena I expected it...
Seda Tutkhalian was a guest on MatchTV where she discussed the results of the women’s all-around final. She commented that Elena Eremina just got lucky to win a medal in the all-around because the main contenders got...
Oleg Verniaiev was one of the medal favorites coming into the all-around competition, especially after Kohei Uchimura withdrew after an ankle injury. However, the final didn’t go so well for Verniaiev and he wasn’t...
Angelina Melnikova gave an interview to Soviet Sport about her performance at Worlds. She said that she now feels much more confident on bars and beam – the two apparatuses that weren’t going so well for her at the...
Maria Paseka gave an interview to Soviet Sport right after she landed in Moscow. The Russian gymnasts had a huge crowd and journalists meeting them at the airport. She talked about her attitude before the championships and what...
Andrei Rodionenko followed the comments on multiple issues at Worlds made by Valentina Rodionenko with his own critique of the organizing committee: “There’s never been such a number of injuries as during these...
Artur Dalaloyan was added to the vault final just minutes before the competition when Yang Hakseon who qualified in first had to scratch because of an injury. Dalaloyan had one of the highest difficulties in the final, two 5.6...