SportExpress.ua talked to several gymnasts at the Ukraine International Cup about their experiences competing in Kiev. Artem Dolgopyat said that he didn’t feel well and got exhausted by the event finals: “I got a bit...
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Nastia Liukin was announced as one of the celebrity contestants on the American Ninja Warrior for the Red Nose Day. Liukin will be coached by Barclay Stockett. Celebrity contestants will attempt to run through the Ninja Warrior...
Last weekend Kiev hosted the Ukraine International Cup (former known as Stella Zakharova Cup). Dzianis Sanuvonh from Belarus took gold in the men’s all-around competition with 77.700, Volodymyr Hrybuk from Ukraine became...
Olga Korbut posted on her Facebook that during a recent trip to Moscow she found her own gold Olympics medal from 1972 at the Sports Museum there. Korbut claims the medal was stolen from her a few days after the victory. It is...
Oleg Verniaiev attended the Ukraine International Cup that took place last weekend as a spectator. At the event, he talked to Sport.ua about his recovery from the two surgeries. Unlike his coach, he doesn’t yet give a...
The Ukrainian Olympic committee named Igor Radivilov as the Athlete of the Month for the month of March. For Radivilov it’s already a third such title – he previously won it in October and November of 2017. His...
Bisweshwar Nandi, Dipa Karmakar’s coach said to the media that Karmakar will train in Moscow for a month in May. Karmakar decided to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games selection because she was not yet fully recovered...
A group of residents of Shymkent, a city in South Kazakhstan, are collecting signatures in order to ask the city council to name one of the streets after Nellie Kim. Kim’s family moved to Shymkent shortly after her birth...
Gennady Sartynsky gave an interview to Sport Express UA in which he talked about Oleg Verniaiev’s recovery, Ukrainian team’s Olympic qualification chances and Oleg Stepko’s chances of making the Russian...
Ex-Ukrainian/ex-Azerbaijani gymnast Oleg Stepko is now officially a Russian citizen and will be able to participate in the upcoming Russian Championships (only citizens are allowed to compete at nationals). Vladimir Kochnev...