Valentina Rodionenko announced that Russian artistic gymnastics federation recommended Emin Garibov for the FIG Athletes Commission. The commission’s goal is to represent the interests of the athletes in FIG and it includes...
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20-year old Eleonora Afanasyeva made everyone talk about her after the Russian Cup where she won gold on vault and bronze on floor. Eleonor Afanasyeva (nee Goryunova) isn’t related to Ksenia Afanasyeva, however, she is...
A few days ago the president of the Georgian gymnastics federation announced that Alla Sosnitskaya is considering changing her nationality to Georgia and her first competition for the new country might happen as early as the...
Alla Sosnitskaya recently competed for Georgia at a small competition in Batumi which sparked rumors about her officially changing the nationality. She is not currently on the Russian national team roster and she would certainly...
Valentina Rodinenko had announced the Russian WAG team for Worlds a while ago, even before the trial competitions (Russian Cup and Universiade). She was set on sending Eremina, Melnikova, Ilyankova, and Paseka. Talking to TASS...
Yesterday Aliya Mustafina made the official announcement that she will be going back to the Round Lake. Here’s everything we know so far about her comeback. Aliya gave birth to her daughter Alisa in early June. The gymnast...
Angelina Melnikova yesterday won the all-around at the Russian Cup. She was second to Elena Eremina on the first day but won on the second day and by the combined results of the two days of competition. The gymnast has been...
Yesterday Maria Paseka took bronze in the vault final at the Universiade after performing her Amanar and Lopez with significant mistakes. Paseka was first on vault in qualification and was a clear favorite to win the final with a...
Yesterday, Oleg Verniaiev became the all-around champion at the Universiade. In an interview to XSport UA Verniaiev said he wasn’t sure he’d be able to compete because of a bad fall on parallel bars in qualification...
Valentina Rodionenko talked today to TASS about the gold medal of the Russian WAG team at the Universiade: “They were obligated to win, even though we had some doubts because the last training before they left was not what...