Lilia Akhaimova gave a short interview to RSport upon arrival in Russia. Q: Enough time has passed since the victory. Have you already processed that you became an Olympic champion? A: I think so but it’s not...
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Russian gymnasts have come back home from Tokyo. Angelina Melnikova told TASS she will take a break now and does not yet know how long it will last because she needs to recover mentally. Q: In what mood did you wake up the day...
Nikita Nagorny qualified to three event finals at the Olympics and was one of the main medal contenders in two of them – floor and vault. However, he only won the medal in the third final – a bronze on horizontal bar...
In the women’s floor final, gymnasts had a rare tie – Angelina Melnikova and Mai Murakami tied for bronze due to having the same difficulty and execution scores. During the medal ceremony, flags of four countries were...
At his third Olympics, David Belyavskiy finally won a gold medal – as a part of the Russian team. However, he was unable to win medals in the two event finals he qualified to. He finished fourth in the pommel horse final...
The reigning European all-around champion Viktoria Listunova competed in her first individual final at the Olympics yesterday. However, her floor routine did not go well from the start when she went out of bounds on her first...
Artem Dolgopyat won Israel’s first Olympic medal in gymnastics, something his friend and mentor Alexander Shatilov has been trying to do at four consecutive Olympics. Dolgopyat also made history by winning only the second...
Denis Abliazin won Olympic silver on vault for the third time – he previously placed the same in London and Rio. His silver caused some controversy because his average of two vaults was the same as that of Shin Jea-hwan but...
Angelina Melnikova added another Olympic medal to her collection today. In the floor final, she tied for bronze with Mai Murakami – the gymnasts had the same difficulty and execution scores. Jade Carey won gold and Vanessa...
David Belyavskiy qualified to two individual finals at his third Olympic Games – pommel horse and parallel bars. In the pommel horse final, he had a good routine but lost out on bronze by less than 0.1 – Kaya Kazuma...