Russian women had podium training today and overall performed very well. While men had a lot of issues on vault in their podium training yesterday, women said they were happy with all of the equipment. Angelina Melnikova...
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Denis Abliazin was supposed to go to Tokyo as an individual from the start. He was even left out of the 2018 Worlds team in order to leave him eligible for earning a spot through World Apparatus Cup series (injuries prevented him...
Russian men’s team is giving us plenty of surprises in the run-up to competition. First, we learned that Denis Abliazin was put on the team instead of going as an individual even though he only does three events...
Men’s podium training is usually much less interesting the women’s but today Russian gymnasts decided to spice it up. Artur Dalaloyan who tore his Achilles and had surgery only three months ago and who was supposed to...
The Russian team has arrived in Tokyo and had their first training sessions. Valentina Rodionenko told R-Sport there are certain organizational issues in the village, especially where it comes to transportation and COVID-19...
German gymnasts competing in unitards at the European Championships in April made headlines all around the world even though unitards have been allowed in competition for a while and it was not the first instance of wearing a...
Russian artistic gymnastics team is flying to Tokyo tonight. Pre-pandemic they had an arrangement to come for a training camp in advance but in the end, the team management decided it was safer to stay at Round Lake and only come...
Illia Kovtun wasn’t supposed to be at the Tokyo Olympics – he’s only 17 years old and will turn 18 after the gymnastics competition at the Olympics will be over. The postponement meant he had a chance to go to...
In a few days, the Russian team is flying to Tokyo. Angelina Melnikova who was the baby of the team in 2016 is now the captain. In June, she talked to a local TV channel in her hometown about preparing for the second Olympics and...
Oleg Verniaiev finally revealed the reason why he has been suspended for over half a year – he tested positive for meldonium in November. The Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF) gave him a four-year ban which he now plans to...