Aliya Mustafina commented on the announcement that she has been appointed the acting head coach of the Russian junior national WAG team. In the past, she said multiple times that she did not want to coach but, as many Russian...
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The month of January brought us news that Aliya Mustafina started working as a coach with the Russian junior national team, joining her teammates Ksenia Afanasyeva and Nikolai Kuksenkov. At the time, Mustafina was listed on the...
A year ago, Maria Paseka was training for the 2020 Olympics and trying to earn a spot through the World Cups. In 2019, she won gold on vault at the European Championships but later that year went to the World Championships only...
Valentina Rodionenko announced that all top Russian gymnasts will compete at the upcoming Russian Championships in Penza on March 10th-14th. In November, almost all the members of the national team skipped the Russian...
The history of artistic gymnastics in Mauritius, an island state off the African coast, is not very long. In December, only the sixth national artistic gymnastics championships took place. The competition gathered over 250...
When Lihie Raz qualified to the Tokyo Olympics at the 2019 World Championships, it was a surprise for many, including herself, as she told HaAretz: “Of course it was the goal but it was a bit of a surprise because I didn’t...
Azerbaijan’s WAG experienced another coaching change this year. Polish Przemysław Lis who has been coaching in Baku for the past two years has been replaced by Olga Barkalova from Belarus. Barkalova has been a senior coach...
This week, it’s been announced that Aliya Mustafina started working with the junior Russian national WAG team as one of the coaches. In an interview to the Russian Olympic Committee, she talked about her new job. A: Yes...
The MAG and WAG Russian national teams for the year 2021 were announced today. As usual, the men’s team looked as expected but there were a few surprises on the women’s team. On the women’s side, Ksenia...
The Russian Ministry of Sports proposed to start vaccinating all national team athletes against COVID-19. Many Russian people are not especially enthusiastic about the vaccine – less than half of poll respondents last month...