As expected, Chinese gymnasts ended up having to withdraw from the Apparatus World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, due to the travel ban imposed by the Australian government. There were no reports of Chinese gymnasts getting ill...
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Svetlana Khorkina gave a radio interview and talked about how important it was for her to have a second child. Khorkina gave birth to her second son Ivan three months ago: “The pregnancy went normally, thank God. I think...
Irina Viner-Usmanova is an extremely controversial figure in the gymnastics world. On one hand, her gymnasts are unbeatable and she raised the level of rhythmic gymnastics in many countries. On the other hand, as multiple reports...
Denis Abliazin and Ksenia Semenova, two Russian gymnastics stars, got married in 2016, after the Rio Olympics. While Abliazin was and still is an active athlete, Semenova retired in 2011 due to health issues and switched to...
As a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Australia has imposed a travel ban on foreign citizens who visited China in the past 14 days. Since the outbreak is still progressing, it is very likely that the ban will not be...
The European Gymnastics Federation has announced that the 2023 European Championships will take place in Antalya, Turkey. This will be the first time European Championships will be hosted by Turkey. In 2021, Euros will take place...
At the end of 2017, Tatiana Gutsu publicly accused Vitaly Scherbo of raping her when they were both on the Soviet national team in 1991. Scherbo claimed the allegations were false and sued Gutsu for defamation. In a recent...
Nikita Nagornyy talked to RT about the year he won both the team and the all-around gold at Worlds and his plans and expectations for the Olympic year. Q: Your year was practically perfect and, among other things, you managed...
Oksana Chusovitina seems quite set on her decision to retire after the Tokyo Olympics which will be her 8th Olympic Games. She announced at a recent press-conference that she will focus on her work promoting and developing...
Ivan Stretovich is now preparing for his second Olympics. Realistically, he is one of the four strongest all-arounders in Russia right now and his main competitor, Vladislav Poliashov, is trying to qualify an individual spot...