Azerbaijan’s Marina Nekrasova was a relatively unknown gymnast back in Russia who didn’t quite make the national team, unlike her more decorated ex-teammates Anna Pavlova and Yulia Inshina. However, she truly...
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In less than a month, Aliya Mustafina went from not making the Russian team for the European Championships to being Valentina Rodionenko’s darling again. Yesterday, she won gold at the Birmingham World Cup, with Riley...
Oksana Chusovitina won silver on vault at the Baku World Cup, shortly after winning silver in Melbourne. She also got two fifth places at the World Cup series and is currently second in the Olympic qualification ranking system...
Great Britain’s gymnastics federation has announced that Claudia Fragapane will replace Kelly Simm on the team for the European Championships. Simm was originally selected for the team together with Ellie Downie, Alice...
Russia has announced the teams for the European Championships right after the nationals and, famously, Aliya Mustafina was left off the team. Since there’s not team competition at Euros this year, the federation decided to...
Belgian Rune Hermans has announced her retirement on Instagram. She wrote: “I’m announcing my retirement from gymnastics. It’s time to start another chapter of my life, with new adventures. I would like to thank...
Nikita Nagornyy almost had a clean sweep at the Russian Nationals winning gold in the all-around and in every event final except for floor. According to Valentina Rodionenko, due to this result, he is now guaranteed a spot on the...
Valentina Rodionenko has announced the Russian WAG team for the upcoming European Championships: Angelina Melnikova, Angelina Simakova, Anastasia Iliankova, and Maria Paseka who’s already vaulting an Amanar only a year...
Nikita Nagornyy won the all-around at the Russian Championships by a landslide. Vladislav Poliashov who got silver lost to Nagornyy by about 6 points over two days. Nikita Ignatyev took bronze, while Dmitrii Lankin had a very...
Yesterday, Andrei and Valentina Rodionenko told the media that Nikolai Kuksenkov has retired. This followed the drama surrounding his participation in the Russian Championships where he was told he had not been selected to...