The power couple of the Russian national team, Daria Spiridonova and Nikita Nagornyy, got married today in Nagornyy’s native city, Rostov-on-Don. The couple tried keeping a low profile and did not make any announcements...
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Alyona Shchennikova’s participation in the Voronin Cup last week and the fact that she has yet to sign her NLI for Michigan led to some speculations that she might consider a nationality switch. According to College Gym...
For a while now, major Russian national competitions took place in Penza, a city not very far from Moscow and home to Denis Abliazin and Natalia Kapitonova. Then, the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation decided to branch out a...
Ivan Stretovich hasn’t had much luck since the Rio Olympics. First, he had a nagging wrist injury which eventually required a surgery. Then his recovery was slowed down by an elbow injury. He ended up not making any major...
This year was quite successful for Dmitrii Lankin – he made the team for European and World Championships for the first time and won gold and silver in the team finals respectively. On those teams, he competed on floor...
The Voronin Cup is traditionally one of the last international competitions of the year. It doesn’t normally draw the strongest field, especially on the senior side, but you can always count on seeing a few big names. For...
By Barbara The bad luck regarding injuries stays true to Sophie Scheder. According to RP-Online, the 21-year-old gymnast has broken her right little toe in a training camp in New Zealand. The accident occurred during a hiking...
By Melissa Carwin Enus Mariani of Italy took to her Facebook wall to reveal that she has officially retired from elite gymnastics due to continued injury. She reports that writing down her official retirement from the sport is...
Oksana Chusovitina was slated to compete at both Toyota Cup and Voronin Cup this month, that’s after participating in three competitions in November and flying to a gymnastics gala show in Moscow. She ended up withdrawing...
Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the Russian national team, gave an interview to R-Sport. He talked about the challenges of selecting a four-person team for the Olympics, about the team strategy and about coaching the gymnasts...