On MatchTV, Aliya Mustafina answered questions submitted by her fans. Q: Which qualities does an Olympic champion need? A: First of all, being a hardworking person. Q: How many victories have you achieved? A: The most important...
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Artur Dalaloyan is enjoying his newfound fame in Russia after not only winning the first MAG AA gold for Russia since 1999 but also adding a whole stack of medals to that gold. He gave this interview to R-Sport the next day after...
Angelina Melinikova keeps herself busy. Right after coming back from Qatar, she visited her native city of Voronezh where she gave an interview to the local newspaper. She then came back to Round Lake and will soon fly to...
By Mari Ilona Szutenberg All Olympia Gymnastics Center in Hawthorne CA has finalized a $1 million settlement with 2010 World medallist Mattie Larson. Larson filed a lawsuit against AOGC and its directors, Artur Akopyan and...
Andrei Rodionenko talked to the media about the results of the World Championships for the Russian team. He praised Aliya Mustafina and said the team really needs her: “Aliya wanted to be here, she earned that right. She...
Overall, both Russian MAG and WAG had a quite successful competition in Doha. Both won silver medals in the team finals and gymnasts made multiple individual finals. However, while MAG also picked up five individual medals (four...
Translated from Portuguese by Anastasia Stakheeva After eight years of absence Jade Barbosa, a two-times Worlds medalist, reappeared in Doha and became the 15th in the women’s all-around. A 27-year-old demonstrated that she had...
By Mari Ilona Szutenberg The scandal-rocked All Olympia Gymnastics Center announced on 3rd November that it will be closing down. Run by former gymnasts Artur Akopyan and Galina Marinova, the club had been shaken after reports...
Aliya Mustafina gave an interview to R-Sport. She talked about coming back, dealing with the knee injury, and the joy that gymnastics still brings her. Q: Six years have passed since your first Olympic gold. How did you change...
Artur Dalaloyan finished this competition as the most decorated MAG gymnast – in addition to his silver in the team final and gold in the all-around, he also won gold on floor, silver on vault and bronze on parallel bars...