Russian junior gymnast Viktoriia Listunova participated in a talent show called “Blue Bird” with a beam performance. On this show, kids from all around Russia can compete demonstrating their talents (such a singing or...
The Russian Championships which start tomorrow promise to be a very exciting competition. We’ll see the whole national team in the competition (except for the injured gymnasts), Aliya Mustafina will make her much...
Elena Vaytshekhovskaya has published a great new interview with Aliya Mustafina on R-Sport. Here’s the English translation. Tracksuit, hair undone, a complete absence of makeup on her face and immense fatigue in the eyes. Only...
Russian Gymnastics Federation made a video about the preparations of the national team gymnasts for the Russian Championships that will start next week in Kazan. The video was filmed last Thursday when the women had a...
The European Union of Gymnastics (UEG) has published the qualification procedure for the 2nd European Games that will take place in Minsk in 2019. At the inaugural games in Baku, the format was a bit different from the...
The French Gymnastics Federation posted a short interview with Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos after her successful performance. Translation from French by K. Chevallier. Q: Mélanie, you came back from Doha with two medals, a gold...
Our favorite Russian show of “will she/won’t she compete” continues with Maria Paseka and Valentina Rodionenko making a bunch of claims that directly contradict each other. Here’s what happened in the...
Valentina Rodionenko has told R-Sport that Aliya Mustafina may have her international comeback sooner than we expected as she is preparing to compete at Osijek Challenge Cup in Croatia (May 24-27). Mustafina also plans to compete...
For over two years, we’ve been wondering what is going on with Irina Alexeeva and whether she will ever represent Russia (or USA, or any country, really) internationally. Russian-born Irina Alexeeva trains at WOGA and her...
Olga Korbut first publicly accused her coach, Renald Knysh, of raping and physically abusing her in 1999, long before the #metoo movement. Knysh continues to deny the accusations and Korbut continues to insist on them. This...
