Aliya Mustafina spent the last week training in Penza – the city where her main coach, Sergei Starkin, works. Local news filmed a feature about her training and talked to the gymnast herself and to one of her coaches, Pavel...
It seems that British women’s gymnastics just can’t catch a break this year. First, Downie sisters both withdrew from competitions in order because of not yet making a full recovery. Then, Claudia Fragapane tore her...
Besides “ending the Cold War“, Olga Korbut has done some actual charitable acts, such as making donations to an animal shelter and a children’s hospital in Arizona. Last year Olga Korbut sold her medals at an...
Olga Korbut was recently on a Russian talk show “Pust Govoryat” [Let them talk] telling about her life in the US. She also described her first visit to the States in March of 1973 and the meeting with the US President...
Maria Paseka was on MatchTV this week in a feature about the athlete-coach relationship. She talked about training with Marina Ulyankina, the coach she’s been working with since 14 years old: “At first, it was a bit...
Artur Nory of Brazil had to miss the beginning of the current season because of a shoulder surgery. He talked to Globoesporte about his recovery process and the expected return to training. Translation from Portuguese for...
Yesterday’s AA World Cup was mostly a splat fest which is to be expected early in the season. Several gymnasts had falls or major mistakes on bars and beam and Zhang Jin who won the all-around was the person who had the...
David Belyavskiy broke the unlucky streak for Russia at Stuttgart winning the all-around at the World Cup by more than a point over Akash Modi. David won AA at DTB Pokal!!! Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/v7AwbRBCFS —...
For the first time in years, Israeli men’s team has a large roster with several standouts, so there’s suddenly a real chance for Israel to be a serious team competitor and the program is doing everything not to miss...
It seems that at the moment you have to be named Angelina in order to receive top assignments on the Russian team. At first, Angelina Melnikova was listed for three World Cups (Stuttgart, Birmingham, and Tokyo – as Russia...
