Aliya Mustafina only returned to training last month, however, she’s been progressing quite fast. Her plan is to return to full difficulty in all-around competition at the European Championships in Glasgow in August...
After Eremina’s success at Worlds and the new generation of Russians being amazing on bars, some fans are questioning whether Mustafina would have a place on the new team when she comes back to competition. Nellie Kim has...
Elena Eremina who won the silver medal in the bars final in Montreal said she hopes her lucky streak continues and she will win gold in the beam final: “I hope that tomorrow there will be gold, I’ll try hard [laughs]...
The World Championships which were dubbed by some fans “The Hunger Games” allegedly actually kept the gymnasts hungry and thirsty – of course, in addition to the fact that there were countless injuries, blinding...
Last night, Maria Paseka became the two-time World champion on vault. She is the second Russian woman to do that after Elena Zamolodchikova who won gold in 1999 and 2002. Paseka’s win was somewhat controversial as her form...
Maria Paseka will compete tonight in the vault final. She was first in qualifications but had a bad pattern going on this year: hitting her vaults in qualification and then making major mistakes in the final. This is what...
Angelina Melnikova told the media that she expected a better result in the AA and that the 16th place doesn’t reflect her abilities. She is right to be upset, since after Ragan had withdrawn from the final, Melnikova had...
Elena Eremina told journalists what an AA medal at Worlds means to her: “I would call this day the happiest day of my life. But I’m sure it can get better, really. I’m very happy with my first medal at the...
Svetlana Khorkina, just as Valentina Rodionenko, was left unhappy with the judging in the WAG qualifications. However, she believes that if the judging will be fair in the all-around final, both Eremina and Melnikova have a...
Oksana Chusovitina, the newly elected athlete representative, is pretty unhappy with the new podium training format. She is one of the many athletes and coaches who complained that they were not given enough time to get...
