Russian coaches who worked on preparing the athletes for the Rio Olympics were awarded various medals by the Russian president. Among the honored coaches are Andrey and Valentina Rodionenko who both received the Order of...
Nastia Liukin was working as a social media correspondent during the visit of the International Olympic Committee’s Evaluation Commission to Los Angeles. She talked to the Soviet Sport about why she thinks the Games should be...
Murad Agharzayev from Azerbaijan had a very good competition at the Islamic Games in Baku, winning gold on floor. In the interview after the competition, he dedicated this medal to his mother. He said that he is proud to be the...
VTB bank, the main sponsor of the Russian artistic gymnastics federation, published a long interview with Aliya Mustafina today. Here’s our translation of it: Q: Aliya, you are enjoying your freedom right now. So, how is...
Rifda Irfanaluthfi from Indonesia won a bronze on vault at the Islamic Games. She got a score of 13.025 finishing behind Oksana Chusovitina and Marina Nekrasova. To Irfanaluthfi this bronze means a lot both because she...
Morinari Watanabe, the FIG president, is currently in Baku for the FIG Executive committee meeting and the Islamic Games. Just a few days ago FIG decided to include a new discipline, obstacle course (which is basically parkour...
Ksenia Afanasyeva got married to Roman Suetin, a fellow gymnast, last Fall, right after the Olympics. While Afanasyeva is still officially on the Russian national team, she stopped training after the Games and did not announce a...
Oksana Chusovitina is competing this weekend at the Islamic Games in Baku. She was originally listed to compete on all four apparatuses, however, in an interview today the gymnast said the only definite is vault. She is still...
Viktoria Komova, who only recently returned to training, is slated to compete at the Russian Cup. The Russian Cup will take place in August in Ekaterinburg. If Komova is able to get full routines by August, she will be one of the...
Just as Komova, Maria Kharenkova returned to the Round Lake this week after a long battle with an injury. A foot injury prevented her from competing for almost a year, ruining her chances to try for the Olympic team. According to...
