Maria Paseka talked to a psychology blog about aggression and negative emotions in an athlete’s life. View this post on Instagram A post shared by E G O R R A Y S (@egor.rays) Q: Maria, how...
Nikita Nagorny, a reigning World and European champion, has a chance to win Olympic AA gold in Tokyo. However, he said in a interview to VTB, a team medal is much more important for him. Q: Nikita, Russian media often call you...
This week, Russian gymnasts and coaches, along with other Tokyo-bound delegations, visited the Kremlin to meet with the country’s president. The visit confirmed that Russia more or less decided on the teams – Nagorny...
Nikita Nagorny appeared on the cover of Men’s Health Russia this month and the magazine interviewed him together with Alexey Nemov. Nagorny and Nemov talked about their Olympic experiences and Nagorny shared how excited he...
Aliya Mustafina has been working as the head coach of the junior national team for over five months now. After her retirement from elite gymnastics was officially announced at the Russian Cup in Novosibirsk, she talked to Irina...
Doha World Cup, the last installment of the Apparatus WC series, was postponed several times and finally scheduled for June 23-26. Some gymnasts will try to grab this last opportunity for Olympic qualification and those who have...
With the conclusion of the all-around final at the Russian Cup, Valentina Rodionenko announced the Olympic teams, and following the event finals, she added the names of the individual gymnasts that are the frontrunners for the...
On the first day of the event finals, Lilia Akhaimova won gold on vault and Vladislava Urazova – on uneven bars. For Akhaimova, this victory was especially significant. Vault and floor are the two events that can get her...
Changing time zones can be a challenge for gymnasts and it looks like one of the aims of the Russian Cup was to try competing as close to the Tokyo time zone as possible. The event took place in Novosibirsk (+4 hours from Moscow...
The Russian Cup serves as one of the selection stages for the Tokyo Olympics. The main contenders for the Olympic teams were more or less known in advance and Russia even sent the projected teams to Euros to test them (with...
