The Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation has announced today that Artur Dalaloyan will skip the upcoming European Championships due to the injury he sustained at the last verification before the competition. He will be replaced...
Valentina Rodionenko confirmed the Russian WAG and MAG teams for the upcoming European Championships that will take place in Basel on April 21st – 25th. For the WAG team, the nominative roster did not change, Russia will...
When Oksana Chusovitina thought of what she would be doing in 2021, “still training and preparing for the Olympics” probably wasn’t what came to her mind. Chusovitina said multiple times that she would finally...
This week, the junior WAG Russian National Championships were held in Penza. The format of the competition included three divisions – Master of Sport, Candidate for Master of Sport, and 1st level. The division is...
Gennady Sartynsky, the head coach of Ukrainian MAG, said that Illia Kovtun, the 2020 junior AA European champion, is establishing himself as one of the team’s leaders: “Illia is a very strong gymnast, one of the...
Dmitrii Lankin had heel surgery shortly after the Russian Championships to remove a bone spur. The pain from the spur limited him at the nationals and he was not able to compete on all six events. Additionally, undergoing surgery...
Aleksandr Kartsev got a lot of attention at his native city of Vladimir where he went after the Russian Championships. Kartsev was able to become the all-around Russian champion twice in a row and the second time was while...
Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation confirmed the rosters for the upcoming European Championships, which does not include Oleg Verniaiev. Verniaiev is still provisionally suspended by the FIG and thus, ineligible to compete at any...
Kazakhstan’s men were able to qualify as a team to the 2019 World Championships but finished only 16th and ended up with just one Olympic spot – it went to their star Milad Karimi. Aleksandr Kim, the head coach of the...
Artur Dalaloyan was chosen as one of Russian Esquire’s Apostles and gave an interview in that role. Q: For how many years have you been getting paid for doing the sport? I’m not talking about your first prize...
