Maria Paseka’s Cheng vault was better in the qualification where she fell but still not quite what she wanted to. Nevertheless, she managed to win gold at her first major competition since the surgery and left Szczecin...
Coline Devillard gave an interview to L’Equipe where she talked about coming back to the European Championships and trying to win again. Translation by @FBatwoman Devillard emerged as a big vault medal contender in...
Artur Dalaloyan did not win the all-around title but ended up the most decorated Russian gymnast of the competition, winning silver in AA, gold on floor, and bronze on vault and high bar. As a true perfectionist, he was still not...
Dmitrii Lankin might sometimes be overshadowed by his superstar teammates Nagornyy and Dalaloyan, but he keeps proving that he is a strong medal contender on several events. Last year, Lankin won bronze on vault at Euros, and...
Vladislav Poliashov has been an alternate for the major Russian teams for many years but he’s finally made it to his first European Championships as a proper team member and managed to win the bronze on pommel horse...
You just knew that when Angelina Simakova had an unfortunate floor routine with two falls in the all-around final at Euros, that Valentina Rodionenko would have something to say. She expressed her unhappiness with Simakova to the...
Last year, at the 2018 European Championships, Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos was the unofficial all-around winner (because no AA title was awarded). This year, she made it official. For De Jesus Dos Santos, it was a tough battle...
The very first words Nikita Nagornyy said after finishing his last routine of today’s all-around competition were “Happy birthday!” It’s his coach’s birthday today and this was Nagornyy’s way...
The reigning World champion Artur Dalaloyan came to the all-around final at the European Championships as one of the clear favorites for the gold. However, both he and his teammate Nikita Nagornyy hit all six of their routines...
Marina Nekrasova of Azerbaijan made headlines of the local press when she competed in a unitard at the Baku World Cup. Unitards are allowed by WAG Code of Points but I have never seen one until Nekrasova, even though they are...
