Artem Dolgopyat made history last year winning Israel’s first Worlds silver in artistic gymnastics. This year he showed again this was not a fluke when he won silver at Euros – even though he’s still recovering...
Igor Radivilov was the only Ukranian MAG who won a medal at the last Euros in the absence of Oleg Verniaiev. He talked to SportExpress.ua about being the leader of the team this past year, his competition plans and what he...
Valentina Rodionenko told R-Sport that Aliya Mustafina was included on the nominative team for the World Championships. According to Rodionenko, at the moment, the team is supposed to be the five gymnasts that competed at the...
Arab countries have complicated relationships with Israel which, in sports, often resulted in scandals in the (not so distant) past. As Arab countries continue hosting athletic events, one of the big issues was the ban on the...
Celine Van Gerner has announced today that she will miss the upcoming World Championships in order to have a surgery on her Achilles. The injury’s been bothering her since Rio and limiting her training and upgrades. Van...
Elena Eremina and Maria Paseka went to Germany to check on their progress since the back surgeries and to get an approval to train in full strength again. Elena Eremina posted an update on her Instagram, saying that she can fully...
Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the Russian MAG team, told TASS, that Russia will send its B team to the friendly competition in Italy. The gymnasts will have a chance to prove themselves and get considered for the alternate...
Maria Paseka had a back surgery in December and has slowly started training in May. While the initial claims about her comeback were a bit crazy, expecting her to be back by Worlds, the new timeline seems more reasonable. Her...
Aleksandra Shevchenko didn’t enjoy a long gymnastics career having to retire after 2004 because of injuries. Her first major international competition – the 2003 Worlds – didn’t go so well and she...
Oleg Verniaiev had to miss the first eight months of the season while recovering from his two surgeries. He’s been saying he would push to return in time for Worlds but it looks like he’s getting to compete a bit...
