For the Russian gymnasts, the nationals in March are supposed to be the first start of the season (and they are usually quite a splatfest because of that). In addition to Elena Eremina and Maria Paseka planning their comebacks at...
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Svetlana Boginskaya gave an interview to Gimnastika, the official magazine of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation. In the interview, she talked about working with Oksana Chusovitina, her life in the U.S. and her thoughts...
Aliya Mustafina and Denis Abliazin spent some time in Munich checking on their injuries and rehabbing them. Abliazin was originally supposed to compete in Cottbus since he will try qualifying to the Olympics via World Cups but he...
On MatchTV, Aliya Mustafina answered questions submitted by her fans. Q: Which qualities does an Olympic champion need? A: First of all, being a hardworking person. Q: How many victories have you achieved? A: The most important...
Andrei Rodionenko talked to the media about the results of the World Championships for the Russian team. He praised Aliya Mustafina and said the team really needs her: “Aliya wanted to be here, she earned that right. She...
Overall, both Russian MAG and WAG had a quite successful competition in Doha. Both won silver medals in the team finals and gymnasts made multiple individual finals. However, while MAG also picked up five individual medals (four...
Aliya Mustafina gave an interview to R-Sport. She talked about coming back, dealing with the knee injury, and the joy that gymnastics still brings her. Q: Six years have passed since your first Olympic gold. How did you change...
Aliya Mustafina is a two-time Olympics champion on uneven bars but, strangely, enough, she’s never won gold on this event at Worlds. She won silver on bars at her first Worlds in 2010 and then a bronze in 2013. She is still...
While the women’s team final was a bit nervy today with all teams making mistakes and Russia having to count a fall, the medal podium ended up as expected. USA won by about 9 points and the question was only by how many...
Valentina Rodionenko told TASS that the coaches decided to put Aliya Mustafina on floor in the qualifications instead of Angelina Simakova. Simakova was originally supposed to do all-around along with Melnikova and Alexeeva but...