Valentina Rodionenko announced to Russian MAG and WAG Worlds teams to the media today. She said that on the men’s side, all of the Tokyo Olympians, except for Vladislav Poliashov, will skip the competition. On the...
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Angelina Melnikova gave a long interview to RSport. Q: Are you able to recover after Tokyo? A: I can’t manage to rest. Later, maybe… During the New Year’s vacation, perhaps. [laughs] Because now I plan...
Russian senior national team is already gathering at Round Lake for the next camp but those who attended the Olympics were given a break and are only expected to go back on August 22nd. This camp will be the first in preparation...
Russian gymnasts have come back home from Tokyo. Angelina Melnikova told TASS she will take a break now and does not yet know how long it will last because she needs to recover mentally. Q: In what mood did you wake up the day...
In the women’s floor final, gymnasts had a rare tie – Angelina Melnikova and Mai Murakami tied for bronze due to having the same difficulty and execution scores. During the medal ceremony, flags of four countries were...
Angelina Melnikova qualified to three event finals and competed in two of them – vault and bars – today. However, it seems that she was a bit tired after competing for three days last week and she finished 8th on bars...
Maria Paseka hoped to make Tokyo 2020 her third Olympics and, perhaps, finally accomplish her dream of winning an Olympic gold. She came back after spinal surgery to win gold on vault at the 2019 European Championships but her...
In 2016, Angelina Melnikova was the youngest gymnast on the Russian team and dealing with an injury that severely limited her ability to compete. As a result, she was not able to qualify to the all-around final. In 2021, she came...
Because the Russian national team usually travels only with the NT coaches, Angelina Melnikova is in Tokyo without her personal coaches. Natalia Ishkova and Sergey Denisevich are cheering on her from home. Natalia Ishkova was...
The Soviet Union dominated women’s artistic gymnastics and its last team – the Unified Team – won team gold in 1992. But after the breakdown, Russian women were never able to get that coveted gold medal, even...