Angelina Melnikova talked to Sport-Express about dealing with self-isolation and not being able to train: “My first thought when I learned about the postponement of the Olympics was “How am I going to get through...
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Angelina Melnikova has been self-isolating at home for over a month now, since Round Lake, the national team’s training center, was closed. She talked to the Russian Olympic Committee about life under quarantine. A: I...
This season, the Italian gymnastics league will have Russian stars among its competitors. Angelina Melnikova will compete for GAL Lissone team alongside Elisa Meneghini. Melnikova traveled to Italy last weekend to participate in...
After finally becoming an individual World medalist this year, Angelina Melnikova is working hard to prepare for her second Olympics. She talked to VTB about her journey between Rio and Tokyo. Q: Which of your medals from...
As a rising junior and in 2016, Angelina Melnikova looked like the future big star of the Russian team but it took her a few more years to reach this status. As a senior, she has been competing non-stop since 2016, despite...
Angelina Melnikova often says that bars are the hardest event for her, even though she is the European Games champion and double European medalist on this event. She made the final on uneven bars at the World Championships for...
In the all-around final, Angelina Melnikova managed to win her first individual medal at the World Championships. Last year, Melnikova finished 5th in the all-around final, only a tenth behind the second place. This year, while...
Russian team came to Stuttgart quite depleted. First, an injury kept Aliya Mustafina out of the running. Then, Angelina Simakova who was on the nominative team, got injured during the training camp. They ended up having to bring...
Angelina Melnikova came to the World Championships at the end of a very good season. She won silver on bars and bronze on floor and in the all-around at the European Championships and then won two gold and two silver medals at...
After the third verification today, Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation has finally announced its women’s team (the men’s team was announced last week, after only two verifications). With several gymnasts still...