Oleg Stepko’s current coach Vladimir Kochnev confirmed to TASS that ex-Azerbaijani/Ukranian gymnast will receive Russian citizenship very soon. This will allow Stepko to compete at the Russian championships in April and to...
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After Ukrainian recruits left Azerbaijan, it apparently turned to Russia to recruit for its MAG program. Considering that ex-Russian WAG gymnasts seem to be quite well in Baku, recruiting Russian gymnasts might be the right...
It seems that Oleg Stepko was able to receive Russian citizenship as he is currently preparing for the Russian Championships that will take place in April. Stepko gave his first interview since leaving Azerbaijan to the Ukrainian...
“Ot dushi v dushu”, the Youtube channel that posted the weirdest interview with Oleg Verniaiev last week, promised to give us a sequel and boy, they did not disappoint. In the second part, Verniaiev talks about offers...
With Verniaiev taking a break, Igor Radivilov is now the leader of the Ukrainian MAG team and he’s been giving lots of interviews recently. World of Sports filmed an interview with him in December and they also got to talk...
Valery Belenky was Azerbaijan’s first Olympic medalist in gymnastics (he won team gold and AA bronze as a part of the Unified team in 1992). He then moved to Germany and competed for them in the 1996 Olympics. Belenky still...
Akop Serobyan, the head coach of the Armenian artistic gymnastics team, said that Armenia will not participate in gymnastics competitions in Azerbaijan despite the fact that boycott will hurt Armenian gymnasts. Baku will host the...
The drama of Oleg Stepko and Azerbaijan/Ukraine/Russia continues and an interesting turn happened today – Oleg Stepko said that he wants to try out for the Russian MAG team. First, a recap: In September, the Azerbaijani...
Last week the Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation held the national artistic gymnastics championships in various age groups. When they posted photos of the little gymnasts on their Facebook page, one photo immediately captured...
Murad Agharzayev from Azerbaijan had a very good competition at the Islamic Games in Baku, winning gold on floor. In the interview after the competition, he dedicated this medal to his mother. He said that he is proud to be the...