Ukrainian men – both senior and junior – had a great time at the European Championships in Mersin and won both team golds and 13 individual medals. Gennady Sartynsky, the team’s head coach, said he expected...
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Holding competitions during the pandemic is a challenging experience for the organizers and the participants. Ukrainian senior and junior WAG teams that won team golds and a number of individual medals at the last could have...
Azerbaijan’s Gymnastics Federation has announced that three of the gymnasts on their European Championships senior and junior MAG teams tested positive for Covid-19 this week. As a result, Azerbaijan withdrew from the...
Dmitri Lankin was one of the Russian gymnasts that were selected for the Friendship and Solidarity competition in Tokyo. For a long time, he had been seen as an event specialist which would limit his chances to go to the...
Russian gymnasts will skip the upcoming European Championships because of the pandemic but there is a chance we will still see them compete. Valentina Rodionenko announced that national team gymnasts will participate in an...
Switzerland is the latest country to announce they are pulling out of the upcoming Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships due to health risks for the athletes. Schweiz verzichtet auf Teilnahme an...
A few days ago, the news broke that Kohei Uchimura and Lilia Akhaimova both tested positive for COVID-19. Both gymnasts were supposed to compete at the Friendship and Solidarity competition in Tokyo next week and were tested in...
With multiple countries deciding to withdraw from the 2020 European Championships, it looked to be a Russian party on the medal podium. Russia was among the few countries very insistent that nothing would stop them from attending...
Despite record infection rates and overwhelmed hospitals, life in Russia largely continues as usual, with very few restrictions. For example, Alexey Nemov is still proceeding with his annual gymnastics show that will take place...
The Dutch Gymnastics Federation has announced they will not send gymnasts to the upcoming WAG and MAG Championships in Mersin, Turkey. The federation is looking into options to host a local competition for the national team...