The 2020 Russian Championships were due to take place in March (for WAG) and April (for MAG) and serve as trials for the respective European Championships. Some of the WAG competitors even arrived in Penza a few days before the...
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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...
The European Gymnastics Federation had to postpone the WAG European Championships that were due to take place last week in Paris and the MAG European Championships originally slated for the end of May in Baku. The new dates have...
Russian national artistic gymnastics team stopped training a month ago after two people from the team tested positive for Covid-19. That was after most of the team relocated to Novogorsk where the rhythmic gymnastics team usually...
Elena Zamolodchikova talked to TeamRussia about dealing with the quarantine and reminisced about the Sydney Olympics. Q: How did the coronavirus change your life? A: Of course, it’s not very pleasant. At first, there...
Russian gymnasts were among the last national teams to keep training but they were sent home from the training camp at the beginning of April. Even though the Olympics have been postponed and there aren’t any competitions...
Ukrainian artistic gymnastics national team gymnasts are quarantined at home like most gymnasts around the world and that might be the only way to force Oleg Verniaiev to take some rest (Verniaiev is notorious for not taking...
Artur Dalaloyan who earlier criticised the national team’s decision to hold a camp during the COVID-19 pandemic, is now quarantined at home just as the rest of his teammates after the camp has been abruptly...
We all have are own reactions to these difficult times and to the fact that GYMNASTICS HAS BEEN CANCELED but, maybe, it’s possible to group some of us into specific types… Want to know what type you are? We’ve...
Nikita Nagornyy is currently quarantined at home after the training camp of the Russian national team has abruptly ended when Andrei Rodionenko and Sergei Naidin tested positive for COVID-19. Daria Spiridonova was not at the camp...