Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the Russian MAG team, gave an interview to TASS, in which he talked about the prospects of Russian men in the upcoming competitions. Q: The first time we talked to you in detail was in 2013...
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Dmitrii Lankin might sometimes be overshadowed by his superstar teammates Nagornyy and Dalaloyan, but he keeps proving that he is a strong medal contender on several events. Last year, Lankin won bronze on vault at Euros, and...
This past month has been a rollercoaster for the Russian fans with Nikolai Kuksenkov being retired and unretired, David Belyavskiy missing Euros, then going to Euros, then not going to Euros again and now Aliya Mustafina...
In less than a month, Aliya Mustafina went from not making the Russian team for the European Championships to being Valentina Rodionenko’s darling again. Yesterday, she won gold at the Birmingham World Cup, with Riley...
Nikita Nagornyy almost had a clean sweep at the Russian Nationals winning gold in the all-around and in every event final except for floor. According to Valentina Rodionenko, due to this result, he is now guaranteed a spot on the...
Nikita Nagornyy won the all-around at the Russian Championships by a landslide. Vladislav Poliashov who got silver lost to Nagornyy by about 6 points over two days. Nikita Ignatyev took bronze, while Dmitrii Lankin had a very...
Russian Championships has started yesterday with the individual qualifications and team finals for both MAG and WAG. While we’re used to not getting proper videos from the qualifications, this year was especially bad...
This year was quite successful for Dmitrii Lankin – he made the team for European and World Championships for the first time and won gold and silver in the team finals respectively. On those teams, he competed on floor...
Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the Russian national team, gave an interview to R-Sport. He talked about the challenges of selecting a four-person team for the Olympics, about the team strategy and about coaching the gymnasts...
The men’s team final at the World Championships today was extremely dramatic. The main battle was between Russia and China. Both teams made mistakes throughout the competition but the main showdown happened on parallel bars...