Elena Eremina told journalists what an AA medal at Worlds means to her: “I would call this day the happiest day of my life. But I’m sure it can get better, really. I’m very happy with my first medal at the...
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Svetlana Khorkina, just as Valentina Rodionenko, was left unhappy with the judging in the WAG qualifications. However, she believes that if the judging will be fair in the all-around final, both Eremina and Melnikova have a...
Elena Eremina will compete in the all-around final at Worlds today. Eremina is a first-year senior and so far her senior career has been going pretty well: she was 4th in AA at Euros and won silver on bars there. At Worlds, she...
Yesterday, Russian WAG team compete in qualifications at the World Championships. They started on beam, where only two gymnasts performed, and both received relatively low scores, although everyone was judged quite harshly on...
Valentina Rodionenko talked to R-Sport after the Russian team’s podium training. Rodionenko complained that gymnasts aren’t given enough time on the apparatuses during the podium training. Maria Paseka in her...
Elena Zamolodchikova gave an interview to Bolshoi Sport (Alexei Nemov’s sports magazine). The interview was partly a promotion of Nemov’s gymnastics show “Sports Legends”, so this is the show she’s...
Yesterday was a verification day at the Round Lake where the MAG and WAG teams for Worlds were finally decided. Valentina Rodionenko announced the teams today: WAG: Angelina Melnikova, Elena Eremina, Anastasia Ilyankova, Maria...
Valentina Rodinenko had announced the Russian WAG team for Worlds a while ago, even before the trial competitions (Russian Cup and Universiade). She was set on sending Eremina, Melnikova, Ilyankova, and Paseka. Talking to TASS...
Just before the two competitions that are supposed to be qualifying stages for the Worlds team – Universiade and the Russian Cup – Valentina Rodionenko announced the preliminary teams for the Worlds: “So far it...
Russian gymnasts returned from their training camps in Cyprus (MAG) and Spain (WAG). The Russian gymnastics federation posted quotes from gymnasts about the camps on their Facebook page. Here’s the English translation of the...