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...
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The all-around final at the Russian Championships seemed to be heading for some surprising results with the leader, Angelina Simakova, falling on vault and the second place qualifier, Angelina Melnikova, having a terrible...
By Mari Ilona Szutenberg Competition at the Youth Olympic Games wrapped up last night with the last two event finals, having showcased a group of exceptional WAG juniors over the past two weeks. Chief among these is all-around...
Ksenia Klimenko picked up another medal yesterday – a silver on beam. She said to RIA Novosti, that she was able to gain confidence and forget about her mistakes in the all-around, which allowed her to do well on...
After an unsuccessful performance in the all-around final, Ksenia Klimenko gave her all in the uneven bars final and continued Russia’s streak at the Youth Olympic Games (in 2010, the UB gold was won by Viktoria Komova, in...
Ksenia Klimenko came to Buenos Aires as one of the main contenders for the all-around podium but ended up fifth in the final after falling on her best event, bars. The next day, she took gold on in the bars final, but getting...
By Mari Ilona Szutenberg Italy’s Giorgia Villa won the all-around title in Buenos Aires in convincing style yesterday, more than half a point ahead of silver medalist Amelie Morgan from Great Britain. The vastly...
Valentina Rodionenko talked to TASS about the upcoming Youth Olympic Games. She said the coaches have high hopes for the two gymnasts that are going to the Games – Sergei Naidin and Ksenia Klimenko and they hope that the...
Valentina Rodionenko told RIA Novosti that Ksenia Klimenko and Sergei Naidin will represent Russia at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. Klimenko won bronze in the all-around and gold on bars at the European Championships...
Today, in Glasgow, the junior competition started at the European Championships. This year the juniors have a “three for the price of one” competition in which their scores are counted at the same towards the team...