Lilia Akhaimova is currently taking a break from gymnastics to focus on her health. She talked to Sport Express about how her life changed after the Tokyo Olympics. Q: In many interviews, you said that you haven’t yet...
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Lilia Akhaimova is taking a break after the Olympic Games and cheering on her teammates to do well at the 2021 World Championships this week: “I’m going to follow the performances of our girls and cheer on them as...
Lilia Akhaimova talked to Dnevnik shortly after coming back home from Tokyo. Q: You got injured before the Tokyo Olympics and your participation in the Games was in question. How did you manage to recover and believe in...
Valentina Rodionenko gave TASS updates on the national team. She confirmed that Viktoria Listunova is missing Worlds due to a minor elbow injury: “Listunova is getting treatment, she has certain issues with an elbow...
Lilia Akhaimova gave an interview to the website PeopleTalk and talked about her gymnastics career. Akhaimova tried to turn the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to her advantage: “When we were first told about the...
Angelina Melnikova and Lilia Akhaimova were interviewed together by Harper’s Bazaar Russia. Q: We held our breath while watching the team final. Tell us how you managed to get yourself together in the crucial moment and...
Lilia Akhaimova has never been in the spotlight much despite being on several medal-winning teams for Russia. That attention finally came to her now, both from the traditional media and on social media – she’s getting...
Lilia Akhaimova gave a short interview to RSport upon arrival in Russia. Q: Enough time has passed since the victory. Have you already processed that you became an Olympic champion? A: I think so but it’s not...
Lilia Akhaimova is currently a top vaulter on the Russian team but medaling at the Olympics was probably a tall order – she had lower difficulty than the eventual medalists Rebeca Andrade, Mykayla Skinner and Yeo Seojeong...
Lilia Akhaimova is a relatively late bloomer in Russian gymnastics – she only made the national team at the age of 18 and was never on the NT radar as a junior. That was because she started out in Vladivostok, a city with...