The Soviet Union dominated women’s artistic gymnastics and its last team – the Unified Team – won team gold in 1992. But after the breakdown, Russian women were never able to get that coveted gold medal, even...
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Lilia Akhaimova missed out on being an alternate for the Rio Olympics because the federation hasn’t applied for her FIG license in time. Now she’s not only an Olympian but will likely compete in the vault final...
Russian women had podium training today and overall performed very well. While men had a lot of issues on vault in their podium training yesterday, women said they were happy with all of the equipment. Angelina Melnikova...
With the conclusion of the all-around final at the Russian Cup, Valentina Rodionenko announced the Olympic teams, and following the event finals, she added the names of the individual gymnasts that are the frontrunners for the...
On the first day of the event finals, Lilia Akhaimova won gold on vault and Vladislava Urazova – on uneven bars. For Akhaimova, this victory was especially significant. Vault and floor are the two events that can get her...
The Russian Cup serves as one of the selection stages for the Tokyo Olympics. The main contenders for the Olympic teams were more or less known in advance and Russia even sent the projected teams to Euros to test them (with...
This week, Russian gymnasts are competing at the Russian Cup in Novosibirsk. The competition is a part of the selection process for the Olympics, although the teams will not be named until July and several internal selections...
Valentina Rodionenko has announced partial teams for the upcoming European Championships, saying that the last spots will be decided during the training camp that will start in a week. For women, not surprisingly, Rodionenko...
Lilia Akhaimova had a somewhat underwhelming performance at the 2021 Russian Championships, making mistakes on both vault and floor on the first day of competition and having trouble on all four events on the second day. She...
The first junior all-around World champion Viktoriia Listunova proved today that she is capable of winning at the senior level as well. She won gold after two days of competition with a significant margin despite falling off the...