The women’s competition at the Russian Championships was much more anticipated than the men’s simply because it was the first senior competition of the much promising Viktoriia Listunova and Vladislava Urazova. Last...
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A few days ago, the news broke that Kohei Uchimura and Lilia Akhaimova both tested positive for COVID-19. Both gymnasts were supposed to compete at the Friendship and Solidarity competition in Tokyo next week and were tested in...
With multiple countries deciding to withdraw from the 2020 European Championships, it looked to be a Russian party on the medal podium. Russia was among the few countries very insistent that nothing would stop them from attending...
Nikita Nagornyy and Lilia Akhaimova who were supposed to represent Russia at the American Cup on March, 7 have announced on their Instagram accounts that Russia will withdraw from the competition due to coronavirus...
FIG has announced the field for the American Cup that will take place on March, 7th in Milwaukee and, for the first time since 2011, Russian gymnasts will take part in the competition. While Russia always competes at the rest...
While usually Russian gymnasts get on the national team radar when they are still juniors, Lilia Akhaimova only earned a spot on the national team at 18. She was supposed to be one of the alternates for the Rio Olympics but ended...
Lilia Akhaimova first made the national team at the age of 18 – quite late for Russian elites who normally get noticed when they are still juniors. She trains at the same gym as Elena Eremina and Tatiana Nabieva but only...
Russian team came to Stuttgart quite depleted. First, an injury kept Aliya Mustafina out of the running. Then, Angelina Simakova who was on the nominative team, got injured during the training camp. They ended up having to bring...
After the third verification today, Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation has finally announced its women’s team (the men’s team was announced last week, after only two verifications). With several gymnasts still...
Shortly after the Russian Cup, Valentina Rodionenko has announced the MAG and WAG teams for the upcoming World Championships. The men’s team will consist of David Belyavskiy, Nikita Nagornyy, Artur Dalaloyan, and Ivan...