Angelina Melnikova is just the third World all-around champion in the history of independent Russia. Previously, it was won three times by Svetlana Khorkina (in 1997, 2001, and 2003) and once by Aliya Mustafina (in 2010)...
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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...
Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the Russian MAG team, gave an interview to TASS, in which he talked about the prospects of Russian men in the upcoming competitions. Q: The first time we talked to you in detail was in 2013...
The European Championships last week were the final qualifying competition for the 2nd European Games that will take place in Minsk in June. There is no public list of qualifiers yet but for teams like Russia, who had two...
Russian Championships has started yesterday with the individual qualifications and team finals for both MAG and WAG. While we’re used to not getting proper videos from the qualifications, this year was especially bad...
Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the Russian MAG team, said to TASS that Nikita Ignatyev is definitely out of the running for Euros because he missed both the Russian Championships and the Russian Cup which served as a big part...
Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the Russian men’s national team, told TASS that Nikita Ignatyev has recovered from his shoulder injury and will join the team at the training camp in Spain. Ignatyev had to withdraw from...
Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the men’s national team, told TASS that Nikita Ignatyev had to withdraw from Russian Championships because of shoulder pain: “His shoulder started hurting and we decided to withdraw...
Angelina Melnikova competed at her 9th competition this year, the Voronin Cup, finishing the season on a high note. Despite her fall from the beam, she won the all-around with 53.9. Viktoria Komova took silver in her first...
Russian MAG team had mixed results in yesterday’s qualification. On one hand, David Belyavskiy finished third in the all-around qualification and might also qualify to three EFs while Denis Abliazin performed great on...