The Russian Cup will take place from Friday 23rd of August till Tuesday 27th of August in Penza. Most top national team gymnasts are expected to compete as it will be one of the stages of the Worlds team selection. Notably absent...
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Nikita Nagornyy gave an interview to Ivan Fragin of VTB after winning AA gold at the European Championships. He talked about the popularity of gymnastics in Russia, his plans for life after retirement and his wedding. Q:...
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...
Nikita Nagornyy left the European Championships very happy – he got two gold medals, he managed to have a very clean competition, and it was finally over, so he got to go home and get some rest: “I feel great...
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...
The very first words Nikita Nagornyy said after finishing his last routine of today’s all-around competition were “Happy birthday!” It’s his coach’s birthday today and this was Nagornyy’s way...
Leading up to the European Championships, it was clear that the main battle in the all-around would be between Artur Dalaloyan and Nikita Nagornyy. Nagornyy made a few more mistakes yesterday and finished second in qualifications...
Nikita Nagornyy is the World bronze AA medalist and is coming to the European Championships with the highest combined difficulty (he leads over Artur Dalaloyan by almost a point). He also won almost everything at the Russian...
This past month has been a rollercoaster for the Russian fans with Nikolai Kuksenkov being retired and unretired, David Belyavskiy missing Euros, then going to Euros, then not going to Euros again and now Aliya Mustafina...
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...