Many high-level gymnasts around the world experienced an extended break from gymnastics for the first time in their careers. Artur Dalaloyan’s break was longer than that of his teammates because he was receiving medical...
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This week, the Russian senior national team has started their second camp at Round Lake since the quarantine. There was a short break between the camps during which some gymnasts were allowed to leave the training center but many...
David Belyavskiy spent past three months isolating at home with his wife and daughter. However, at the end of May, he came back to Round Lake for the first training camp since the outbreak. Because he had to fly to Moscow from...
The Russian Championships that were supposed to include both senior and junior competitions were originally scheduled for March and April for women and men respectively. They were originally postponed and then canceled. The...
Vasily Titov, the head of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation says the national team is eagerly waiting for the government’s permission to resume training and that Round Lake is ready for the gymnasts: “We...
Valentina Rodionenko talked to the Russian Olympic Committee about gymnasts dealing with the quarantine and when they can potentially go back to training. Rodionenko recently said she hoped the training would be resumed in May...
The 2020 Russian Championships were due to take place in March (for WAG) and April (for MAG) and serve as trials for the respective European Championships. Some of the WAG competitors even arrived in Penza a few days before the...
Angelina Melnikova talked to Sport-Express about dealing with self-isolation and not being able to train: “My first thought when I learned about the postponement of the Olympics was “How am I going to get through...
Russian national artistic gymnastics team stopped training a month ago after two people from the team tested positive for Covid-19. That was after most of the team relocated to Novogorsk where the rhythmic gymnastics team usually...
Daria Spriridonova talked to Sport-Express about staying optimistic during the quarantine and family life. Q: How is life in quarantine? Judging by your Instagram, it’s quite fun. A: We’re trying not to get...