In a few days, the Russian team is flying to Tokyo. Angelina Melnikova who was the baby of the team in 2016 is now the captain. In June, she talked to a local TV channel in her hometown about preparing for the second Olympics and...
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Angelina Melnikova had a great season in 2019 and expected the Olympic year to be great as well. She talked to Match TV about adjusting to the new reality after the pandemic led to canceled competitions and training put on...
In August, Aliya Mustafina announced that she would miss the Russian Cup and the World Championships. She later said she needed a break from gymnastics in order to feel motivated again. While she is on the 2020 national team, it...
After finally becoming an individual World medalist this year, Angelina Melnikova is working hard to prepare for her second Olympics. She talked to VTB about her journey between Rio and Tokyo. Q: Which of your medals from...
Ivan Stretovich hasn’t had much luck since the Rio Olympics. First, he had a nagging wrist injury which eventually required a surgery. Then his recovery was slowed down by an elbow injury. He ended up not making any major...
Artur Dalaloyan is enjoying his newfound fame in Russia after not only winning the first MAG AA gold for Russia since 1999 but also adding a whole stack of medals to that gold. He gave this interview to R-Sport the next day after...
Liliia Akhaimova only made the Russian national team at 18 years old. She grew up in Vladivostok, the city on the Pacific coast of Russia and moved to St Petersburg as a teenager. While Vladivostok is a big city, their...
Ecaterina Szabo gave an interview to Céline Nony of L’Equipe last spring, shortly before the European Championships. In the interview, she talked about her career and training under Karolyis, about Romania not qualifying...
Giulia Steingruber injured her knee in July and is missing the rest of the season because of it. She gave an interview to Aargauezeitung about dealing with the injury and her goals and dreams. The translation from German was done...
Igor Radivilov was the only Ukranian MAG who won a medal at the last Euros in the absence of Oleg Verniaiev. He talked to SportExpress.ua about being the leader of the team this past year, his competition plans and what he...