Russian senior national team is already gathering at Round Lake for the next camp but those who attended the Olympics were given a break and are only expected to go back on August 22nd. This camp will be the first in preparation...
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Lilia Akhaimova has never been in the spotlight much despite being on several medal-winning teams for Russia. That attention finally came to her now, both from the traditional media and on social media – she’s getting...
Angelina Melnikova appeared on MatchTV to talk about her Olympic experience. Russian artistic gymnasts left Tokyo right after the last day of the competition, so they didn’t have a chance to be at the closing ceremony and...
For Linoy Ashram, the all-around final at the Tokyo Olympics was supposed to be the day of joy and celebration. She won Olympics gold – the first Israeli woman to do so, the first Israeli rhythmic gymnast, the first...
Nikita Nagorny had much more success at his second Olympics than in Rio, despite competing with a kidney stone on two days of event finals. He talked to MatchTV about earning the bronze on horizontal bar unexpectedly and hoping...
Vladislava Urazova had a huge success at only the second senior international competition of her career – she won gold as a part of the Russian team, qualified to beam and AA finals and finished fourth in the all-around...
Lilia Akhaimova gave a short interview to RSport upon arrival in Russia. Q: Enough time has passed since the victory. Have you already processed that you became an Olympic champion? A: I think so but it’s not...
Russian gymnasts have come back home from Tokyo. Angelina Melnikova told TASS she will take a break now and does not yet know how long it will last because she needs to recover mentally. Q: In what mood did you wake up the day...
Nikita Nagorny qualified to three event finals at the Olympics and was one of the main medal contenders in two of them – floor and vault. However, he only won the medal in the third final – a bronze on horizontal bar...
In the women’s floor final, gymnasts had a rare tie – Angelina Melnikova and Mai Murakami tied for bronze due to having the same difficulty and execution scores. During the medal ceremony, flags of four countries were...