The Soviet Union dominated women’s artistic gymnastics and its last team – the Unified Team – won team gold in 1992. But after the breakdown, Russian women were never able to get that coveted gold medal, even...
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The Russian men’s team talked to MatchTV about what the gold medal means to him and what they were feeling throughout the team final. Q: Guys, the final was quite nerve-wrecking. Denis Abliazin: Very much so! I...
The head coach of the Russian men’s team Valeri Alfosov has waited for this moment a long time and planned for it to happen, despite the injuries that plagued the team in the past year. His decision to put a three-eventer...
In 2019, Russian men won their first gold medal as a country (the Soviet men won quite a few golds at Worlds but the independent Russian team never rose higher than silver in the team final before 2019). With two World all-around...
In Rio, Daria Spiridonova and her then boyfriend Nikita Nagorny got to enjoy the Olympics together. At recent international competitions, Daria Nagornaya (she formally changed her last name after retiring the sport) has to watch...
Artur Dalaloyan shocked the fans when he competed on vault and floor in the qualification at the Tokyo Olympics despite being only 3.5 months after Achilles surgery. His scores counted towards the team as his teammate David...
Artur Dalaloyan competed on all six events in the qualification at the Tokyo Olympics despite being only 3.5 months post-Achilles surgery and even qualified to the all-around final. Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the...
Lilia Akhaimova missed out on being an alternate for the Rio Olympics because the federation hasn’t applied for her FIG license in time. Now she’s not only an Olympian but will likely compete in the vault final...
Viktoria Listunova came to Tokyo as one of the favorites for an all-around medal – she is the reigning European all-around champion and won the all-around over her teammates Angelina Melnikova and Vladislava Urazova at the...
Angelina Melnikova came to the Tokyo Olympics as the team leader, both mentally and in terms of her gymnastics. A year ago, perhaps, there were doubts that she would be able to compete at the same level as the new seniors...