Denis Abliazin was supposed to go to Tokyo as an individual from the start. He was even left out of the 2018 Worlds team in order to leave him eligible for earning a spot through World Apparatus Cup series (injuries prevented him...
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Russian men’s team is giving us plenty of surprises in the run-up to competition. First, we learned that Denis Abliazin was put on the team instead of going as an individual even though he only does three events...
Men’s podium training is usually much less interesting the women’s but today Russian gymnasts decided to spice it up. Artur Dalaloyan who tore his Achilles and had surgery only three months ago and who was supposed to...
The Russian team has arrived in Tokyo and had their first training sessions. Valentina Rodionenko told R-Sport there are certain organizational issues in the village, especially where it comes to transportation and COVID-19...
German gymnasts competing in unitards at the European Championships in April made headlines all around the world even though unitards have been allowed in competition for a while and it was not the first instance of wearing a...
Russian artistic gymnastics team is flying to Tokyo tonight. Pre-pandemic they had an arrangement to come for a training camp in advance but in the end, the team management decided it was safer to stay at Round Lake and only come...
Maria Paseka talked to a psychology blog about aggression and negative emotions in an athlete’s life. View this post on Instagram A post shared by E G O R R A Y S (@egor.rays) Q: Maria, how...
Nikita Nagorny, a reigning World and European champion, has a chance to win Olympic AA gold in Tokyo. However, he said in a interview to VTB, a team medal is much more important for him. Q: Nikita, Russian media often call you...
This week, Russian gymnasts and coaches, along with other Tokyo-bound delegations, visited the Kremlin to meet with the country’s president. The visit confirmed that Russia more or less decided on the teams – Nagorny...
Nikita Nagorny appeared on the cover of Men’s Health Russia this month and the magazine interviewed him together with Alexey Nemov. Nagorny and Nemov talked about their Olympic experiences and Nagorny shared how excited he...