When Aleksandr Kartsev won all-around at the 2020 Russian Championships which were not attended by the strongest gymnasts, it didn’t seem to mean much. However, he won AA again at the 2021 Championships, with Belyavskiy and...
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Dmitrii Lankin’s training before the Russian Championships was limited by an injury and he ended up withdrawing from all event finals except vault where he won bronze. He has surgery scheduled on March 23rd and he told...
Valentina Rodionenko has announced partial teams for the upcoming European Championships, saying that the last spots will be decided during the training camp that will start in a week. For women, not surprisingly, Rodionenko...
The head coach of the Russian men’s team Valeri Alfosov talked to R-Sport about the gymnasts’ prospects for the European Championships and the Olympics. Alfosov said that Abliazin who competed only on rings at the...
Dmitrii Lankin will have to undergo surgery on his foot shortly after the Russian Championships. According to the head coach Valeri Alfosov: “Dima is having surgery on March 23rd. He has a growth on his heel, it needs to...
Denis Abliazin has been dealing with leg injuries for over a year which seriously limited his training. At the 2021 Russian Championships, he is only competing on rings. He’s already training vault again but is still doing...
Angelina Melnikova won bronze in the all-around at the Russian Championships after two days of competition. Falls on beam and trouble on bars on both days did not allow her place higher but she told media is overall pleased with...
Valentina Rodionenko told media that the top three in the all-around in both MAG and WAG will likely be selected to go to the European Championships in Basel. For MAG, the top three gymnasts were Aleksandr Kartsev, Artur...
The new Russian all-around champion Viktoria Listunova had to take a break from training in the beginning of the year due to COVID-19 and, as a result, was unable to do her full difficulty at the Russian...
Lilia Akhaimova had a somewhat underwhelming performance at the 2021 Russian Championships, making mistakes on both vault and floor on the first day of competition and having trouble on all four events on the second day. She...