Aliya Mustafina commented on the announcement that she has been appointed the acting head coach of the Russian junior national WAG team. In the past, she said multiple times that she did not want to coach but, as many Russian...
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The month of January brought us news that Aliya Mustafina started working as a coach with the Russian junior national team, joining her teammates Ksenia Afanasyeva and Nikolai Kuksenkov. At the time, Mustafina was listed on the...
A year ago, Maria Paseka was training for the 2020 Olympics and trying to earn a spot through the World Cups. In 2019, she won gold on vault at the European Championships but later that year went to the World Championships only...
Valentina Rodionenko announced that all top Russian gymnasts will compete at the upcoming Russian Championships in Penza on March 10th-14th. In November, almost all the members of the national team skipped the Russian...
The MAG and WAG Russian national teams for the year 2021 were announced today. As usual, the men’s team looked as expected but there were a few surprises on the women’s team. On the women’s side, Ksenia...
The Russian Ministry of Sports proposed to start vaccinating all national team athletes against COVID-19. Many Russian people are not especially enthusiastic about the vaccine – less than half of poll respondents last month...
Russia has received a two-year “ban” that among other things prohibits the use of the Russian flag and anthem at competitions. However, it does allow the word “Russia” to be present on the uniforms and...
Welcome to the (second) Olympic year. Russia traditionally has a very long holiday period for New Year and Orthodox Christmas (on January 7th), so the Russian national team had a break before coming back to Round Lake yesterday...
Dmitri Lankin was one of the Russian gymnasts that were selected for the Friendship and Solidarity competition in Tokyo. For a long time, he had been seen as an event specialist which would limit his chances to go to the...
Russian gymnasts will skip the upcoming European Championships because of the pandemic but there is a chance we will still see them compete. Valentina Rodionenko announced that national team gymnasts will participate in an...