It took the decision of the Ministry of Sports to make the Russian Gymnastics Federation postpone the nationals. The WAG Russian Championships were slated to start this week in Penza and some of the athletes have already arrived...
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Russian gymnasts might withdraw from Stuttgart and Birmingham World Cups, according to Valentina Rodionenko. Earlier, Russia opted to withdraw from World Cups in Milwaukee and Tokyo citing coronavirus fears first (and difficult...
As the novel coronavirus started spreading around the globe, we saw its effects on gymnastics already with Chinese gymnasts having to miss the Melbourne World Cup and Russian gymnasts pulling out of the American Cup (taking place...
Aliya Mustafinaad to withdraw from the European Championships, European Games, and Russian Cup last year due to injuries. In October, she announced she was taking a break from gymnastics to recharge and find motivation again...
Nikita Nagornyy and Lilia Akhaimova who were supposed to represent Russia at the American Cup on March, 7 have announced on their Instagram accounts that Russia will withdraw from the competition due to coronavirus...
Tatiana Nabieva gave an interview to Elena Eremina, for Eremina’s vlog on Youtube. In the interview, Nabieva was especially open and raw, talking about how not getting to the Olympics crushed her, how lonely she feels...
Angelina Melnikova who started competing for GAL Lissone team at the Italian Serie A this year will have to miss the next competition due to quarantine measures imposed by the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation. It seems that...
Svetlana Khorkina gave a radio interview and talked about how important it was for her to have a second child. Khorkina gave birth to her second son Ivan three months ago: “The pregnancy went normally, thank God. I think...
Nikita Nagornyy talked to RT about the year he won both the team and the all-around gold at Worlds and his plans and expectations for the Olympic year. Q: Your year was practically perfect and, among other things, you managed...
Ivan Stretovich is now preparing for his second Olympics. Realistically, he is one of the four strongest all-arounders in Russia right now and his main competitor, Vladislav Poliashov, is trying to qualify an individual spot...