For a while, it looked like Daria Spiridonova would become an alternate on the Russian team, just as she was the last year. Maria Paseka is the reigning European champion on vault and for Spiridonova, the Worlds became the first...
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Russian WAG team ended up in a difficult situation without much depth. After Aliya Mustafina and Angelina Simakova got injured, they were left without enough all-arounders and with specialists whose strengths don’t match...
The Russian men’s and women’s teams are flying to Stuttgart for the World Championships tomorrow. While the men’s team was announced last week, the women’s team had another verification before the...
After the third verification today, Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation has finally announced its women’s team (the men’s team was announced last week, after only two verifications). With several gymnasts still...
European champion and silver World medalist Irina Alexeeva has announced her commitment to Stanford University and will start her degree next fall. Alexeeva will be the first Russian national WAG team member to compete in NCAA...
Russian Olympic champion Svetlana Khorkina is expecting a second child. She made a public appearance at a movie premiere in Moscow where she effectively announced her pregnancy. Khorkina has been talking about wanting another...
Shortly after the Russian Cup, Valentina Rodionenko has announced the MAG and WAG teams for the upcoming World Championships. The men’s team will consist of David Belyavskiy, Nikita Nagornyy, Artur Dalaloyan, and Ivan...
A rising Russian junior Vladislava Urazova won the all-around at the Russian Cup, leading over Angelina Melnikova by more than four points after two days. Russian Cup is normally a senior-only competition but during the...
Georgia has been attracting gymnasts from Russia for several years now but they had little luck on the women’s side with gymnasts getting injured a lot. Two years ago, Alla Sosnitskaya planned to switch to Georgia but had...
The Russian Cup will take place from Friday 23rd of August till Tuesday 27th of August in Penza. Most top national team gymnasts are expected to compete as it will be one of the stages of the Worlds team selection. Notably absent...