At the beginning of the year, when Russia has announced its national team, three spots were left empty on the WAG reserve team. The coaches opted not to fill the spots after the Russian Championships and finally added three more...
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Nikita Nagornyy gave an interview to Ivan Fragin of VTB after winning AA gold at the European Championships. He talked about the popularity of gymnastics in Russia, his plans for life after retirement and his wedding. Q:...
Maria Paseka gave an interview to Gymnastika, the magazine of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation. The interview took place right after the Russian Championships in March. Q: Masha, admit it, were you thinking about...
Tatiana Nabieva competed for the Russian national team last time in 2014, at the World Championships. Since then, she occasionally competed in the French gymnastics league, attended Sokol Grand Prix in 2017 and was a staple at...
Aliya Mustafina went to train in Penza during the European Championships and gave an interview to a local website smi58. The interview focused less on her training and competing and more on her personal life and...
Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the Russian MAG team, gave an interview to TASS, in which he talked about the prospects of Russian men in the upcoming competitions. Q: The first time we talked to you in detail was in 2013...
Maria Paseka talked to R-Sport about coming back after the back surgery and doing gymnastics as an adult. Q: Looking back, how did it happen that you had to miss such a long period of competition? What was your injury, how did...
The European Championships last week were the final qualifying competition for the 2nd European Games that will take place in Minsk in June. There is no public list of qualifiers yet but for teams like Russia, who had two...
Angelina Melnikova sometimes says that bars are the event she worries the most or where she often has issues in training but in competition, it’s one of her best events and she keeps winning medals to prove it. She won...
Dmitrii Lankin might sometimes be overshadowed by his superstar teammates Nagornyy and Dalaloyan, but he keeps proving that he is a strong medal contender on several events. Last year, Lankin won bronze on vault at Euros, and...