Sergei Naidin talked to TeamRussia about his injury and having to withdraw from the high bar final at the Youth Olympic Games. A: The Youth Olympic Games are so far the most important competition in my career. And I needed to...
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Moving from zero transparency with the team selection, Valentina Rodionenko felt generous today and revealed the lineups for Russian WAG for the qualifications at Worlds. Although, there were no surprises as we already knew that...
Russia became one of the last countries to announce their final teams for Worlds. During the month-long selection camp, both MAG and WAG had three verifications, the last one taking place yesterday, however, the nominative teams...
By Mari Ilona Szutenberg Competition at the Youth Olympic Games wrapped up last night with the last two event finals, having showcased a group of exceptional WAG juniors over the past two weeks. Chief among these is all-around...
Sergei Naidin has been having the craziest experience at the Youth Olympics, both good and bad. He won silver in the all-around. Then, he was accidentally withdrawn from floor and pommel horse final due to a mistake in the forms...
Ksenia Klimenko picked up another medal yesterday – a silver on beam. She said to RIA Novosti, that she was able to gain confidence and forget about her mistakes in the all-around, which allowed her to do well on...
After an unsuccessful performance in the all-around final, Ksenia Klimenko gave her all in the uneven bars final and continued Russia’s streak at the Youth Olympic Games (in 2010, the UB gold was won by Viktoria Komova, in...
Sergei Naidin is having quite a rocky ride at the Youth Olympics: he’s competing with an injury (thankfully, the officials let Naidin back in), his coach mistakenly withdrew him from the floor and pommel horse finals, then...
Ksenia Klimenko came to Buenos Aires as one of the main contenders for the all-around podium but ended up fifth in the final after falling on her best event, bars. The next day, she took gold on in the bars final, but getting...
By Mari Ilona Szutenberg Italy’s Giorgia Villa won the all-around title in Buenos Aires in convincing style yesterday, more than half a point ahead of silver medalist Amelie Morgan from Great Britain. The vastly...