Sergei Naidin of Russia yesterday won silver in the all-around final at the Youth Olympic Games. Before the first individual final, team medals were also given out but the team competition at the YOG had a very original format...
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Aliya Mustafina was recently included on the Russian nominative team for the World Championships. MatchTVÂ talked to her about recovering from a knee injury and coming back to gymnastics as a mom. Q: You didn’t go to the...
Valentina Rodionenko talked to TASS about the upcoming Youth Olympic Games. She said the coaches have high hopes for the two gymnasts that are going to the Games – Sergei Naidin and Ksenia Klimenko and they hope that the...
Alexei Nemov talked to News.ru about the current Russian national team and their chances at the upcoming World Championships. Q: What do you think about our chances at the World Championships? A: The best ones. The guys had a...
Elena Eremina and Maria Paseka went to Germany to check on their progress since the back surgeries and to get an approval to train in full strength again. Elena Eremina posted an update on her Instagram, saying that she can fully...
Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the Russian MAG team, told TASS, that Russia will send its B team to the friendly competition in Italy. The gymnasts will have a chance to prove themselves and get considered for the alternate...
Maria Paseka had a back surgery in December and has slowly started training in May. While the initial claims about her comeback were a bit crazy, expecting her to be back by Worlds, the new timeline seems more reasonable. Her...
Aleksandra Shevchenko didn’t enjoy a long gymnastics career having to retire after 2004 because of injuries. Her first major international competition – the 2003 Worlds – didn’t go so well and she...
Angelina Melnikova gave this interview to Alexandra Solovyeva and Timur Ganeev of Izvestia shortly before leaving for the European Championships. She talked about her goals for the competition, overcoming the lack of confidence...
Angelina Melnikova talked to Match TV about her experience at the European Championships in Glasgow. Q: Which performance and medal you are most happy about? A: Of course, we’re most happy about the team performance because...