Elena Zamolodchikova gave an interview to Bolshoi Sport (Alexei Nemov’s sports magazine). The interview was partly a promotion of Nemov’s gymnastics show “Sports Legends”, so this is the show she’s...
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Nellie Kim gave a long interview to Bolshoi Sport in which she talked about the differences between the training systems in U.S. and Russia, her take on judging in gymnastics, on Beloamericans and more. Just today a new interview...
Svetlana Khorkina gave an interview to Gazeta.ru taking mostly about the doping scandal and how Russia might be banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics. However, she also talked about the current state of Russian gymnastics. Here...
Anastasia Ilyankova was included on the nominative Russian team for Worlds, however, she had to miss some training because of a back injury. On Saturday, Valentina Rodionenko said that Ilyankova is feeling better and that the...
Yesterday was a verification day at the Round Lake where the MAG and WAG teams for Worlds were finally decided. Valentina Rodionenko announced the teams today: WAG: Angelina Melnikova, Elena Eremina, Anastasia Ilyankova, Maria...
David Belyavskiy became a father last week – he officially announced this on his Instagram. View this post on Instagram Дорогие друзья! 6 сентября мы стали...
Valentina Rodionenko announced that Russian artistic gymnastics federation recommended Emin Garibov for the FIG Athletes Commission. The commission’s goal is to represent the interests of the athletes in FIG and it includes...
A few days ago the president of the Georgian gymnastics federation announced that Alla Sosnitskaya is considering changing her nationality to Georgia and her first competition for the new country might happen as early as the...
Alla Sosnitskaya recently competed for Georgia at a small competition in Batumi which sparked rumors about her officially changing the nationality. She is not currently on the Russian national team roster and she would certainly...
Valentina Rodinenko had announced the Russian WAG team for Worlds a while ago, even before the trial competitions (Russian Cup and Universiade). She was set on sending Eremina, Melnikova, Ilyankova, and Paseka. Talking to TASS...