At the press conference before the Russian Championships, Aliya Mustafina talked about competing for the first time after coming back: “The current Russian Championships will be very important for me because I took a break...
Tag - Russian Championships 2018
The Russian Championships which start tomorrow promise to be a very exciting competition. We’ll see the whole national team in the competition (except for the injured gymnasts), Aliya Mustafina will make her much...
Elena Vaytshekhovskaya has published a great new interview with Aliya Mustafina on R-Sport. Here’s the English translation. Tracksuit, hair undone, a complete absence of makeup on her face and immense fatigue in the eyes. Only...
Russian Gymnastics Federation made a video about the preparations of the national team gymnasts for the Russian Championships that will start next week in Kazan. The video was filmed last Thursday when the women had a...
Valentina Rodionenko has told R-Sport that Aliya Mustafina may have her international comeback sooner than we expected as she is preparing to compete at Osijek Challenge Cup in Croatia (May 24-27). Mustafina also plans to compete...
For over two years, we’ve been wondering what is going on with Irina Alexeeva and whether she will ever represent Russia (or USA, or any country, really) internationally. Russian-born Irina Alexeeva trains at WOGA and her...
Ex-Ukrainian/ex-Azerbaijani gymnast Oleg Stepko is now officially a Russian citizen and will be able to participate in the upcoming Russian Championships (only citizens are allowed to compete at nationals). Vladimir Kochnev...
Vladimir Kochnev, Ivan Stretovich’s coach, told TASS that the gymnast is currently preparing for the Russian Championships that will take place in April. According to Kochnev, Stretovich is not yet back at his top shape and...
Oleg Stepko’s current coach Vladimir Kochnev confirmed to TASS that ex-Azerbaijani/Ukranian gymnast will receive Russian citizenship very soon. This will allow Stepko to compete at the Russian championships in April and to...
It seems that Oleg Stepko was able to receive Russian citizenship as he is currently preparing for the Russian Championships that will take place in April. Stepko gave his first interview since leaving Azerbaijan to the Ukrainian...