The Soviet Union dominated women’s artistic gymnastics and its last team – the Unified Team – won team gold in 1992. But after the breakdown, Russian women were never able to get that coveted gold medal, even...
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The head coach of the Russian men’s team Valeri Alfosov has waited for this moment a long time and planned for it to happen, despite the injuries that plagued the team in the past year. His decision to put a three-eventer...
In 2019, Russian men won their first gold medal as a country (the Soviet men won quite a few golds at Worlds but the independent Russian team never rose higher than silver in the team final before 2019). With two World all-around...
Lilia Akhaimova first made the national team at the age of 18 – quite late for Russian elites who normally get noticed when they are still juniors. She trains at the same gym as Elena Eremina and Tatiana Nabieva but only...
At the 2018 Worlds, the Russian team lost to the Chinese by only 0.049. This is less than even the lowest possible deduction on a skill. The mistake that cost the team the medal could have come from any of the gymnasts. Yet...
Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the men’s team, felt from the start that this was the year Russian men could finally win the team gold at the World Championships. He noted some mistakes the team made but added that none...
David Belyavskiy for years has been on of the top gymnasts in the World. He’s a multiple European champion, yet, in the first seven World Championships, he was never able to win gold. Yesterday, the Russian men’s team...
Russian vault and rings start Denis Abliazin had to miss the 2018 World Championships in order to preserve his eligibility for a nominative spot he’s trying to earn through World Cups. This year, he won gold on both rings...
Russian men’s team won its first-ever gold medal in the team final at the World Championships. The USSR won the team gold in 1991, the last team competition at Worlds before the country ceased to exist. Russian team won...
While it was expected of Russian women’s team to take silver in the team final at Worlds and they did just that, Valentina Rodionenko is not happy with the results because the U. S. team won by almost 9 points. She said to...