Denis Abliazin’s major injury in 2019, perhaps, put a question mark on whether he’d be able to come back to gymnastics. Two of his three events – vault and floor – put a lot of pressure on his legs. There...
Tag - Tokyo 2020
Denis Abliazin was supposed to go to Tokyo as an individual from the start. He was even left out of the 2018 Worlds team in order to leave him eligible for earning a spot through World Apparatus Cup series (injuries prevented him...
The Russian team has arrived in Tokyo and had their first training sessions. Valentina Rodionenko told R-Sport there are certain organizational issues in the village, especially where it comes to transportation and COVID-19...
Russian artistic gymnastics team is flying to Tokyo tonight. Pre-pandemic they had an arrangement to come for a training camp in advance but in the end, the team management decided it was safer to stay at Round Lake and only come...
Illia Kovtun wasn’t supposed to be at the Tokyo Olympics – he’s only 17 years old and will turn 18 after the gymnastics competition at the Olympics will be over. The postponement meant he had a chance to go to...
In a few days, the Russian team is flying to Tokyo. Angelina Melnikova who was the baby of the team in 2016 is now the captain. In June, she talked to a local TV channel in her hometown about preparing for the second Olympics and...
Oleg Verniaiev finally revealed the reason why he has been suspended for over half a year – he tested positive for meldonium in November. The Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF) gave him a four-year ban which he now plans to...
Nikita Nagorny, a reigning World and European champion, has a chance to win Olympic AA gold in Tokyo. However, he said in a interview to VTB, a team medal is much more important for him. Q: Nikita, Russian media often call you...
This week, Russian gymnasts and coaches, along with other Tokyo-bound delegations, visited the Kremlin to meet with the country’s president. The visit confirmed that Russia more or less decided on the teams – Nagorny...
Tokyo World Cup is the latest in the All-Around World Cup series to get canceled. After the cancellations of the World Cups in Birmingham and Stuttgart leading to the cancellation of the whole series, the competition in Tokyo was...