The Russian Ministry of Sports proposed to start vaccinating all national team athletes against COVID-19. Many Russian people are not especially enthusiastic about the vaccine – less than half of poll respondents last month...
Tag - Tokyo 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic changed our whole life in a very short period of time. Things that seemed normal before – coughing in public, talking to people without a mask on, gathering in large crowds – seem weird now, and...
Angelina Melnikova had a great season in 2019 and expected the Olympic year to be great as well. She talked to Match TV about adjusting to the new reality after the pandemic led to canceled competitions and training put on...
For gymnasts who planned on retiring after the Tokyo Olympics the need to train for another year might have come as a shock. For Germany’s Kim Bui the postponement wasn’t easy to adjust to initially but she found ways...
The release of Netflix’s Athlete A documentary prompted many gymnasts around the world to talk publicly about abuse they routinely experienced while training and competing. However, with the persistent culture of silence...
David Belyavskiy talked to Overtime about life in quarantine, starting an athletic apparel business, and raising a daughter. Belyavskiy was one of the first Russian gymnasts to self-quarantine as he opted not to go back to...
Angelina Melnikova has been self-isolating at home for over a month now, since Round Lake, the national team’s training center, was closed. She talked to the Russian Olympic Committee about life under quarantine. A: I...
Maria Paseka announced last month that she is taking a break and will not pursue Olympic qualification anymore. However, she still plans on coming back for the 2024 Olympics. In a live stream on Instagram, she confirmed her...
As most gymnasts around the world, Israeli gymnasts are currently quarantined at home and trying to stay in shape with home workout. Alexander Shatilov frequently posts those workout on Instagram, with his son as a training...
If you were worried that Oksana Chusovitina who announced her plans to retire right after the 2020 Olympics would decide to forgo an addition year of training and competing, worry not. Of course, Chusovitina is staying until 2021...