The Tokyo Olympics were officially postponed until 2021 and Svetlana Khorkina had things to say about it. In an interview to Sport-Express, she violated from her traditional narrative “it is a conspiracy against me”...
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Valentina Rodionenko told TASS that the preliminary Olympic training squads had been decided for both WAG and MAG. The squads will be preparing at Round Lake but the final decision regarding the Olympic teams will be made at the...
Larisa Latynina, the most decorated Olympic gymnast, turned 80 years old in December. Leading up to her birthday, she gave an interview to TASS. Q: Larisa Semyonovna, first of all, tell us how and where you will celebrate your...
Oleg Verniaiev was slated to go to all four of the all-around World Cups in the hopes of winning an additional Olympic spot for Ukraine. He finished second at the American Cup with a fall but will get some unexpected rest now...
The novel coronavirus continues disrupting gymnastics competition season. Today, just hours after the announcement of the Doha World Cup being postponed, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has announced that the...
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) announced today that the Doha World Cup will be postponed until June 3-6 due to the situation with the novel coronavirus. Last week, the FIG announced that the competition would be...
As the novel coronavirus started spreading around the globe, we saw its effects on gymnastics already with Chinese gymnasts having to miss the Melbourne World Cup and Russian gymnasts pulling out of the American Cup (taking place...
Melbourne World Cup is over and it looks like Jade Carey is going to the Olympics, since she has gathered 90 points on both vault and floor. Theoretically, Yu Linmin can tie her on vault if she wins gold in either Baku or Doha...
The Melbourne Worl Cup qualification continued on Friday with beam and floor for women and vault, parallel bars, and high bar for men. While there are clear leaders among women on vault (Jade Carey), bars (Fan Yilin), and floor...
Melbourne World Cup has been probably the least attended competition of the Apparatus World Cup series this quad, especially on the women’s side, due to the geographic distance and expensive tickets. Last year, for example...