As expected, Chinese gymnasts ended up having to withdraw from the Apparatus World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, due to the travel ban imposed by the Australian government. There were no reports of Chinese gymnasts getting ill...
Tag - Tokyo 2020
As a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Australia has imposed a travel ban on foreign citizens who visited China in the past 14 days. Since the outbreak is still progressing, it is very likely that the ban will not be...
Nikita Nagornyy talked to RT about the year he won both the team and the all-around gold at Worlds and his plans and expectations for the Olympic year. Q: Your year was practically perfect and, among other things, you managed...
Ivan Stretovich is now preparing for his second Olympics. Realistically, he is one of the four strongest all-arounders in Russia right now and his main competitor, Vladislav Poliashov, is trying to qualify an individual spot...
FIG has announced the field for the American Cup that will take place on March, 7th in Milwaukee and, for the first time since 2011, Russian gymnasts will take part in the competition. While Russia always competes at the rest...
In December the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that Russian athletes might be banned from the Olympics. The Russian Anti-Doping Association (RUSADA) will be appealing the ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
In August, Aliya Mustafina announced that she would miss the Russian Cup and the World Championships. She later said she needed a break from gymnastics in order to feel motivated again. While she is on the 2020 national team, it...
Ellie Black sustained an ankle injury during the all-around final at the 2019 World Championships. The injury required a surgery in October and the recovery has been slow but Black plans on being ready by the Olympics. She...
For Ivan Stretovich, this quad has been quite challenging as he was trying to recover from a wrist injury for more than two years. In 2019, he was finally able to get back to the highest level and helped the Russian team win gold...
Oksana Chusovitina gave an interview to Sport Express in October, when she came to Moscow to perform at Nemov Show. Q: You qualified to the Olympics at the past World Championships. Was that the only stage of...