At the start of the quad, Brazil looked like they could potentially challenge for a team medal. They competed in the team final at the Rio Olympics. They lost Aleksandr Aleksandrov but gained Valeri Liukin. They had trouble...
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Daria Spiridonova was interviewed by Family Style magazine for their New-Year-themed issue. She talked about overcoming the challenges her career presented and her relationship with Nikita Nagornyy. Q: Dasha, more than five...
In 2015, Roxana Popa of Spain thought her gymnastics career was over. In 2019, she was able to compete at the World Championships again, helped her team qualify to the Olympics and made an event final at Worlds for the first time...
Oksana Chusovitina has made history this year by qualifying to her 8th Olympics. In addition to training and competing, she shares her experience as an athlete representative at the FIG. She is also in the running to become an...
On December 9th, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s executive committee announced that Russia will be banned from the Olympic Games, World Championships and large multi-sport events for the next four years due to non-compliance...
When Oleg Verniaiev says he’s going to have a light schedule, it likely means he has just five competitions in two months and not ten. Despite having two surgeries in the beginning of the year, Verniaiev was able to come...
After finally becoming an individual World medalist this year, Angelina Melnikova is working hard to prepare for her second Olympics. She talked to VTB about her journey between Rio and Tokyo. Q: Which of your medals from...
Nikita Nagornyy talked to VTB about the team’s and his own victories in Stuttgart and the long road to this competition. Q: What were you feeling last year when you lost to China by 0.001 at the World...
Oksana Chusovitina talked to AiF about her career, her son’s past illness, and how gymnastics helped her get through the dark times. She is still nostalgic about her first Olympics in 1992: A: We were just kids then. We...
Aliya Mustafina had to miss the European Games and the World Championships due to an injury. Earlier she said she is currently taking a little break from gymnastics in order to find motivation again. She told R-Sport that the...