Taiwan’s team (or, rather, Chinese Taipei’s as the Olympic Committee chooses to call it) made history at these Worlds by not only qualifying to the Olympics but also making the men’s team final. Taiwan beat such...
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When Roxana Popa reinjured her knee in 2015, she thought she would not be able to compete again. She had trouble even walking down the street, so gymnastics was out of the question at the time. However, after another surgery in...
Laney Madsen was first supposed to compete for Bulgaria at the 2018 World Championships but got injured shortly after arriving in Doha. This year, she used the European Championships and Games to prepare for Worlds and hopes to...
At the World Championships, Oleg Verniaiev hopes to help the Ukrainian men’s team qualify to the Olympics. So, he’s going to give it his all despite having two surgeries earlier this year and not quite being...
KrisztiƔn Berki, the 2012 Olympic champion on pommel horse, had to miss the Rio Olympics due to an injury. He hoped to have a chance to repeat the victory at the Tokyo Olympics but another injury is likely to rule the...
Polish legend Marta Pihan-Kulesza will, unfortunately, miss the upcoming World Championships in Stuttgart. A multiple World Cup medalist, she represented Poland at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Pihan-Kulesza retired in 2016, at the...
Russian national competitions have been mostly conducted in Penza in the past years. In addition to the Russian Championships and the Russian Cup, the city hosted junior competitions and will host Voronin Cup later this year. The...
A rising Russian junior Vladislava Urazova won the all-around at the Russian Cup, leading over Angelina Melnikova by more than four points after two days. Russian Cup is normally a senior-only competition but during the...
Oksana Chusovitina is currently trying to qualify for her 8th Olympic Games. Despite being best known for her vaults, she is training on all four events and hopes to qualify through the all-around at the World Championships in...
Russian national team gymnasts participated in a three-week-long training camp in Kamo, Japan. The camp was meant to check how the gymnasts would adapt to the climate, equipment, and training conditions in Japan. In addition to...