Angelina Melnikova appeared on MatchTV to talk about her Olympic experience. Russian artistic gymnasts left Tokyo right after the last day of the competition, so they didn’t have a chance to be at the closing ceremony and...
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For Linoy Ashram, the all-around final at the Tokyo Olympics was supposed to be the day of joy and celebration. She won Olympics gold – the first Israeli woman to do so, the first Israeli rhythmic gymnast, the first...
Nikita Nagorny had much more success at his second Olympics than in Rio, despite competing with a kidney stone on two days of event finals. He talked to MatchTV about earning the bronze on horizontal bar unexpectedly and hoping...
Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova made a number of incredible achievements at the Tokyo Olympics – they both made the team, the were part of the historic team bronze, and together they made the all-around and the floor finals...
Vladislava Urazova had a huge success at only the second senior international competition of her career – she won gold as a part of the Russian team, qualified to beam and AA finals and finished fourth in the all-around...
Lilia Akhaimova gave a short interview to RSport upon arrival in Russia. Q: Enough time has passed since the victory. Have you already processed that you became an Olympic champion? A: I think so but it’s not...
Russian gymnasts have come back home from Tokyo. Angelina Melnikova told TASS she will take a break now and does not yet know how long it will last because she needs to recover mentally. Q: In what mood did you wake up the day...
Nikita Nagorny qualified to three event finals at the Olympics and was one of the main medal contenders in two of them – floor and vault. However, he only won the medal in the third final – a bronze on horizontal bar...
In the women’s floor final, gymnasts had a rare tie – Angelina Melnikova and Mai Murakami tied for bronze due to having the same difficulty and execution scores. During the medal ceremony, flags of four countries were...
At his third Olympics, David Belyavskiy finally won a gold medal – as a part of the Russian team. However, he was unable to win medals in the two event finals he qualified to. He finished fourth in the pommel horse final...