Angelina Melnikova came to the Tokyo Olympics as the team leader, both mentally and in terms of her gymnastics. A year ago, perhaps, there were doubts that she would be able to compete at the same level as the new seniors...
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Alexander Shatilov competed his first and only routine at the Tokyo Olympics today, his fourth Olympics. His score of 13.500 was enough only for the 47th place in the qualification and he’s been struggling to upgrade his...
Artem Dolgopyat turned senior in 2015 but injuries prevented him from achieving great results on the international scene for a while. At the 2015 Worlds which served as a qualifier for the Rio Olympics, he finished 133rd on floor...
Russian men were in third place after two subdivisions, behind China and Japan, and Nikita Nagorny hopes the team will do better in the final: “I don’t think our team competed well today but we tried really hard...
Artur Dalaloyan who competed on all six events today only 3.5 months after tearing his Achilles, credited hard work and the support of his family and team with his miraculous recovery: “My wife played a very big role in...
David Belyavskiy would have liked to get to his third Olympics in a better shape – he had an ankle injury before the Russian Cup and was limited to four events there. In the qualification at the Tokyo Olympics, he struggled...
In the beginning of 2020, the Tokyo Olympics weren’t really on Aleksandr Kartsev’s radar. He only turned 18 last year and, although eligible for Tokyo, didn’t think he was quite at the level to compete with team...
Nikita Nagorny, the reigning World and European all-around champion is currently leading the all-around standings with 87.897 pver Xiao Ruoteng (87.732), Sun Wei (87.298) and his teammate Artur Dalaloyan (85.957). This score is...
Only 3.5 months after his Achilles tear, Artur Dalaloyan competed on all six events at the Tokyo Olympics and will advance to the all-around final together with Nikita Nagorny ahead of his teammates David Belyavskiy and Aleksandr...
Many artistic gymnasts skip the opening ceremony at the Olympics because their competition often starts the next day or a couple of days after and participating in the ceremony is tiring. There are some exceptions – for...