This season, Oksana Chusovitina once again proved that we should never beleive her retirement announcements. She started training a few months after the Olympics in order to compete at the Asian games and is now considering...
Tag - Tokyo 2021
Maria Paseka talked to Sport-Express about her comeback to training and what she thinks about the Tokyo Olympics. Q: How did you feel about the performance of the Russian team at the Olympics? A: I was happy, of course...
After the Olympics, David Belyavskiy became very famous in the city of Yekaterinburg where he lives. In addition to multiple interviews with the local media, Belyavskiy also became an ambassador of the 2023 Universiade which...
Maria Filatova represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, she won bronze on uneven bars at the Moscow Games and was also the silver all-around medalist at the 1981 World Championships. Filatova moved abroad...
Belyavskiy visited his native town Votkinsk and then the capital city Izhevsk in Udmurt region of Russia and gave an interview to Izhlife. Q: Which trait a person needs to be a champion? A: Just one trait is not...
Lilia Akhaimova talked to Dnevnik shortly after coming back home from Tokyo. Q: You got injured before the Tokyo Olympics and your participation in the Games was in question. How did you manage to recover and believe in...
Valentina Rodionenko gave TASS updates on the national team. She confirmed that Viktoria Listunova is missing Worlds due to a minor elbow injury: “Listunova is getting treatment, she has certain issues with an elbow...
Chusovitina talked to Anhor about staying in the sport for as long as she has and her decision to retire. Q: While prepare for our interview, I read a dozen of your interviews and articles about you. In some, published in...
Melnikova talked to PeopleTalk website after returning from Tokyo. She recalled that while physically, the postponement was a good thing, mentally, it was extremely hard for her: “It was hard to endure these Olympics...
David Belyavskiy talked to TeleSport after the Olympics. He discussed his career, the differences between Tokyo and the other two Games he’s been a part of, and his plans for the future. Q: David, at the European...