Gennady Sartynsky gave an interview to Sport Express UA in which he talked about Oleg Verniaiev’s recovery, Ukrainian team’s Olympic qualification chances and Oleg Stepko’s chances of making the Russian...
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Ex-Ukrainian/ex-Azerbaijani gymnast Oleg Stepko is now officially a Russian citizen and will be able to participate in the upcoming Russian Championships (only citizens are allowed to compete at nationals). Vladimir Kochnev...
Oleg Stepko’s current coach Vladimir Kochnev confirmed to TASS that ex-Azerbaijani/Ukranian gymnast will receive Russian citizenship very soon. This will allow Stepko to compete at the Russian championships in April and to...
It seems that Oleg Stepko was able to receive Russian citizenship as he is currently preparing for the Russian Championships that will take place in April. Stepko gave his first interview since leaving Azerbaijan to the Ukrainian...
1980 Olympic champion Stella Zakharova talked to RBK Ukraine about the state of sport in Ukraine and whether a nation can still participate in sports events when it’s currently at war. She believes that sending athletes to...
This week Almaty hosted an international competition – the Open Cup of the President of Kazakhstan’s Artistic Gymnastics Federation. Yes, that name’s a mouthful, but the important part is that it was Milad...
“Ot dushi v dushu”, the Youtube channel that posted the weirdest interview with Oleg Verniaiev last week, promised to give us a sequel and boy, they did not disappoint. In the second part, Verniaiev talks about offers...
Alina Kozich, the 2004 all-around European champion, became a coach and a choreographer after retiring from her competitive career. She worked with the Japanese and Hungarian national teams and in 2017, she moved to Belarus where...
Oleg Verniaiev talked to RIA Novosti Ukraine about how winning an Olympic medal can change the life of an athlete in Ukraine. Q: At the 2016 Olympics you put gold and silver into Ukraine’s “bank”. Did the...
Oleg Verniaiev and Igor Radivilov who both won silver medals at the 2017 Worlds will be receiving the President of Ukraine stipend for outstanding athletes. The monthly amount is 9,000 grivnas which is about $320. Their personal...