Three-time Olympian and former president of the FIG Yuri Titov turned 85 in November. He gave an interview to TASS on this occasion and talked about his career and the current generation of Russian gymnasts. The current FIG...
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During the 1980 Olympics, Yuri Titov was the president of the International Gymnastics Federation and was heavily involved in the organization of the Games. He talked to Gymnastika about the experience for the 40th anniversary of...
Stella Zakharova talked to TASS about the 1980 Olympics for their 40th anniversary. Zakharova was part of the gold-winning Soviet team. For Soviet gymnasts, even getting on the team was a big achievement: “At the time...
Aleksandr Dityatin won eight medals at the 1980 Olympics, three of them gold. He achieved a rare feat of medaling in every single of the six event finals. TeamRussia interviewed him to commemorate 40th anniversary of the Moscow...
Russian media are publishing articles and interviews about the 1980 Olympics for the 40th anniversary of the event. Lidia Ivanova, a Soviet Olympic champion, was one of the judges during the Moscow Olympics. She talked to RT.com...
Larisa Latynina, the most decorated Olympic gymnast, turned 80 years old in December. Leading up to her birthday, she gave an interview to TASS. Q: Larisa Semyonovna, first of all, tell us how and where you will celebrate your...
Albert Azaryan, a Soviet gymnast famous for his rings routine, was the first gymnast to win Olympic gold on rings twice. His path in gymnastics was quite uncommon as he only started training at 17, after first being a blacksmith...
In 1989, Svetlana Boginskaya won three gold medals at the World Championships in Stuttgart – as a part of the Soviet team, in the all-around, and on floor. As she told Dvora Meyers, the medals aren’t what she remembers...
Nellie Kim is helping to promote the European Games as one of its start ambassadors. She talked to Minsk News about her roles at the Games and her thoughts on Belorussian gymnastics. Q: Nellie, if we’re being honest, the...
Olga Strazheva had a short but very memorable international career. She is a World and Olympic champion as a part of the Soviet team and Worlds bars and all-around bronze medalist. At the 1988 Olympics, Strazheva suffered an ACL...