Svetlana Boginskaya gave an interview to Gimnastika, the official magazine of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation. In the interview, she talked about working with Oksana Chusovitina, her life in the U.S. and her thoughts...
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Oksana Chusovitina has won nine World medals on vault, with her first in 1991 when she still represented USSR and her last one exactly 20 years later in 2011 when she represented Germany. Now she hopes to win another one in 2019...
Lilia Podkopayeva was asked by NevaSport to comment on the IOC possibly excluding boxing from the Olympics and to compare it to gymnastics. She also talked a bit about her gymnastics career and how she was really upset she...
Three-time Olympic champion Alexander Dityatin talked to MatchTV about his career and what it meant to be an athlete during the Soviet times. Q: Were you watching the last European Championships? A: Unfortunately, I...
Elena Davydova gave an interview to Oksana Tonkacheeva for the magazine of the Russian artistic gymnastics federation. She talked about her career as a gymnast and learning innovative elements, such as Tkachev release on bars and...
Svetlana Baitova who won team gold at the 1988 Olympics recently talked to Igor Kozlov of Sputnik.by about her career and about life after retiring from competitive sports. Q: Svetlana, this year marks 30 years since you became...
Nellie Kim recently visited Russia in order to attend a rhythmic gymnastics festival organized by Alina Kabaeva. Kim gave an interview to a local website Mosregtoday.ru and talked about her gymnastics career, her current work and...
For several years, Olga Korbut has been accusing her former coach Renald Knysh of molesting, raping and beating her. Knysh categorically denied the accusations and for year Korbut’s been accused of lying and...
Besides “ending the Cold War“, Olga Korbut has done some actual charitable acts, such as making donations to an animal shelter and a children’s hospital in Arizona. Last year Olga Korbut sold her medals at an...
This is an old interview with Elena Shushunova by Vladimir Vashevnik. The translation was requested by Mara Lynch who is a patron of our website on Patreon. If you become a $5+ patron, you will also be able to place translation...