When a Russian gymnast misses out on a medal by less than 0.1, you just know Valentina Rodionenko will have things to say. And she did. Rodionenko claimed that the judging was not objective and the head judge on beam has been...
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Artur Dalaloyan won the first Worlds AA medal for Russia in nine years (Yuri Ryazanov won bronze in 2009) and the first gold in 19 years (Nikolai Kryukov was the World AA champion in 1999). Nikita Nagornyy won the bronze medal...
While it was expected of Russian women’s team to take silver in the team final at Worlds and they did just that, Valentina Rodionenko is not happy with the results because the U. S. team won by almost 9 points. She said to...
Yesterday, during the team final, the difference between the gold and silver was just 0.05 which is less than any possible deduction on any event. Both Russians and Chinese had their share of mistakes in the final and this 0.05...
Well, this happened. Valentina Rodionenko was at loss for words when asked to comment on the men’s team final. She was surprisingly laconic and even nice which can likely be attributed to the shock. Don’t count that...
The men’s team final at the World Championships today was extremely dramatic. The main battle was between Russia and China. Both teams made mistakes throughout the competition but the main showdown happened on parallel bars...
Valentina Rodionenko told TASS that the coaches decided to put Aliya Mustafina on floor in the qualifications instead of Angelina Simakova. Simakova was originally supposed to do all-around along with Melnikova and Alexeeva but...
Moving from zero transparency with the team selection, Valentina Rodionenko felt generous today and revealed the lineups for Russian WAG for the qualifications at Worlds. Although, there were no surprises as we already knew that...
Valentina Rodionenko talked to TASS about the upcoming Youth Olympic Games. She said the coaches have high hopes for the two gymnasts that are going to the Games – Sergei Naidin and Ksenia Klimenko and they hope that the...
Yesterday was the last day for submitting the nominative teams for the World Championships to FIG and today Valentina Rodionenko officially announced the teams to the media. Of course, there’s still a month till Worlds and...