Ivan Stretovich will not participate at the upcoming Russian Championships in Penza on March 10th-14th, according to Valentina Rodionenko. She told TASS that Stretovich recently had wrist surgery and is still recovering but...
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Daria Spiridonova has officially announced her retirement from artistic gymnastics. Spiridonova struggled to return to her previous level after she had broken her foot in 2018. She was able to get her bars routine back and...
The month of January brought us news that Aliya Mustafina started working as a coach with the Russian junior national team, joining her teammates Ksenia Afanasyeva and Nikolai Kuksenkov. At the time, Mustafina was listed on the...
Valentina Rodionenko announced that all top Russian gymnasts will compete at the upcoming Russian Championships in Penza on March 10th-14th. In November, almost all the members of the national team skipped the Russian...
The MAG and WAG Russian national teams for the year 2021 were announced today. As usual, the men’s team looked as expected but there were a few surprises on the women’s team. On the women’s side, Ksenia...
Welcome to the (second) Olympic year. Russia traditionally has a very long holiday period for New Year and Orthodox Christmas (on January 7th), so the Russian national team had a break before coming back to Round Lake yesterday...
This month, the long-awaited decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport was finally made and Russia received a two-year ban for state-sanctioned doping. Well, kind of. On one hand, it does not seem like much of a ban if...
Russian gymnasts will skip the upcoming European Championships because of the pandemic but there is a chance we will still see them compete. Valentina Rodionenko announced that national team gymnasts will participate in an...
The long-awaited Friendship and Solidarity competition took place in Tokyo this morning. If you missed the competition, opting to sleep instead, the FIG has the full broadcast on their YouTube channel. The competition...
Despite record infection rates and overwhelmed hospitals, life in Russia largely continues as usual, with very few restrictions. For example, Alexey Nemov is still proceeding with his annual gymnastics show that will take place...