Russian WAG team ended up in a difficult situation without much depth. After Aliya Mustafina and Angelina Simakova got injured, they were left without enough all-arounders and with specialists whose strengths don’t match...
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Former Russian gymnast Maria Kharenkova, whose nationality switch was approved last week, said she hopes that competing for Georgia will finally allow her to go to the Olympics: “I received this offer and thought about...
Shortly after the Russian Cup, Valentina Rodionenko has announced the MAG and WAG teams for the upcoming World Championships. The men’s team will consist of David Belyavskiy, Nikita Nagornyy, Artur Dalaloyan, and Ivan...
A rising Russian junior Vladislava Urazova won the all-around at the Russian Cup, leading over Angelina Melnikova by more than four points after two days. Russian Cup is normally a senior-only competition but during the...
After saying to the media that Russian WAG national team is having issues, Valentina Rodionenko continued the criticism and, as usual, found new favorites. She said to TASS that some gymnasts born in 2004 are very likely to make...
Valentina Rodionenko, a Russian national team coach, has expressed her unhappiness with the progress of Aliya Mustafina and Angelina Melnikova this week. Now, she elaborated that Mustafina’s participation at Worlds will...
Russian national team gymnasts participated in a three-week-long training camp in Kamo, Japan. The camp was meant to check how the gymnasts would adapt to the climate, equipment, and training conditions in Japan. In addition to...
Angelina Melnikova finished the competition at the European Games as the most decorated artistic gymnast, with two gold and two silver medals. However, if you thought this would be enough for Valentina Rodionenko, you were wrong...
The Russian national team will gather for next national team camp on Monday. The gymnasts who were selected to compete at the European Games will finish their preparation for the competition at Round Lake and will fly to Minsk on...
David Belyavskiy had to miss the Russian Championships and the European Championships because of an injury but he has been preparing for European Games. At the first European Games, Belyavskiy could not compete in the all-around...