Aliya Mustafina decided to miss the European Championships and prepare for the 2019 European Games where she will try to defend her AA title. However, she is apparently experiencing a minor elbow injury and missed the last...
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The European Championships last week were the final qualifying competition for the 2nd European Games that will take place in Minsk in June. There is no public list of qualifiers yet but for teams like Russia, who had two...
You just knew that when Angelina Simakova had an unfortunate floor routine with two falls in the all-around final at Euros, that Valentina Rodionenko would have something to say. She expressed her unhappiness with Simakova to the...
Angelina Simakova had quite a stressful month leading up to the European Championships. She was named to the team after winning the all-around at the Russian Championships, then, after her unfortunate performance at the Stuttgart...
Valentina Rodionenko talked to RG.ru about the Russian team’s plan for the European Championships and why Mustafina and Belyavskiy are missing the competition. Being true to herself, Valentina Rodionenko could not praise...
Yesterday, Valentina Rodionenko announced that Aliya Mustafina is no longer in contention for the European Championships. The gymnast explained her decision to R-Sport, saying that she did not want to compete in four...
This past month has been a rollercoaster for the Russian fans with Nikolai Kuksenkov being retired and unretired, David Belyavskiy missing Euros, then going to Euros, then not going to Euros again and now Aliya Mustafina...
Russia has announced the teams for the European Championships right after the nationals and, famously, Aliya Mustafina was left off the team. Since there’s not team competition at Euros this year, the federation decided to...
Nikita Nagornyy won the all-around at the Russian Championships by a landslide. Vladislav Poliashov who got silver lost to Nagornyy by about 6 points over two days. Nikita Ignatyev took bronze, while Dmitrii Lankin had a very...
Yesterday, Andrei and Valentina Rodionenko told the media that Nikolai Kuksenkov has retired. This followed the drama surrounding his participation in the Russian Championships where he was told he had not been selected to...