The reigning Olympic champion on floor Artem Dolgopyat came into the floor final at the World Championships in Antwerp as the top qualifier and was a heavy favorite to medal, possibly, even win gold. That would be his first gold...
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In 2022, Igor Radivilov experienced probably one of the most challenging seasons in his career – his training was interrupted by the Russian invasion, he spent several months as a refugee in Germany, his native city...
Oleg Verniaiev released a video in which he talks about his life during the war and calls for a lifetime ban of the Russian athletes that support the war. Verniaiev was born and raised in Donetsk, a Ukrainian city that has...
Yesterday, Illia Kovtun wore a t-shirt with the words “Stop War” on the chest in podium training. He was asked to remove the shirt by the FIG because wearing it would be against the new Code of Conduct that prohibits...
The Ukrainian men’s team will start competing at the World Championships tomorrow. Even before the competition, they are already making the international news because Kovtun wore a t-shirt with “Stop War”...
Valeria Osipova comes to Liverpool as a veteran and leader of a young Ukrainian team, after her teammates Diana Varinska and Anastasia Bachynska retired this year. Despite difficulties they faced this year, the Ukrainians managed...
The Ukrainian Championships in artistic gymnastics started last week and Kyiv and today was supposed to be the final day of the competition. As the strikes on Kyiv became a rare occurrence over the last few months, the officials...
on February 28th, the IOC asked international sporting federations to ban Russia and Belarus in response to the two countries invading Ukraine. Many federations responded swiftly and banned Russian and Belarus on the same day or...
Russian gymnasts competed at their last international gymnastics competition in the near future due to the ban and, apparently, one of them decided to go out with a bang. Ivan Kuliak who made the parallel bronze final at the Doha...