Angelina Melnikova gave an interview to RIA Voronezh talking about her experience at Worlds and her plans for the near future. Q: What are your thoughts on the Canadian Worlds? A: Generally, I liked everything. I liked the arena...
Tag - Worlds 2017
Igor Radivilov became second in the vault final, losing to Kenzo Shirai just by 0.001. He doesn’t yet have a World or Olympic vault gold, but after the not-so-successful Olympics in Rio which he left without medals, this...
David Belyavskiy gave an interview to CSKA when he landed in Moscow. He talked about his mistake in the all-around and the atmosphere at Worlds. Q: How much were you affected by the unsuccessful all-around final before competing...
Maria Paseka talked to Izvestia about defending her gold medal at Worlds and how she managed to overcome the fear before the final. She said that she plans on fixing the leg separation and bending on her Cheng and has been...
Denis Abliazin talked to the media about competing in the rings final at Worlds where he won the silver medal: “This silver was very hard for me to win, because I competed only on one apparatus there, and competing on one...
Ksenia Semenova was staying up during the Worlds and watching the competition, cheering for her husband and the whole Russian team. She talked to Sport-Express about her opinion on the competition. Earlier Semenova also said on...
Oleg Verniaiev was one of the medal favorites coming into the all-around competition, especially after Kohei Uchimura withdrew after an ankle injury. However, the final didn’t go so well for Verniaiev and he wasn’t...
Angelina Melnikova gave an interview to Soviet Sport about her performance at Worlds. She said that she now feels much more confident on bars and beam – the two apparatuses that weren’t going so well for her at the...
Maria Paseka gave an interview to Soviet Sport right after she landed in Moscow. The Russian gymnasts had a huge crowd and journalists meeting them at the airport. She talked about her attitude before the championships and what...
Andrei Rodionenko followed the comments on multiple issues at Worlds made by Valentina Rodionenko with his own critique of the organizing committee: “There’s never been such a number of injuries as during these...