Angelina Melnikova often says that bars are the hardest event for her, even though she is the European Games champion and double European medalist on this event. She made the final on uneven bars at the World Championships for...
Tag - Worlds 2019
In 2018, Artur Dalaloyan became the all-around World champion, the first champion from Russia since Nikolai Kryukov in 1999. This year, however, has been full of ups and downs for him. At the Russian Championships in March, he...
After Simone Biles broke Svetlana Khorkina’s record of most medals at World Championships, she first commented on Mustafina’s chances of going to the Olympics, and then decided to comment on Biles’s performance...
In the all-around final, Angelina Melnikova managed to win her first individual medal at the World Championships. Last year, Melnikova finished 5th in the all-around final, only a tenth behind the second place. This year, while...
This week, Simone Biles was able to beat the record previously held by Svetlana Khorkina – 20 medals at World Championships in women’s artistic gymnastics. The team medal for the US women became Biles’s 21st...
At the 2018 Worlds, the Russian team lost to the Chinese by only 0.049. This is less than even the lowest possible deduction on a skill. The mistake that cost the team the medal could have come from any of the gymnasts. Yet...
Valeri Alfosov, the head coach of the men’s team, felt from the start that this was the year Russian men could finally win the team gold at the World Championships. He noted some mistakes the team made but added that none...
David Belyavskiy for years has been on of the top gymnasts in the World. He’s a multiple European champion, yet, in the first seven World Championships, he was never able to win gold. Yesterday, the Russian men’s team...
Russian vault and rings start Denis Abliazin had to miss the 2018 World Championships in order to preserve his eligibility for a nominative spot he’s trying to earn through World Cups. This year, he won gold on both rings...
Russian men’s team won its first-ever gold medal in the team final at the World Championships. The USSR won the team gold in 1991, the last team competition at Worlds before the country ceased to exist. Russian team won...