Anastasia Sidorova, floor It’s so great to see this girl finally back, competing at the Russian Cup. It has been a rough couple of years for her but it looks like she survived and she’s still capable of some fantastic … Continue reading The best of the Russian Cup
There’s no doubt that Aliya Mustafina has been the absolute star of Russian gymnastics during this quad. That doesn’t mean that the other members of the team have not shined. We all enjoyed Grishina’s successful 2013 European championships, Maria Kharenkova’s European gold medal on beam, … Continue reading A Russian team without Aliya
The Russian Cup started yesterday with the women’s team finals and as one can expect from any Russian competition there was lots of glitter, lots of tape, lots of falls and lots of surprises. The team representing Moscow was comprised by … Continue reading 2015 Russian Cup: Team finals recap
The return of Vikoria Komova It has been almost three years since the last time we saw Viktoria Komova participating in a major international competition and I don’t think there’s even one gymnastics fan who isn’t delighted to see her … Continue reading Russia at the 2015 European Games
Some facts about the event finals: There are only 6 athletes competing in each final and there is an one per country rule The only countries to qualify one athlete to each final are Russia and the Netherlands, The only athlete who managed … Continue reading Baku 2015: event finals preview
There were no surprises regarding the champions. Russia, came and claimed the gold medal everyone expected them to win. And they did that without giving us nearly as many heart attacks as they usually do. They weren’t just the three … Continue reading Baku 2015: team finals
Russia entered the competition as the absolute favorite team to win this title and they did not disappoint. They were the only team to not have any scores below 14 today as well as the only team to show three double twisting … Continue reading Baku 2015: Halfway through team finals
The event finals of the first European Games are scheduled for June 20th. Only the top six athletes from qualifications will qualify to each final and only one athlete per country is allowed to compete. Vault is probably going to be the least … Continue reading Event final contenders for European Games
The European Games will be held for the first team in Baku, Azerbaijan and they will be featuring 30 different sports, including artistic gymnastics. There will be team and individual all around and event finals medals awarded. However, there will be … Continue reading 2015 European Games preview: The top teams
