An incredible story: Maria Filatova close to securing her Russian citizenship, finally

Lupita translates a 23rd January article from Sovietsky Sport.  Maria Filatova looks likely to secure her Russian citizenship in February.  Good luck, Maria, from all of us xxx Normal 0 false false false ES X-NONE X-NONE ...

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Alexander Alexandrov to coach Brazilian WAG?

It seems that former WAG national coach, now personal coach to Aliya Mustafina, Alexander Alexandrov, is considering an invitation from the Brazilian Gymnastics Federation to take on the role of national senior WAG coach there as they prepare for the Rio Olympics.  Alexandrov...

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All-Russia Regional Championships

These competitions are ongoing, with full results at the RGF website.Go-Tribe is doing a great job of transcribing these results at her blog, Russian Gymnast Videos.  Key results so far are that national team member Anna Rodionova competed in the Penza Championships and...

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Russian national team in training at Lake Krugloye - video

Enjoy this video of the Russian national gymnastics team in training in Lake Krugloye. Seen here : Denis Ablyazin, Yevgenia Shelgunova, Maria Paseka with tumbling coach Vasily Ivanov (practising a straight double front), Aliya Mustafina, Valentina Rodionenko, Viktoria Komova (with coach Gennady Elfimov), Ekaterina Baturina with choreographer...

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Happy Birthday, Viktoria Komova!

Viktoria Komova celebrates her 18th birthday today, and in celebration Voronezh residents made this roadside tribute to the Olympic silver medallist.  Happy Birthday, Viktoria!Picture courtesy of Sovietski SportSlightly less happily, Viktoria's mother, Vera Kolesnikova,...

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National team coaches, Russian Federation 2013

Yuri Korolev (right), has joined the Russian national coaching team.  He is seen here congratulating his gymnast, 2012 Olympian Dmitri Barkalov.The RGF has now updated its list of national team coaches.  The senior management team includes Andrei Rodionenko and his...

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2013 Russian National Team

Evgeniya Shelgunova, who progresses to senior international eligibility this year and is the only gymnast of her age on the Russian national team.The Russian Gymnastics Federation has been hard at work, updating the list of those who will be included on the Russian national...

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Happy Birthday, Svetlana Khorkina!

Svetlana celebrated her 34th birthday yesterday.Performing here on beam in 1992, she wears the leotard of the Soviet national team well before she became famous as a Russian diva. Khorkina had eight skills named after her - two vaults, two beam and one floor element, and three innovations on her particular genius, bars. She shared her career with...

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Anna Dementyeva - Balance Beam Champion?

Alfi writes :I found on Youtube Demy's BB routine that scored her 15.600 in EFs. Goodness, it is super packed. If she cleans up the minor balance checks, she will definitely get gold in any competition. Please spread the word. Thanks Alfi, here's the video.  Enjoy, and comme...

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Viktoria Komova - Happy Birthday!

Viktoria Komova, born 30th January 1995, celebrates her birthday today.  Happy Birthday, Viktoria! Have a lovely day.Time to revisit a picture gallery posted last year ... amd to hope for a good year for Viktoria and her fans.I was doing something far more important, researching...

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Aliya Mustafina - 'My family do not worship sports'

Matthew Hicks translates this 28th December interview with Aliya Mustafina, from Novaya Gazeta. 72 544x376 Normal 0 false false false st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";...

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