Will she, won't she? Valentina Rodionenko today ramped up speculation about Aliya Mustafina's competition plans by announcing that the 2012 Champion may perform on bars and beam next week in Penza.My advice to readers - seeing is believing. Watch closely and, whatever happens, wish good things for all the competitors, including Aliya if...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Friday, March 25, 2016
'Together with the team' - Russia's MAG prepare for Rio
Russia's leading male all around gymnast, David Belyavski, with head coach Andrei RodionenkoAs the first big competition of the year approaches for Russia's male gymnasts - the national championships in Penza, which begin in just three days' time - Irina Stepantseva of MK.ru...
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Viktoria Komova to miss Russian Championships
Viktoria has informed fans via her VK.com group that she will miss nationals because she is taking treatment for back pain.This obviously isn't great news for the returning champion, but pain is a way of life for gymnasts and it is right that Viktoria now rests and tries to...
Monday, March 21, 2016
No meledonium problems for Russian gymnastics, says Rodionenko
More than forty Russian athletes across ten different sports have tested positive for the recently banned drug meledonium, but Valentina Rodionenko has firmly pointed out that Russian gymnasts do not have a problem.Doctors closely monitor the gymnasts' diet and intake and in...
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Mustafina 'unlikely' to compete at Russian nationals
Valentina Rodionenko has told TASS news agency that it is unlikely that Aliya will compete at Russian nationals in April. The Championships had been planned as the Olympic Champion's return to competition following knee surgery, but she is not yet fully ready, and it seems...
The sad demise of artistic gymnastics
This picture, of 1985 Soviet World Championships team member Irina Baraksanova, is a symbol of what is now lost to gymnastics as a whole, and Russia in particular. Black and white, the picture was taken at another time when imagery came at a premium, technology was simple...
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Tutkhalyan and Kuksenkov for Stuttgart; Spiridonova leads the teameffort
As per the original published plans, Seda Tutkhalyan and Nikolai Kuksenkov will compete at next week's World Cup. This is a great opportunity for the gymnasts to test their early year preparations, with both gymnasts in contention for an Olympic spot. After Maria Kharenkova...
