The #Russian artistic #gymnastics team competes later today in team final at #olympics2016. Good lu...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Monday, August 8, 2016
Russian MAG win first team medal in sixteen years
It was an amazing moment. Sadly my camera work, never the best, suffered under the strain of emotion. I was hoping for bronze and never expected silver. Belyavski was the real captain of this team, his desire to win so evident throughout, Nagorny its beating...
Sunday, August 7, 2016
WAG quals - results - and a reflection on Russia's need for revolutionary progress
See https://live.fig-gymnastics.com/schedule.php?idevent=6405 for the full informationThe leaders in the main events in Olympic order are USA, Biles, Biles, Kocian, Biles, Biles. American gymnasts fill the first three spots AA, the first spot on vault, two of the...
Mustering up that musty magic
Moments after qualifying for the team, AA and UB finals, Aliya gave a short interview to Elena Vaitsekhovskaya for Sports Express. The accompanying pictures tell as much as the words.Asked about her fall from beam, Aliya said, 'I have forgotten about it already. There...
Don't panic
Although they have tested my sanity to its limits, team Russia is OK. Seda and Aliya will have qualified to AA finals, Daria and Aliya to UB, Maria to vault. I assume they have qualified to team finals. They'll do better in finals now they have outed their natural, deeply held Russian need to test their emotional limits. Seda,...
MAG quals results - Russia in third!
For the sake of comprehensiveness, here are the scores from yesterday - Teamhttp://sportgymrus.ru/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/komanda.pdfAA - http://sportgymrus.ru/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mnogobor-e.pdfCongratulations to all the gymnasts. And good luck in the final!More...
WAG qualifications - some links
The Russian women step forward today to begin the defence of their team silver medal from the last Olympics, and to try to qualify to as many finals as possible.I am not going to try to second guess the BBC's online, red button and other coverage today - it seems we just have...
Saturday, August 6, 2016
BBC broadcast schedule today - Olympic gymnastics - times and channels for all three subs
I have been trying to track down a definitive online guide to the BBC gymnastics coverage but so far haven't succeeded. This is probably my fault - I cannot imagine that the BBC could possibly be so completely dunderheaded as not to publish one. I am going out later...
Friday, August 5, 2016
MAG quals - schedule, starting order, links
The RGF has a useful page where you can access some of the key information- but I haven't been able to find start lists yet. Please post a link if you find them; I am posting here all the likely sites. RGF- http://sportgymrus.ru/competitions/olimpijskie-igry-2016/FIG...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Breaking news - Stretovich in, Ignatyev out
Valentina Rodionenko earlier today confirmed that Ivan Stretovich will take the place of Nikita Ignatyev on the main Russian gymnastics team. 19 year old Stretovich, from Novosibirsk, Siberia, is Russian Cup champion on the pommel horse and high bar. His first major...
Monday, August 1, 2016
Viktoria Komova - I need six months' rest, and will then decide ...
Viktoria has spoken to Championat.com's Ksenia Viselinoi about the results of her visit to the clinic in Munich.'It turns out I have a stress fracture in my fifth vertebra. The doctors said that six months without exercise is the only way for the injury to heal. I...
