We remember Yuri Ryazanov, 2008 Olympian and 2009 World All Around bronze medallist, who so tragically lost his life on 20 October 2009, just a few days after the World Championships which many of us had seen as his 'statement of intent' for the coming years. Yuri was only 22 years old.
Yuri came from the historic city of Vladimir, where he trained at the same School as Nikolai Andrianov, Yuri Korolev, Vladimir Artemov and, today, Nikolai Kuksenkov.
RIP, Yuri.
See Yuri's parallel bars routine, part of his bronze medal winning performance in the all around at 2009 Worlds, here.