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Deputy Ksenia Afanasyeva - I'll not retire from sport
Lupita translates an article from local news service Tulska Izvestya that confirms the good news of Ksenia Afanasyeva's intention to continue in gymnastics.DeputyKseniaAfanasyeva: Sofar,  Ihave no...
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Maria Paseka Superstyle! - interview
Maria Paseka and her mum. Courtesy of SuperstyleLupita translates an interview with 2012 Olympic silver and bronze medal winning gymnast, Maria Paseka!Once in four years even those who are not experts...
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Vladimir School of Gymnastics 50 Years on ... an allegory of Soviet and...
Nikolai Andrianov and his son Sergei, in 1980. Courtesy of RIA NovostiOnce upon a time, Vladimir School of Gymnastics was a workhorse of world gymnastics. Coach Nikolai Tolkachov fostered the talent...
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Round Lake National Training Centre
Tunegym has a great short story about the National Training Centre at Round Lake (Ozero Krugloye), close to Moscow, which draws on some of the materials posted on the VTB site and a video shot as part...
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Aliya Mustafina and Viktoria Komova unveil their plans for the new season
Click on the link 'Читать далее' to listen to the interview.Aliya Mustafina and Viktoria Komova unveil their plans for the new seasonTags: Russia, Radio, SportsMalakhova Elena, Roman Kosarev...
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Denis Ablyazin is back in the gym
A brief news story on RSport tells us that standout Russian Olympian Denis Ablyazin is back in the gym, practicing new elements and routines ready for the new Code. Denis says he doesn't know when his...
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Coaches of the world! Pay attention!
Vladimir Zaglada drew my attention to a 26th October notice on the RGF website advertising coaching jobs in both the women's and men's divisions of the leading Siberian club in Leninsk-Kuznetsk (named...
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2013 European Championships move to Moscow!
Russia is hosting the forthcoming men's and women's European Gymnastics Championships, scheduled to appear in Moscow (not Kazan, as originally announced) between 17th and 21st April 2013. You can find...
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50th anniversary of Vladimir School of Gymnastics - pictures
The Russian Gymnastics Federation has a gallery of pictures of the recent celebrations of 50 years of the officially named Nikolai Tolkachev School of Gymnastics, Vladimir and what would have been the...
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Anna Pavlova ... after all these years
Anna Pavlova, 2004. Courtesy of Sing LoAnna Pavlova, 2004 and 2008 Olympian, is still competing after all these years and put in a grand showing at this weekend's (2nd November) Schiltigheim...
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Elena Shevchenko and Viktor Razumovsky
Elena Shevchenko with 1985 World Champion all around, Oksana Omelianchik. Picture courtesy Tom TheobaldI read somewhere recently that Moscow's Viktor Razumovsky is now coaching 2012 Olympian Anastasia...
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The atmosphere of black and white
I have been doing a little research this morning for a book I am planning with Vladimir Zaglada and our translator, Lupita. Long ago I found a wonderful website that I loved for its photographs and a...
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Olga Bicherova - picture and video gallery
Fishing the internet for black and white pictures of gymnasts, I came across the following images at the RIA Novosti Media Gallery.1981 World Champion Olga Bicherova is very photogenic, and I love...
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Russia's plans for 2013 : target Worlds, Europeans, Universiade; change the...
2010 World team champion Tatiana Nabieva should compete in Kazan this summerNational coach Valentina Rodionenko has given two interviews recently about Russia's plans for the future.Here, she explains...
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Russia today and tomorrow: Dementyeva, Shelgunova and Kharenkova take gold in...
Evgeniya Shelgunova, courtesy of the UEGRussia's women gymnasts took gold at two different competitions this weekend, showing an interesting level of development across the generations. Veteran Anna...
View Article1976 Montreal Olympic Games - video
It's hard to believe that it is now 36 years since Nadia fought Nelli at the Montreal Olympics, since Maria unveiled that trademark cheeky charm, since Ludmilla broke her heart and Olga broke ours. The...
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Olga Mostepanova - four perfect tens in one competition
Olga Mostepanova in training. Courtesy of RIA NovostiThe joy of that video of the 1976 Olympics sent me into an Olympic reverie, a recollection of perfect tens of the past. There is no greater unsung...
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Flashback to 1972 ... Olga Korbut wins the BBC's International Sportswoman of...
I remember Olga receiving this award back in 1972 ... I was 13 years old. It was before the time of video recorders, personal computers and Youtube, and therefore a rare opportunity to savour those...
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1980 Olympics WAG All Around video link
1980 Olympic Champion Elena Davydova at a London display in 1978This French TV transmission of the historic final at the Moscow Olympics is fascinating for the mix of fluff and routines it presents....
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Lupita translates : Nelli Kim interview (November 2012)
Lupita translates a recent Sports Panorama interview: Nelli Kim: triple back on floorNelli Kim at the USSR Display, Wembley, London, 1979. Courtesy of Finyo.She considers herself Belarussian, although...
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