Beam heritage
Mustafina's beam at the Antwerp World Championships may well have expressed the Code to its fullest artistic potential in that event final, on that day. But what has the additive Code, and other...
View ArticleSoviet Union/Russia versus Romania - Arte 1 documentary
I hadn't seen this fascinating documentary before last week. It provides some great history on the heritage of the sport. In German, with English subtitles.Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4
View ArticlePanel discussion, Rodionenko, Shevchenko, Mustafina - full video
The RGF has now published links to the full video of 'Countdown', a programme in which the Seoul Olympics gymnastics competition of 1988 was discussed, with some comparison to today. It is in total...
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Ending 2013, looking forward to 2014, and some words from Valentina Rodionenko
Evgenia Shelgunova. Picture: Olga TerentyevaValentina Rodionenko has outlined the Russian team's plans for the coming months in a recent press statement, highlighting the next major competition for...
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Moscow Dynamo sports video - Emin Garibov/Yuri Kotov
Moscow Dynamo are developing a video project where sportsmen across different disciplines are sharing their sports. Here, Emin Garibov shares gymnastics with Dynamo footballer Yuri Kotov.You can also...
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Sad, but happy ... Anna Pavlova will compete again ... For Azerbaijan
Anna Pavlova, who last competed for her home country of Russia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and has maintained a solid presence on the domestic circuit since, today announced that she will prepare to...
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Anna Pavlova interview - YOU ask the questions
Anna with her team mate Maria Nekrasova today. Maria competed in this spring's Russia Cup and will join Anna on the Azerbaijan national gymnastics team. Picture courtesy of the Azerbaijan Gymnastics...
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Nikita Ignatyev - iPhone nightmare
I think Nikita Ignatyev has some hidden talents ... He's much more than just a gymnast, you know...
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Aliya Mustafina wins Journalist poll 'Silver Doe'
2013 European and Universiade All Around Champion, World beam champion Aliya Mustafina has been awarded a Silver Doe Award in a poll of the best Russian athletes of the year conducted by the Federation...
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Larissa Latynina - Russian gymnastics and perestroika
Olympic legend Larissa Latynina has been reflecting on Russian gymnastics in an interview with Pravda, and I am summarising below a paraphrased version of what she has said.Interesting that Russia is...
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Is Nabiyeva retiring?
Tatiana Nabiyeva has fuelled rumours this weekend of her retirement with a number of indirect postings on social media sites. But nothing she has said at present is clearcut or official, and for me...
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Where have all the Soviet coaches gone?
British Head Coach Andrei Popov took up his position in 2004. Before that, he had been a successful international gymnast competing for the Soviet Union, a coach at his home gymnastics club in...
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Tatiana Nabiyeva has confirmed her retirement
Alan Owen has confirmed via Tatiana herself, as per the Facebook page of Tatiana Nabieva Online, that Tatiana is retiring from competitive gymnastics. As one door closes, another opens and I feel sure...
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Aliya Mustafina - a Happy New Year song
This video was made by VTB, Russian bank and sponsors of Russian gymnastics. Aliya sings part of a happy song to wish all their friends a good new year...
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The State of the Art - Gymnastics in 2013
Just picked up Peter Aykroyd's 1987 book International Gymnastics: Sport Art or Science?. Seeing it reminded me that gymnastics is in a constant state of flux and change; its identity has been subject...
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What did Alexander Alexandrov actually say?
Believe it or not, only four months have passed since RRG published its interview with the former WAG national coach of Russia, less than a year since Alexander Alexandrov left Lake Krugloye (for...
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Russian Gymnastics - Highlights (and Lowlights) of 2013
The post-Olympic year has been interesting, and occasionally dramatic, for Russian gymnastics. An eventful and very busy year for RRG, including a first, but hopefully not last, visit to Russia. The...
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Elena Kapitanova remembered - a great choreographer
Olga Mostepanova does her daily work at the 'stanok' or barre. NovostiElena Kapitanova, a choreographer who worked at the Moscow Dynamo gymnastics club for over thirty years with such stars as Olga...
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Gymnastics - Russian national teams 2014
Just a quick note to say that the Russian Gymnastics Federation has now published lists of the national teams. As usual, JAS has transcribed these in full at her blog here.Don't be confused too much....
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