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International Gymnix Junior Cup - results and videos
The winning team in Montreal! Clockwise from top left : Daria Skrypnik, Anastasia Ilyankova, Angelina Melnikova, Ekaterina Sokova, Ksenia SemyonovaRussia's newly blossoming youngsters scored a win in...
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Ksenia Afanasyeva should compete floor, vault at Europeans - ValentinaRodionenko
Twice Olympian Ksenia Afanasyeva with the gold medal she won on floor at the Universiade last summerRussia's most senior female gymnast, Ksenia Afanasyeva, is recovering well from an ankle operation,...
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Russian girls win six medals on final day of International GymnixJunior Cup
The winning team on Saturday night: National Junior team coaches Olga Bulgakova and Artem Voinov with Angelina Melnikova, Daria Skrypnik, Anastasia Ilyankova, and Ekaterina Sokova. Picture courtesy of...
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Garibov out of Cottbus with shoulder injury; Mustafina in 'optimal'shape -...
Anastasia Grishina with coach Viktor RazumovskyPartial translation of the 9th March interview with Valentina Rodionenko, by Albert Starobutsev'All of our strongest gymnasts will compete in the Russian...
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Emin Garibov - injury news
The shoulder injury that is keeping team captain Emin Garibov out of Cottbus may also prevent him from competing at the World Championships this autumn, says Valentina Rodionenko.'Initially, our...
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Russia at Cottbus - MAG and WAG event plans
Photo of Anna Rodionova and Maria Kharenkova, from Anna's official group on VK.comValentina Rodionenko has given further details of the MAG and WAG participants at Cottbus: Denis Ablyazin - rings,...
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Cottbus gymnastics - Day 1 qualification results
Some nice results from the Russia men and women :-). You will be able to follow the second day of qualis on the DTB live ticker tomorrow, Friday, from 4 pm Germany time at...
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Cottbus 2014 - Day 2 qualifications
Russia continued strongly today at the Cottbus competition, with Denis Ablyazin establishing himself as Russia's leading competitor. Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev also performed some outstanding...
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Oleg Verniaiev, Igor Radivilov - superteam for Azerbaijan?
It is difficult to say what is the significance of the following communication by the great Ukrainian champion, which is accompanied by the above image of a rather dirty Ukrainian flag. Posted a few...
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Double gold for Ablyazin at Cottbus
Denis Ablyazin on rings at the 2012 OlympicsAblyazin today staked his claim as Russia's leading event specialist with a strong showing on both floor and rings. His explosive abilities on floor saw him...
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Ksenia Afanasyeva (2011) 'Winning gold gave me the strength to carry on'
It was a glorious moment. Ksenia Afanasyeva, assumed to be out of the picture for medals, was brought into the final at the last minute as a reserve.She delivered one of the best floor routines of the...
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Kharenkova takes two medals on final day of Cottbus
Russian gymnasts in Cottbus last weekend - from left to right - back row - Polina Fedorova, Maria Kharenkova, Daria Spiridinova; front row - Yulia Inshina (Azerbaijan), Anna Rodionova, Marina Nekrasova...
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Coach Nabiyeva, happily engrossed with her little gymnasts in StPetersburg
'My little ones' says Tanya Nabiyeva in this personal photo of a training session she is leading. Tanya has been posting many videos of herself recently, in training for the Russian Championships where...
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Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan and Crimea: world politics and international...
Does Ukraine have a future in men's gymnastics, or will its athletes move overseas to pursue their talents? Oleg Stepko's personal photograph as he prepared to travel to BakuMany of the stories to be...
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Russian National WAG Championships
Flashback to London 2012: Viktoria KomovaThe Russian Championships for women gymnasts - junior and senior - begin on the first of April (yes) in Penza, finishing on the 6th. You can see the schedule...
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Maria Filatova, perfection on the beam
No words can express. We now have a video of Maria's 1976 beam routine in all its spontaneous splendour and virtuosity. Thanks to Chocdave in YouTube. http://youtu.be/m4y7oGyYDw0Maria Filatova, 1976...
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'Olympic target' documentary (1978)
There is a very special article on the RGF website at present, all about the making of the 20 minute documentary 'Olympic Target'. The film is about 1976 and 1980 Olympian Maria Filatova, who of...
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The Produnova vault - should it be banned?
Elena Produnova - one of the most beautiful and powerful gymnasts everThere is a lot of discussion about this at the moment and I felt moved to add this blog's voice to the rising tide of opinion.The...
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Russian Gymnastics Championships 2014 - the schedule
Picture credit : Aliya Mustafina group on VK.comRussian Championships begin tomorrow and the gymnasts' Instagram accounts have so far given visual evidence that Viktoria Komova and Aliya Mustafina have...
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Recruiting young gymnasts in Moscow!
Emin Garibov with young gymnasts from his Moscow Dynamo clubThe historic Moscow Dynamo club (which now seems to be called the Mikhail Voronin Gymnastics Club) is recruiting new young gymnasts to its...
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