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DTB Cup results and video links
Russian WAG at Stuttgart this weekend : national coach Evgeny Grebenkin, Aliya Mustafina, Yulia Inshina, Anna Rodionova, Kristina Goryunova. Can anyone identify the coach to the right? Picture...
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WAG Voronin Cup results, 2012
Fan favourite Anna Dementyeva took three golds in Moscow this DecemberThe Russian Gymnastics Federation has now published the full results of this competition which I will reproduce below (WAG first,...
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2012 Voronin Cup MAG results
Junior champion on floor, Artur DalolyanYou will find full results at the Russian Gymnastics Federation's website. Highlights are reproduced below.Junior MAG All AroundMiscellaneous all around senior...
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2012 Voronin Cup ... picture gallery
The Russian Gymnastics Federation has a gallery of Elena Mikhailova's excellent photographs of the Voronin Cup. You can view a selection of the edited highlights at RRG's Facebook page. There are some...
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London 2012 ticketing report
The organising committee of the London Olympics (LOCOG) has finally published full details of ticketing at the Olympic Games, including how many were eventually sold to the public rather than given...
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Lupita reports ... Alexander Alexandrov will stay in Russia
Alexandr Alexandrov, former Russian national gymnastics coach, stated that, most probably, he’ll stay in Russia and will train Olympic champion Аliya Mustafina further. The Ministry has asked me to...
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Aliya Mustafina - 'My family do not worship sports'
Matthew Hicks translates this 28th December interview with Aliya Mustafina, from Novaya Gazeta.The last year more than compensated for all that Aliya went through in the year leading up to the Olympics...
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Viktoria Komova - picture gallery
I was doing something far more important, researching an article, when these pictures of Viktoria Komova caught my eye. They are far from the standard gymnastics pictures of gymnasts celebrating,...
View ArticleAnna Dementyeva - Balance Beam Champion?
Alfi writes :I found on Youtube Demy's BB routine that scored her 15.600 in EFs. Goodness, it is super packed. If she cleans up the minor balance checks, she will definitely get gold in any...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Svetlana Khorkina!
Svetlana celebrated her 34th birthday yesterday.Performing here on beam in 1992, she wears the leotard of the Soviet national team well before she became famous as a Russian diva. Khorkina had eight...
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2013 Russian National Team
Evgeniya Shelgunova, who progresses to senior international eligibility this year and is the only gymnast of her age on the Russian national team.The Russian Gymnastics Federation has been hard at...
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National team coaches, Russian Federation 2013
Yuri Korolev (right), has joined the Russian national coaching team. He is seen here congratulating his gymnast, 2012 Olympian Dmitri Barkalov.The RGF has now updated its list of national team...
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Happy Birthday, Viktoria Komova!
Viktoria Komova celebrates her 18th birthday today, and in celebration Voronezh residents made this roadside tribute to the Olympic silver medallist. Happy Birthday, Viktoria!Picture courtesy of...
View ArticleRussian national team in training at Lake Krugloye - video
Enjoy this video of the Russian national gymnastics team in training in Lake Krugloye. Seen here : Denis Ablyazin, Yevgenia Shelgunova, Maria Paseka with tumbling coach Vasily Ivanov (practising a...
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All-Russia Regional Championships
These competitions are ongoing, with full results at the RGF website.Go-Tribe is doing a great job of transcribing these results at her blog, Russian Gymnast Videos. Key results so far are that...
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Alexander Alexandrov to coach Brazilian WAG?
It seems that former WAG national coach, now personal coach to Aliya Mustafina, Alexander Alexandrov, is considering an invitation from the Brazilian Gymnastics Federation to take on the role of...
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An incredible story: Maria Filatova close to securing her Russian...
Lupita translates a 23rd January article from Sovietsky Sport. Maria Filatova looks likely to secure her Russian citizenship in February. Good luck, Maria, from all of us xxxThis incredible story has...
View Article'I hope we will prove that gymnastics can be both difficult and beautiful' -...
Lupita has kindly translated the key points of this Ministry of Sport video which has been doing the rounds on the internet.The national teams are currently training at Ozero Krugloye. They train 2-3...
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Evgeny Grebenkin: we cannot replace the current members of our team
Lupita translates here the first interview of any significance with Evgeny Grebionkin, newly appointed senior coach of the Russian WAG team. The article appears on the press website of the Russian...
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Nikolai (Mykola) Kuksenkov interview - Lupita translates
Lupita translates a Sovietski Sport interview with newly adopted Russian MAG team member, former Ukraine Olympian, Nikolai (Mykola) Kuksenkov.Nikolai Kuksenkov and his sister, journalist Irina....
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