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Natalia Bobrova 1978-2015 RIP
RRG is sad to report (via VK.com) the death on 2 April of 1993 World bronze medallist on floor, Natalia Bobrova.Born in 1978 in Novosibirsk, Natalia competed for the local Dynamo club, working there as...
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'The more you try, the more you will succeed' - Oleg Verniaiev interview
I will never forget the first time I saw the new generation of Ukraine gymnasts - Verniaiev, Radivilov and Stepko - compete alongside each other. They reminded me of the Soviets of old, with their...
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BBC TV coverage of the 2015 European Gymnastics Championships
We are all looking forward to the Championships - quals start next Wednesday. The BBC is covering finals - here is the broadcast schedule as per their website -...
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Sergei Starkin - 'Working with high level gymnasts like Ablyazin andMustafina...
An interview by Oksana Tonkacheeva with personal coach to Russia's leading male and female gymnasts, Denis Ablyazin and Aliya Mustafina.Summary below (not word for word) -Next week we'll have the...
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Follow live scoring! Links for today
Picture of Ksenia Afanasyeva courtesy of Daria Skrypnik on TumblrWAG qualifications, European #Gymnastics, begin in just over an hour at 10.30 Montpellier time. Follow live scoring at...
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Europeans quals - results
The Russian team delivered! Ksenia Afanasyeva and Maria Paseka to V finalDaria Spiridinova and Maria Kharenkova to bars final (although it is possible that Paseka will replace Maria K in the final; it...
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Lauren Cammenga has translated this interview with Russian bars specialist and AA candidate, Daria Spiridinovs.Source: http://m.rsport.ru/artist_gym/20150415/823419148.html"I was actually on standby...
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Lauren Cammenga translates Maria's words in this interview - http://m.rsport.ru/artist_gym/20150415/823416826.html "Today I wasn't too nervous, and basically all the events went well with decent...
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Verniaiev, Belyavski take 1, 2 in European Championships
Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev confirmed his position as Europe's leading male all around gymnast yesterday with a strong performance at the European Championships in Montpellier. Verniaiev, who was...
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Maria Kharenkova - 'No limit to perfection' says Andrei Rodionenko
16 year old Maria Kharenkova with coach Olga Sagina after yesterday's all around final at the European Championships, in which Maria won a silver medal. Maria comes from the Russian city of...
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Afanasyeva completes Russian hat-trick with classical gold
It was almost a symbol of the contemporary struggle for the identity of gymnastics. First, we saw Britain's Claudia Fragapane, completing with verve and energy the powerful tricks and tumbling that...
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Coach Elfimov: Komova is preparing all around
In a Sports Express interview with Elena Vaitsekhovskaya, coach Gennadi Elfimov has confirmed that he and Komova are working together, thus confounding rumours that they had split up for good. He says...
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Why on earth do I keep this blog?
I had to ask myself this question, this morning, after receiving a pretty nasty comment on my post about yesterday's floor final. I usually make it a rule not to publish rude, poorly argued,...
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Afanasyeva congratulated by regional Governor Vladimir Gruzdev
Politician Vladimir Gruzdev, Governor of Tula Oblast, Afanasyeva's home region, has officially congratulated the senior national team member for her outstanding performance, winning a gold medal on...
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The magnificent Afanasyeva, rule breaking and other early morning musings
Ksenia Afanasyeva during qualifications last Wednesday, in Montpellier. Courtesy RGFIt's way too early in the morning to be blogging, really, but unless I seize the day and get down to a bit of...
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In search of a butterfly ... the complexity and contradictions of gymnastics
Olga Korbut in flight. Effortless, like a swallow.The fundamental contradiction of gymnastics is that it is a sport in which we can all participate; but which at the elite level is all but impossible...
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Aliya Mustafina to feature in special edition of 'Bolshoi Sport' - how to buy...
Aliya Mustafina, courtesy of Bolshoi SportOn June 15th Bolshoi Sport, a full colour magazine produced under the direction of Olympic champion Alexei Nemov, will publish an interview with Aliya...
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Happy Birthday, Leonid Arkayev!
Leonid Arkayev at a recent congress of the RGFLeonid Arkayev, rock of the Russian and former Soviet gymnastics systems, turns 72 today.Now directing his own gymnastics empire at the Leonid Arkayev...
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Komova, Tutkhalyan will fight for a place on Russia's Euros team
Head WAG coach Evgeny Grebyonkin has confirmed further details of the Russian team for April's European Championships, reports Allsport.On the basis of their performance at the Russian Championships,...
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Seven men compete for six places at Euros - Valery Alfosov
The top seven gymnasts at Penza will compete for the six places on the Russian team for Euros, confirmed head coach Valery Alfosov today to Allsport.On the basis of the results of the national...
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