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A gold medal of gold medals - Viktoria Komova
I would make this my gold medal of all gold medals ... What an amazing comeback from Viktoria Komova ... as the BBC commentators said yesterday, her beauty takes gymnastics 'beyond the textbook'. And...
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Alexander Alexandrov: 'With four falls, how can you blame the judges?'
Legendary coach Alexander Alexandrov - head coach of the Russian team from 2009 to 2013 - has given a series of interviews, in the Russian language, to Tass correspondent Albert Starodubtsev. They are...
View ArticleAlexander Alexandrov - some better translations and additions
Isa Alexandrova has kindly translated Alexander's interview word for word. It gives a different emphasis in some places to my summary, and adds some more information, so I wanted readers to have...
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'It's very hard without Mustafina' - Valentina Rodionenko
Valentina Rodionenko has confirmed that Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina has successfully undergone surgery on the meniscus in her right knee. "The operation went fine. We'll see when Aliya will be...
View ArticleAliya Mustafina - 'everything is OK'
'Everything is OK, the operation went as planned, under general anesthesia. Now I feel good. While I am in hospital, I will walk with crutches. Doctors have said that the timing of my return to...
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Daria Spiridonova - I will need to increase my D value and go clean towin in Rio
- To be honest, I have almost forgotten the special feeling that I won the World Championship gold - said Daria Spiridonova. - I am happy, but in general everything is back as it was - and still is....
View ArticleValentina Rodionenko - 'Mustafina will have knee surgery after Glasgow'
In a report in Stadium.ru, Russia's head coach Valentina Rodionenko has revealed that Aliya Mustafina will travel to Germany post-Glasgow for surgery on her knee ligaments. The extent of the injury is...
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Russia's WAG team picture - press day
Russia 2 correspondent Dmitri Zanin with Russia's WAG line up (+ Mustafina and Sosnitskaya) at today's press event at Lake Krugloye. The team flies to Glasgow tomorrow.
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Love and peace to France
Our thoughts are with our friends in France. Please stay safe. There are messages of solidarity from many of the Russian gymnasts. We are all together at this time. мы все вместе. Nous sommes tous...
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Aliya Mustafina - on the mend
Aliya has responded to a few questions about her health. At present, she is at home with her family, undergoing rehabilitation at the clinic where she had a procedure on her right knee on the 3rd...
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Unsung heroine - Daria Spiridonova
There is an unsung heroine on the Russian team, one who is often taken for granted - Daria Spiridonova. In amongst all the missed connections, the razzmatazz of announcements and big tumbles that...
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Melnikova wins Massilia Cup
Angelina taking her gold medal AA at the Junior European Championships in 2014. Picture courtesy of UEG.Yesterday, at the Massilia Cup, Russian junior Angelina Melnikova scored 57.5 to win the all...
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Fact or fiction? The press, gymnastics and pregnancy doping
It was a Sunday morning. I was drinking my coffee and contemplating the day ahead - a workout at the gym, shopping for groceries, an evening reading a book, or catching up on last night's episodes of...
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Viktoria Komova and Aliya Mustafina - interviews
At the recent press conference, both Aliya and Vika gave short interviews. You can finds videos of them and the ROC's website.Olesya Mikheeva has found time to provide some translations - thank...
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'It is a monstrous lie!' Pregnancy doping - Olga Karasyova speaks!(2001)
Olga with her coach Sofia Muratova in 1971. You can also see a video of Olga training with Sofia at http://youtu.be/rDLY5Ctbe38 I wanted to record in English the key points of this 2001 interview...
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Pregnancy doping - Olga Karasyova. Kommersant's account of 10thDecember 1998
Olga Kharlova (left) in 1966, with the USSR World Championships team. This is before her marriage to gymnastValeri Karasyov.Lauren Cammenga found the original Kommersant story about the bogus...
View ArticlePregnancy doping - the context
For those of you coming to the story about pregnancy doping late, and wondering what on earth those translations I published this morning are all about, some context - The Observer published a history...
View Article1983 World Championships - WAG
It's worth watching these timeless videos. Check out the routines of Alla Shishova, especially on beam. She was ahead of her time. Also observe the magnificent artistry of Olga Mostepanova and...
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Larissa Petrik- the essence of artistry (1968 video)
Via Natalia Kalugina.1968 Olympic champion, Larissa Petrik, BB. How difficult to make such simplicity beautiful. http://youtu.be/EMUEo5P1dGE
View Article'The Olympic Champion Exposes the Doppelganger' - full translation of...
As promised, here is a word for word translation of Olga Karasyova's interview with Vladimir Golubev.March 7th, 2001The Olympic Champion Exposes the DoppelgangerOlga Karasyova, one the most beautiful...
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