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Artistic gymnastics to fly Russia's flag in Rio
In the absence of Russia's track and field athletes, gymnastics will bear much of the national sporting responsibility at the forthcoming Rio Games, says coach Sergei Starkin. Denis Ablyazin is...
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Welcome to Olympic Year!
Aerial view of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro.It's 2016, a year of many hopes and promises for us all, Olympians or not. We are all looking forward at this time of the year and I hope everyone...
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Natalia Yurchenko - an exclusive interview
Natalia wins gold at the World Championships in Budapest, 19831983 World Champion Natalia Yurchenko speaks directly to readers of RRG in this exclusive interview. Early years:In the summer of 1976, at...
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Natalia Yurchenko - an appreciation
Natalia Yurchenko in 1984, on the cover of magazine Smena ('camera')When I was a girl, I used to watch gymnastics. Avidly, concentratedly, passionately. There was no Youtube or internet so every...
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Ministry of Sport publishes Russia squad lists for 2016
Valentina Rodionenko has confirmed that Mustafina is back in training. TassThis year the Ministry of Sport has published the full lists of gymnasts training with the national team - youth, junior,...
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Afanasyeva has treatment in Munich
Valentina Rodionenko has confirmed that 2008 and 2012 Olympian Ksenia Afanasyeva is currently in Munich undergoing a variety of treatments on her ankle. As Ksenia has previously explained, the ankle...
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It's official - Anastasia Grishina has retired
2012 Olympic silver medallist, and multiple European medal winner in her native city of Moscow in 2013, Nastia Grishina, has retired, confirms head coach Valentina Rodionenko in an interview with...
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Vladimir Markelov, 1980 Olympian - a short biography
Vladimir competes at the 1980 Olympics1976 Olympics (silver medal in the team) and 1980 Olympics champion (gold in the team) Vladimir Markelov, comes from Ozersk in the South Urals. For a long time,...
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Celebrating Tatiana : The spirit of Nabiyeva 2013
Tatiana Nabiyeva celebrates her golden week in PenzaGiven the recent brouhaha about Tatiana's continuation or otherwise in gymnastics, I wanted to remind readers of one of the up points in this feisty...
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Dear readersPlease note that for some time, I do not know exactly how long, there have been technical problems with the email address attached to this blog, rewriterussiagym@btinternet.com. I have...
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Khorkina - Russian gymnastics must go for gold in Rio
"In Rio, we must go and win"In an interview with Oksana Tonkacheeva of Novyi Izvestia, two-time Olympic champion Svetlana Khorkina has expressed some outspoken opinions about the Russian team and the...
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Viktoria Komova - interview
New interview with Viktoria Komova. She plans to compete at Russian Champs, Russia Cup, Euros and the Olympics. Rio will probably be her final competition. Any medal will be a victory. She is...
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Vote for artistic gymnastics!
The local Ministry of Sport of Kabardino-Balkaria (a republic in the South of Russia) is conducting a poll to find out which are the most popular of sports. Elena Produnova is the Republic's head...
View ArticleMustafina and Garibov for Russian Champs
The annual Russian Championships, scheduled for 28 March to 10 April in the town of Penza, should provide an opportunity for fans to see Russian returning favourites Aliya Mustafina and Emin Garibov,...
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IG - The State of the Sport
Infographic courtesy of International GymnastI wanted to share Dwight Normile's ideas, as I find he has taken a systematic approach to deconstructing some of the reasons for the recent degradation in...
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Tutkhalyan and Kuksenkov for Stuttgart; Spiridonova leads the teameffort
As per the original published plans, Seda Tutkhalyan and Nikolai Kuksenkov will compete at next week's World Cup. This is a great opportunity for the gymnasts to test their early year preparations,...
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The sad demise of artistic gymnastics
This picture, of 1985 Soviet World Championships team member Irina Baraksanova, is a symbol of what is now lost to gymnastics as a whole, and Russia in particular. Black and white, the picture was...
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Mustafina 'unlikely' to compete at Russian nationals
Valentina Rodionenko has told TASS news agency that it is unlikely that Aliya will compete at Russian nationals in April. The Championships had been planned as the Olympic Champion's return to...
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No meledonium problems for Russian gymnastics, says Rodionenko
More than forty Russian athletes across ten different sports have tested positive for the recently banned drug meledonium, but Valentina Rodionenko has firmly pointed out that Russian gymnasts do not...
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Viktoria Komova to miss Russian Championships
Viktoria has informed fans via her VK.com group that she will miss nationals because she is taking treatment for back pain.This obviously isn't great news for the returning champion, but pain is a way...
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