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'Together with the team' - Russia's MAG prepare for Rio
Russia's leading male all around gymnast, David Belyavski, with head coach Andrei RodionenkoAs the first big competition of the year approaches for Russia's male gymnasts - the national championships...
View ArticleMustafina may compete at Russian Champs after all
Will she, won't she? Valentina Rodionenko today ramped up speculation about Aliya Mustafina's competition plans by announcing that the 2012 Champion may perform on bars and beam next week in Penza.My...
View ArticleNikolai Kuksenkov has tested positive for meldonium
Initial reports coming out of Russia suggest that Kuksenkov's absence from today's event finals at Russian nationals were the result of his withdrawal on the basis of a positive drugs test taken on...
View ArticleTen gymnasts in training for Rio; Swiss lawyers will defend Kuksenkov'sinnocence
Head coach Valery Alfosov has unreservedly supported Russian AA champion Nikolai Kuksenkov, naming him to a group of ten gymnasts eligible for participation in Rio even though the gymnast's selection...
View ArticleWADA ruling about Meldonium excretion rates - implications forKuksenkov and...
A key document has been published - link here - https://wada-mailing-list.s3.amazonaws.com/2016-04-12-Meldonium_Notice_Final.pdf. It is worth reading.Key section is this -'When a prohibited substance...
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Angelina Melnikova - Tsaritsa of Russian Gymnastics
An interview with the new Russian leader Angelina Melnikova. She sounds like such a nice, level-headed, serious girl. I can't wait to see her compete at Europeans. Angelina Melnikova from Voronezh...
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It's official - Kuksenkov can compete!
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency RUSADA has now lifted the temporary suspension of Nikolai Kuksenkov, reports R Sport.This follows on from an announcement by the World agency, WADA, detailing the terms...
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A changing of the guard
I certainly wasn't the only one who observed events in Rio yesterday. And what a sad day, to see Romania fall out of contention for a team place in the Rio Olympics, so suddenly and so brutally after...
View Article'Brazil will miss Romanian gymnastics' - Valentina Rodionenko
In an interview with sports analyst Alexei Zubakov, Russia's head coach Valentina Rodionenko has commented on the state of WAG Gymnastics at the Rio Olympics, following on from yesterday's qualifying...
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Komova still in contention for a spot at Euros, Kuksenkov selected forBerne
In an interview with Tass correspondent Albert Starodubtsev, Valentina Rodionenko has refreshed ideas of those in contention for the upcoming European Championships. MAG - 25 to 29 May - registrations...
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Melnikova leads the Russians to Berne
15 year old Angelina Melnikova will make her major senior international debut in a few weeks' timeAccording to an interview by Alexey Zubakov with Valentina Rodionenko, the final line-ups of both the...
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Kapitanova or Tutkhalyan? The ever changing seas of Russian gymnastics
Tutkhalyan and Melnikova - gymnastics dynamite and Russia's not so secret weapon for the Rio OlympicsJust as I was about to go to bed last night one of our readers posted a link to a Tass article in...
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European Championships - junior and senior WAG nominative registrations now...
Find junior and senior nominative registrations for European Gymnastics Championships 2016 here. Russian teams in the pictures attached. Remember these can change right up to the day of competition.
View ArticleNo Paseka for Russia in Berne
Barely two weeks will elapse before the WAG European Championships begin in Berne, Switzerland, and the news we had been fearing has been confirmed : world vault gold medallist Maria Paseka is off the...
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Who will travel to Berne? A Russian mystery
Aliya Mustafina and team candidate Seda Tutkhalyan - both from MoscowFive days left before the MAG European Championships open in Switzerland, and Russian gymnast Nikita Nagorny is posting videos of...
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The State of Gymnastics - 'Soviet' or 'American' style?
Lioudmilla Tourischeva, 1972 Olympic All Around champion in artistic gymnastics, was held up as an example of the ideal Soviet citizen. Here she coaches one of the Soviet Union's leading gymnasts from...
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Congratulations, Russia!
Russia won today's team final at the European Gymnastics Championships with an impressively consistent performance - not one fall! Led by the charismatic David Belyavski, the team showed leadership...
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Mustafina 'wants to test herself in the AA'
Courtesy of vk.comAliya Mustafina plans to try out her skills on all four apparatus in this week's European Championships, says Valentina Rodionenko. Also going on all four apparatus will be newly...
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WAG Senior start lists are out - Afan does one, Mustafina three
Start lists are now available for tomorrow's senior team and event quals. At present, the Russian roster looks like this -Beam - Melnikova, Tutkhalyan, MustafinaFloor - Melnikova, Tutkhalyan,...
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Congratulations, Russia!
Another gold medal for Russia's team in artistic gymnastics at the European Championships. Russia now rules the sport in Europe, both men and women. 15 year old Angelina Melnikova scored the highest...
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