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'WADA has too much power' - video interview with Andrei Rodionenko - translation
Interview with Andrei RodionenkoTranslation by Liubov Baladzhaeva The interview was recorded after CAS decision, but before IOC decision, when the team was still in Russia.Rodionenko is not happy with...
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Mustafina - Interview 1 of 2 'Skipping the Olympics would not break me'
Picture of Aliya Mustafina courtesy of Aliya on InstagramRSport interview with Ildra SamdinovTranslation by Marina VulisInterview took place before the IOC decision to allow Russian gymnasts to compete...
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Mustafina Interview 2 of 2 : 'I will only perform under the Russianflag'
Argumentyi i Fakti interview with Aliya MustafinaTranslated by Marina Vulis‘I have no fear’, says Aliya Mustafina. ‘My father [Farhat Mustafin, the bronze medallist in Greco-Roman wrestling at the...
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IOC panel of three to make final decision on Russia's participation in Olympics
At 4 o'clock this morning BST, the IOC Executive Board made an announcement to the effect that three individuals appointed by them will have a final say on which Russian athletes can compete at the Rio...
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Viktoria Komova - I need six months' rest, and will then decide ...
Viktoria has spoken to Championat.com's Ksenia Viselinoi about the results of her visit to the clinic in Munich.'It turns out I have a stress fracture in my fifth vertebra. The doctors said that six...
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Breaking news - Stretovich in, Ignatyev out
Valentina Rodionenko earlier today confirmed that Ivan Stretovich will take the place of Nikita Ignatyev on the main Russian gymnastics team. 19 year old Stretovich, from Novosibirsk, Siberia, is...
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MAG quals - schedule, starting order, links
The RGF has a useful page where you can access some of the key information- but I haven't been able to find start lists yet. Please post a link if you find them; I am posting here all the likely...
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BBC broadcast schedule today - Olympic gymnastics - times and channelsfor all...
I have been trying to track down a definitive online guide to the BBC gymnastics coverage but so far haven't succeeded. This is probably my fault - I cannot imagine that the BBC could possibly be so...
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WAG qualifications - some links
The Russian women step forward today to begin the defence of their team silver medal from the last Olympics, and to try to qualify to as many finals as possible.I am not going to try to second guess...
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MAG quals results - Russia in third!
For the sake of comprehensiveness, here are the scores from yesterday - Teamhttp://sportgymrus.ru/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/komanda.pdfAA -...
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Although they have tested my sanity to its limits, team Russia is OK. Seda and Aliya will have qualified to AA finals, Daria and Aliya to UB, Maria to vault. I assume they have qualified to team...
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Mustering up that musty magic
Moments after qualifying for the team, AA and UB finals, Aliya gave a short interview to Elena Vaitsekhovskaya for Sports Express. The accompanying pictures tell as much as the words.Asked about her...
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WAG quals - results - and a reflection on Russia's need forrevolutionary...
See https://live.fig-gymnastics.com/schedule.php?idevent=6405 for the full informationThe leaders in the main events in Olympic order are USA, Biles, Biles, Kocian, Biles, Biles. American gymnasts...
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Russian MAG win first team medal in sixteen years
It was an amazing moment. Sadly my camera work, never the best, suffered under the strain of emotion. I was hoping for bronze and never expected silver. Belyavski was the real captain of this team,...
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Good luck to Russia!
The #Russian artistic #gymnastics team competes later today in team final at #olympics2016. Good luck!
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Russia defend team silver medal in Rio
It was an emotional performance and an emotional reaction at the end - but Russia is now second in the world in both MAG and WAG!The team did well, exploiting its strengths on bars and vault, and...
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Aliya Mustafina, 'I have reached my main Olympic target'
'When we fell out of the top three, I told the girls to keep on fighting till the end''We are happy, silver is the most that we could do here. We didn't expect the Chinese to make a mistake on floor,...
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Angelina Melnikova: 'when you raise your hand, you forget the pain'
'When you raise your hand, you forget all about the pain. If your warm-up doesn't go well, then you just think about how to do everything well and support the team''The injury only hampered me in...
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'There are no secrets in gymnastics any more', Alexander Alexandrov
Lioubov Baladzhaeva has translated part of an article by Elena Vaitsekhovskaya, about the Russian team's success in Monday's MAG team competition. I wanted particularly to hear what Alexander...
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Alexander Alexandrov - 'staying in Brazil wouldn't make sense right now'
The former personal coach of Aliya Mustafina coached the Brazil WAG team for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. The Brazilian team is planning to contest three medals. Six years ago, under his guidance, the...
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