Russia and Ukraine at war - friends, brothers, mothers bereft
They are literally bereft - torn apart and desperately sad. Russia and Ukraine, in gymnastics at least, were always the best of friends. Despite the horrors of the Holodomor, the famine forced on...
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http://www.championat.com/other/article-207289-ukrainskie-gimnasty-nashli-pribezhishhe-v-rossii.htmlA man need helpThe phone call came from the adviser to the Minister of Sports of Russia Oleg Lagutin...
View ArticleIs Nabieva a revolutionary? Towards a classification of Soviet and Russian...
This weekend my friend Tracey said to me that she felt that Nabieva’s stoop Tkachev-Pak combination, performed on Saturday at the World Championships for the first time, was quite possibly the most...
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Artificial intelligence and gymnastics scoring - your opinions please
The Guardian yesterday has an interesting article about the FIG's plans to introduce computer judging to gymnastics. I suggest you give it a read.It won't surprise you to know that I have lots of...
View ArticleBeyond grief
I cannot find the words to express my thoughts and feelings about the Nassar tragedy. We are an international community of people motivated by a love for gymnastics. In the main, young people are...
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Leninsk-Kuznetsk School of Gymnastics to close.
The major centre of gymnastics in Kemerovo Oblast, Siberia - the Mametyev School of Gymnastics in Leninsk - is to close in July 2018, reports the RGF.No announcement has been made in the Club's own...
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Flashback to USA Gymnastics in the 1990s
In my gymnastics collection that is still gathering dust in my spare room, I have a few copies of a publication called 'Flying Squirrels', produced by a freelance journalist called Keith McCaffety....
View ArticleThe vultures are circling - blame and corruption in USA gymnastics
Valery Liukin has resigned and the vultures are after his entrails. But is blame the answer? We have all been mesmerized by medals. We are all involved in the unhealthy culture of sacrificing young...
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The rebuilding of Moscow Sambo
Moscow's Sambo club, a multi sports complex with a strong gymnastics history, is currently being demolished and rebuilt with new, improved facilities. This is not the only example of ongoing sports...
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Elena Eremina asks for help for her gymnastics school
World and European champion gymnast Elena Eremina, 16.Elena, and her team mates Lilia Akhaimova, Valeria Saifuluna and Tatiana Nabiyeva, all hail from St Petersburg where they train together under the...
View ArticleGymnastics, doping and abuse
There is so much talk of sport in the media recently, in a negative way, that I wanted to express my thoughts.The three themes that regularly emerge are corruption, cheating and cruelty, or a...
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DTB Cup - in which I have a moan about the desultory state of WAG
I just watched the most discouraging competition of my life in WAG, the AA. Maybe the team competition yesterday was better - I didn't watch - but the AA left me dead cold. The highlight was an...
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The first time ever I saw the USSR gymnasts
I saw the poster on the wall of the gym and it surprised my teacher when I asked if I could go. She had noticed that I didn't exactly love PE ...But I loved gymnastics and I wanted to see my...
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Club Pushkin, home of World Champion gymnast Elena Eremina, faces collapse
No good news to report at present from beautiful, brave St Petersburg, as the gymnastics club where national team members Elena Eremina, Valeria Saifulina and Lilia Akhaimova all train faces ruin....
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Korbut/Knysh rape allegations resurface
Knysh and Korbut in training, 1973Olga Korbut has repeated her allegations of mistreatment and rape by her coach, Reynald Knysh, in a Russian Jerry Springer style panel show. She first made these...
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Heroes are only human
At the next Olympics, the teams will include four all arounders. This rule change is one of the more positive things that the FIG has done for the sport recently. Specialists like Denis Ablyazin will...
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Russia WAG head to Mallorca for their annual active retreat - Eremina with them!
Russia WAG are travelling to Mallorca today for their annual two week active holiday - mainly two weeks of rest, relaxation and bonding, but with some daily training to keep in shape. I'm glad to say...
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Gymnastics in post-Soviet Russia : ISSA Conference 2018
I am on my way home after attending the annual World Congress of the International Society of Sport, which this year was held over three days in Switzerland. More than 300 participants gathered at the...
View ArticleBoris Orlov, coach to World Champion Olga Bicherova, has died
Dutch news site nu.nl has reported the sudden death of coach Boris Orlov. Boris coached 1981 World Champion Olga Bicherova. In 1986 he moved from Moscow to Holland and made his home there, holding a...
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Elena Shushunova, the greatest of all time, has died at the age of 49
Elena Shushunova, European, World and Olympic Champion 1984-1988, has died of pneumonia, reports TASS. 'Shusha', perhaps the greatest artistic gymnast, was only 49. She will be greatly missed and we...
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