Maria Paseka in China - her experiences
Google translate : “In China they say: if you are Russian, you are our friend.” Gymnast Paseka trained the top team for a year, but returnedMaria Paseka is the face of our gymnastics of the last...
View ArticleFIG releases criteria for individual participation in FIG competitions
From 1st January next year Russians and Belarussians will be eligible to compete in FIG competitions, subject to extensive conditions. You can read the conditions in full here, The rules are strict...
View ArticleWe're expected to beg 'on bended knees' - Russian press response to the FIG
Russia is responding to the publication of the FIG criteria with some hostility. I picked up on the article below this morning; Championnat, the publisher, is part of an internet company that is half...
View ArticleRae Meadows - Winterland - a novel Review
May I recommend this book to you. Anya is a young girl living in the dark, cold climate of Norilsk, Siberia. The pollution makes it difficult for people to live healthy, happy lives and her family is...
View ArticleTatiana Nabieva - her experiences in China
Tatyana Nabieva and Maria Paseka spent a year in China, working as coaches for the country's women's national team. We spoke with Tatyana about her experience working with Chinese gymnasts and...
View ArticleTASS reports that Valentina Rodionenko disagrees with FIG criteria
Given Valentina’s record of disagreeing with absolutely everything, it is unclear whether her words bear any authority. I would feel inclined to listen for an announcement from Andrei Rodionenko or to...
View ArticleValentina Rodionenko - Elena Davydova should return to coach in Russia
As usual, Valentina Rodionenko has an opinion on the current Canadian Gymnastics suspension of Elena Davydova, and has a verdict to deliver on Elvira Saadi, too. Davydova has been invited to return to...
View ArticleMustafina: It’s easier to coach than compete
Aliya Mustafina is now national coach with responsibility for the junior WAG team. She runs a happy ship; her gymnasts are confident and there is a good team spirit evident.The leader of the team,...
View ArticleNabiyeva and Paseka made our gymnasts stronger, says Chinese coach Shiping
The coach of Chinese gymnasts believes that Paseka and Nabieva made the team strongerRussians worked as coaches in the Chinese women's artistic gymnastics team from October 2022 to August 2023KAZAN,...
View ArticleUEG denies Russian athletes permission to compete in Europe.
This will likely make it difficult for Russia to qualify individual neutral athletes for the Olympics.‘The General Assembly of European Gymnastics has voted against allowing athletes and officials from...
View ArticleThe destruction of Russian sport
I can’t endorse the UEG’s flouting of international sports decisions made higher up the tree. If this is a response to threats of boycotts from other countries, it’s a weak action. Russian athletes...
View ArticleStill no criteria for neutral participation at the Olympics, TASS reports
Still no change on the status of Russian gymnasts wishing to compete individually at the Paris Olympics.TASS reports that the FIG have yet to release the conditions for gymnasts’ eligibility to...
View ArticleROC will not fund neutral athletes
The head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), Stanislav Pozdnyakov, said that the organization has completely stopped funding neutral athletes.The reason was previously received recommendations from...
View ArticleNikita Nagorny - the IOC should preserve Olympism
The latest interview with World and Olympic Champion with Nikita Nagorny. He challenges the role of the IOC in the removal of Russian athletes from the Games and suggests that new structures for the...
View ArticleGymnasts will have to find their own funding, says Titov
By Ilidar Satdinov and Pavel Levkovich for MatchTV via Google translateA Russian athlete who agrees to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris in a neutral status will have to look for funds to prepare...
View ArticlePutin has commissioned two new national sports centres to be built in far...
Russia is to build new sports complexes in the far east of the country, says RGF President Vasily Titov following a meeting of the Presidential Council for the Development of Physical Culture &...
View ArticleRodionenko on sports development in Russia’s far east
‘Vladimir Putin approved a list of instructions following a meeting of the Presidential Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports. These included the creation on Russky Island and in...
View ArticleYuri Korolev interview
Highlights from an interview with the 1981 and 1985 World Champion, from the RGF’s magazine ‘Gymnastika’. Yuri died suddenly in April 2023.Are you a children's coach, or do you prefer elite (‘champion...
View ArticleVasily Titov outlines RGF plans for 2024
Interview with RGF President Vasily Titov. Confirms broad details of competitions to take place next year. Efforts to clarify FIG/IOC requirements are underway, but there isn’t much communication....
View ArticleNational team coaches, the Russian Federation - a full list
In January each year the Russian Gymnastics Federation publishes its list of coaches and gymnasts who have made the training teams for their country. You will find below a transliteration of the list...
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