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The loneliness of the long distance blogger
I’m the one individual who has run this blog since 2009. Since 1972 I have followed the Soviet and Russian gymnasts through thick and thin. This has included times when virtually no information...
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Russian judges travel to Paris
Liubov Andrianova in 2016Liubov Andrianova and Dmitri Andreev, members of the FIG Technical Committees for men’s and women’s gymnastics, travel today to Paris to participate in the Olympic Games.Liubov...
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‘Biles will be perfectly prepared’ - Angelina Melnikova
Angelina poses on beam during filming of a drama about the 1980 Olympics"I'll be rooting for the Russians": Olympic champion on the Paris Games and the most important competitions of recent...
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Pauper Putin
The pauper Putin looks out over Olympic Paris from behind a thick pane of double glazing. A brilliant piece of art rendered in AI and created by RRG follower Bartek Jarocki. May peace prevail in...
View ArticleBercy is haunted as Russia’s gymnasts are in the grip of Putin
Simone Biles is not the only story in Olympic gymnastics, though she may be the easiest and most compelling angle for general sports reporters.Actually, though, a bigger story is that the Russians...
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‘Biles will be perfectly prepared’ - Angelina Melnikova
Angelina poses on beam during filming of a drama about the 1980 Olympics"I'll be rooting for the Russians": [Russian neutral athletes] Olympic champion on the Paris Games and the most important...
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ICON - Svetlana Boguinskaia
BOGUINSKAIA (USSR-BLR)Born 1973 in Minsk, BelarusAt age 6, after a period of time in ice skating, began gymnastics with coach Liubov Miromanova, occasionally training at the USSR national training...
View ArticleYet Another Unnecessary Olympic Controversy, by the FIG
The FIG managed to do it again and set us all off talking about the scoring and how dreadful it was, rather than the performances and how brilliant they were.I personally loved that Alice d’Amato won...
View ArticlePregnancy Doping 2 - a word of caution
Almost ten years ago RRG covered a story about a story of doping of Soviet gymnasts in 1968. For some reason, that story is receiving a lot of hits on my site at present, and I don’t know why. So a...
View ArticleMental health time
I’m supposed to be taking some time for my mental health, not writing blog posts about gymnastics. It’s not only my mental health, but that of the whole gymnastics and sporting community. You, my...
View ArticleBlog finished
I’ve reached a time in my life when it’s more important to watch the birds and listen to my nephews and nieces laughing than it is to write about Russian gymnastics. I have a couple of ‘wrap ups’ in...
View ArticleMajor changes to structure of RGF and personnel
Some major shifts in the way gymnastics is being managed in Russia, and in the personnel. Irina Viner has resigned as President of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation.A decision has been made to...
View ArticleSenior personnel of the new Russian Gymnastics Federation
Presidium of the Russian Gymnastics Federation 🇷🇺Artistic gymnastics:Vasily Titov (First Vice President), Nikita Nagorny (Vice President), Andrey Rodionenko, Dmitry Andreev, Alexander Klochkov, Anton...
View ArticleOleg Belozyorev : it’s important that we have an international front
Translated from R Sport. What the President says about relations with the FIG and IOC is echoed by Nagorny in another short interview. Nagorny wants there to be international competitions with...
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BRICS 2024 results
I’ll post links here as they become available; starting with some unofficial results somebody kindly posted on VK - the gymnastics group. With thanks to you! Scores (unofficial)There was a two per...
View ArticleRussian Gymnastics to expand its national activities
The President of the Russian Gymnastics Federation, Oleg Belozerov, said that the organization plans to develop club tournaments and gymnastics leagues in the country.“A total of 791 thousand people...
View ArticleVasily Titov re-elected as President of the FIG
⚡️Vasily Titov re-elected to the International Gymnastics Federation Executive Committee❗️The vote took place at the organization's congress in Doha."Despite the difficult political situation, we did...
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Nabiyeva now married, living in Shanghai
Our dear Tatiana Nabiyeva has married! It appears that she now lives in China.
View ArticleVladimir Zaglada - coach, author, friend, father
It is with great sadness that I report here the sudden and completely unexpected death, on 5th October, of our friend Vladimir Zaglada. I send my love and condolences to his daughter, Olesya. My...
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