Clik here to view.
Mustafina, Paseka take medals on bars
Vault bronze medallist Maria Paseka is congratulated by 1956 and 1960 Olympic Champion, Larissa Latynina Courtesy RGFToday's event finals saw mixed fortunes for the Russians as Aliya Mustafina won the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
David Belyavski - 'cat-like flexibility in the style of Kohei Uchimura'
David Belyavski, 22 years old, has long promised a gold medal in a major all around competition. The 2012 and 2013 Russian national champion is set in the classical mould of Alexei Nemov and Vladimir...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Afanasyeva!
Courtesy RGFWearing her Olympic team final leotard yesterday afternoon, Ksenia Afanasyeva faced off all doubts about her ability to manage pressure with a breathtaking performance on the floor....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alexander Alexandrov: 'I am too old to be offended' or 'Should Mustafina have...
European Champion Aliya Mustafina with national team coach Evgeny Grebyonkin in Friday's all around finalAlexander Alexandrov yesterday spoke out in defence of his gymnast Aliya Mustafina, sweeping...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lupita translates Alexander Alexandrov's interview
Lupita has been hard at work again, and here provides a full translation of the interview which featured in Wednesday's blog post.'If Mustafina's health is good, I have no reason to doubt her' -...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anastasia Grishina : Lupita translates the Moscow Echo radio interview
Anastasia Grishina in typical flowing movement at last week's Europeans. Courtesy : RGFI am convinced that we have yet to see the best of Anastasia Grishina. The 17 year old native of Moscow gave us...
View ArticleClik here to view.
David Belyavski : 'We can beat the British gymnasts'
David Belyavski during the All Around final at last month's European Championships. Courtesy RGFLast week, Natalia Kalugina interviewed European All Around Champion David Belyavski and his coach,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Evgenyi Grebyonkin : 'it would be risky to show our whole strategy in the...
All Sport has an excellent interview with Russian WAG head coach Evgenyi Grebyonkin, which I am summarising here with help from Lupita. Grebyonkin reveals some of the planned competitions for the...
View ArticleRussian WAG qualifying, London 2012 - videos
Many thanks to Gabriel McDonough, who has posted videos - no commentary - of the Russian WAG team during qualifications last summer. A nice reminder of a great competition, and a lot of work for...
View ArticleNemov and Plushchenko advertise Mercedes cars - TV advertisement
2000 Olympic champion, 12-time Olympic medal winner, Alexei Nemov, now appears in a (no doubt, lucrative) advertisement for Mercedes sports cars, with ice skater Evgenyi Plushchenko.Link to Youtube
View Article1974 World Gymnastics Championships - USSR WAG video
The 1974 World Championships, held in Varna, Bulgaria, were all about Ludmilla Tourischeva. As reigning 1970 World Champion and 1972 Olympic Champion, she took four golds, a silver and a bronze here,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Day in the Life of Svetlana Boguinskaia - 1992
Svetlana Boguinskaia during team qualifications at the 1988 OlympicsI'm lucky enough to own a copy of a limited special edition entitled 'Svetlana Boguinskaia - L'Etoile de la Gymnastique - Le Charme...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is gymnastics still Russian? A post-Europeans, early Olympiad perspective
Mustafina needs more connections without intermediate swing, says coach ZagladaRussian gymnastics is at another one of those turning points ... at the beginning of a new Olympiad, it is time to review...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo compare collages - Mustafina/Raisman, Komova/Douglas
Lifje has been hard at work, producing these picture collages comparing Olympians Alexandra Raisman and Gabrielle Douglas with their Russian counterparts, Aliya Mustafina and Viktoria Komova. I'll let...
View ArticleSvetlana Khorkina - the first Russian World AA Champion
She was the first Russian All Around World Champion, competing here in 1997 on the final piece of the first of three gold medal winning all around performances at World Championships. She was the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo comparisons II - back flip, split leaps, Tkachev
Many thanks to Liz McOsker who has contributed these fantastic photo collages comparing various skills - back flip (Komova/Wieber), Tkachev (Afanasyeva/Raisman) and split leaps (various) as performed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Midsummer madness - high season gymnastics 2013
Anastasia Grishina at this spring's European Championships. Courtesy: RIA NovostiIt seems to be a long time since the Russian team has had such a prolonged quiet time in training. All I know is that...
View ArticleStravinsky's Rite of Spring - 100th anniversary
Yesterday marked the one hundredth anniversary of the first performance of Stravinsky's Rites of Spring, choreographed by Nijinsky. It caused a riot. Here is a production from the Marinsky Theatre, St...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Will the real Aliya Mustafina please step forward?
Not a fake profile ... Aliya's unofficial fanpage has over 50,000 followersHave you seen the film Spartacus, the bit where the Romans try to get Spartacus to give himself up, but fail because there are...
View ArticleAlexander Alexandrov to Brazil
RRG can confirm (with thanks to Vladimir Zaglada) that Alexander Alexandrov has now left Moscow (with effect from 1st June) and will be taking up a coaching position in Brazil as soon as the fine...
View Article