Clik here to view.
Fresh start for Mustafina on Friday
A brooding Mustafina contemplates the competition ahead. RGFRussia's women qualified as expected yesterday, with some difficult moments for Olympic Champion Aliya Mustafina on her way to a fifth place...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Aliya Mustafina, a bronze medal, and Alexander Alexandrov - a review of the...
Aliya Mustafina after last night's all around competition, where she won a bronze medal. Courtesy RGF2010 World Champion Aliya Mustafina put in an amazing performance last night, overcoming health...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Grebyonkin: Aliya succeeded in spite of knee pain
In an interview with Albert Starobutsev of ITAR-TASS, Russian WAG team coach, Evgeny Grebyonkin, spoke of Aliya Mustafina's performance in the all around yesterday. 'We are very happy with the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lupita translates ... Mustafina
Lupita translates Elena Vaitsekhovskaya's interview with the World Beam Champion.'I am very happy about how it all went' said Mustafina in the mixed zone. 'I won silver at the 2010 European...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Grebyonkin on Mustafina, beam and those appeals ... Lupita translates
Evgeny Grebyonkin and Aliya Mustafina. Courtesy RGF'Nobody explained anything'Yevgeny Grebyonkin, head coach of the women’s gymnastics teams, gave an interview to Sovetski Sport about the thriller...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Rodionenkos ... on scoring, and expectations. Lupita translates
Head coach Andrei Rodioneno responds to journalists' questions in AntwerpAndrei Rodionenko stated in an interview by R-Sport that he doesn’t agree with the FIG on the judging at major international...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alexandrov on Brazil, Russia and Mustafina ... Lupita translates
Alexander Alexandrov speaks to Elena Vaitsekhovskaya in Sport Express.Alexander Alexandrov. Photo : Alexander Vilf for Sport ExpressThe World Championships came to an end last Sunday in Antwerp. We...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Andrei Rodionenko - Mustafina, Ablyazin and the judging in Antwerp - Lupita...
Lupita translates this interview with Andrei Rodionenko.Aliya Mustafina calculating Anna Rodionova's beam D value in Sunday's beam finalAndrei Rodionenko, standing in the bus that left the arena after...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Conversation with Svetlana Boginskaya .. Isa translates
Isa Alexandrova has translated this conversation with Svetlana Boginskaya by Elena Vaitsekhovskaya.Svetlana Boginskaya leaps to a beam gold medal at the 1991 World ChampionshipsWe hadn’t seen each...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nelli Kim - 'Russian gymnastics has closed in on itself' - Lupita translates
Lupita has translated this ITAR-TASS interview with Nelli Kim. It's controversial, to say the least.Ed's note: much of the initial response to this interview - both here and in the wider gymternet -...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Remembering last summer - Nelli Kim, her judges and Viktoria Komova
In view of Nelli Kim's recent interview, Lupita and I thought it timely to revisit the performance of some of the WTC President's judges over past competitions ... this article from 27th August 2012 is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Russian men in Antwerp - highlights, lowlights and promise for the future
The Russian men suffered some unlucky performances - and untimely injuries - at this month's World Championships. Here, Nico writes about their competition, and reflects on the future for Russian...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vika is back! Russian team in training in Sochi
Some pictures and a short video of Viktoria, Aliya and Katya Kramarenko are available here. The girls are benefitting from a last few rays of sun before returning to chilly Moscow for winter training....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Remembering Yuri Ryazanov
We remember Yuri Ryazanov, 2008 Olympian and 2009 World All Around bronze medallist, who so tragically lost his life on 20 October 2009, just a few days after the World Championships which many of us...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Andrei Rodionenko explains Russia's performance at Worlds - Lupitatranslates
Rodionenko with European Champion David Belyavski Courtesy RGF/Elena MikhailovaThis is the interview that many people on the internet have already commented on, regarding Andrei Rodionenko's alleged...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Russian team visits gymnastics school in Sochi - video links
Video 1Video 2National beam coach Marina Bulashenko leads a master class of young gymnasts with the assistance of Aliya Mustafina. Anna Rodionova demonstrates a spin.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Svetlana Boginskaya: I was always a bitch* in gymnastics
Svetlana Boginskaya, 15 years old, with her medals from the Seoul OlympicsNico translates the latest interview with gymnastics legend Svetlana Boginskaya, during a recent visit to her home country of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pretty pictures and intriguing video ... Elena Zamolodchikova and Ksenia...
Adrian McArdle pointed me to this cute - but impressive - video of Elena Zamolodchikova, aged 13 or 14, competing in South Africa in 1996. Four years later, she would be a double Olympic champion, on...
View ArticleBad gymnastics film
I like to think that I inspired this film ... I probably didn't though. Just a bit of mid week silliness.
View ArticlePanel discussion, Rodionenko, Mustafina, Shevchenko
I have yet to source a full translation of this 2nd November television discussion between National Coaches Rodionenko, Olympic Champion Aliya Mustafina and 1988 Olympic Champion and FIG judge Elena...
View Article