miercuri, 25 decembrie 2013

Tatiana Nabieva has confirmed her retirement

Sad news comes from Russia these days, since Tatiana Nabieva, member of the Russia National Team has confirmed her retirement. The news was brought by Alan Owen from Tatiana herself. Alan is the admin of Tatiana official fan page on Facebook and also admin of her official site.  Tatiana will retire from competitive gymnastics, but she will not say goodbye to gymnastics since she had declare her intentions of becoming a coach.  As...

miercuri, 18 decembrie 2013

Aliya Mustafina won the "Silver Doe"

            During the awarding ceremony of the best athletes and coaches of 2013 organised by the Russian Ministry of Sports and the Federation of Sports Journalists of Russia, gymnast Aliya Mustafina won the "Silver Doe" for her sport performances this year. Along with her other athletes were awarded with the same title Natalia Bolshakov (rowing, Paralympic sport), Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov (figure...

marți, 17 decembrie 2013

Aliya Mustafina nominee for the athlete of the year award

         Russian news paper rsport.ru informs us that the Russian Ministry of Sport has announced the nominee for the sports national awards for the 2012-2013 season.          Gymnastics is represented by Aliya Mustafina who is nominee as the best female athlete along with the athlete Yelena Isinbayeva, the skater Tatiana Volosozhar, snowboarder Ekaterina Tudegesheva and swimmer Yuliya Efimova.   ...

Anna Rodionova "I like everything on Round Lake"

      During her latest interview, Russian national member Anna Rodionova spoke about the conditions on Round Lake, her performance on Antwerp World Championship and her wishes for 2014.          Rodionova told sportbox.ru that "I like everything on Round Lake. The conditions of living and working there are wonderful. Therefore, every training is fun."        Despite being Russia youngest...

sâmbătă, 14 decembrie 2013

Tatina Nabieva won the Tournoi International du Pas de Calais (images)

    Tatiana Nabieva won the individual competition, while on the team competition she and her team mate placed second right after France. As we managed to find out the competition was held on 12 and 13th of December in Calais, France       Here are some podium pics from the competition. We will update you as soon as we will have more details  Picture taken from VK - Russian Gymnastics community  Picture...

marți, 10 decembrie 2013

Anastasia Grishina speaks about health, competitions and the national team (translated interview)

In her latest interview for Gazeta.ru, Anastasia Grishina, 2012 Olympic silver medallist, spoke about the period after the Olympics, her health and also her performances in 2013. In this article we will try to bring you a translated interview of Anastasia. - Anastasia, how was the season after the London Olympics, where you won a silver medal in the team competition?  -  When we got back to Moscow, the whole team was released...

sâmbătă, 7 decembrie 2013

Viktoria Komova: "I'm not ready to compete in a tournament"

London's two time Olympics medallist and 2012 world champion, Viktoria Komova, stated in a recent interview that she's not ready yet to competed in a international level and she pointed the "Round Lake" as a perfect training centre. "While I'm not ready to compete in a international tournament, I am recovering from my injuries and for the next few months I will train for the Russian championship, which will be held in March in Penza. From there I hope to get the chance to compete in the European Championship in Sofia. The Round Lake has ideal...

miercuri, 4 decembrie 2013

Voronin Cup - Event Finals Results

Here are the results from the Voronin Cup Event Finals Vault: 1. Anna Pavlova (Azerbaijan) - 13,625 2. Alena Vasilyeva (Ukraine) - 13,575  3. Valeria Grishanov (Latvia) - 13,575.  Vault Final podium - via VK Uneven Bars: 1. Alena Vasilyeva (Ukraine) - 14,600 2. Anna Pavlova (Azerbaijan) - 13,150 3. Anastasia Ekimenko (Belarus)  Uneven Bars Final podium -via VK Balance Beam:  1. Alena...

marți, 3 decembrie 2013

Anna Pavlova finished second in the Voronin Cup All Around

        In today Voronin Cup All Around competition, Ukrainian gymnast Alena Vasilyeva won the competition with a total score of 53.900. Former Russian gymnast, Anna Pavlova, finished on the second position with a total score of 53.600 and Anna's Azerbaijan team mate Marina Nekrasov, took the bronze medal with a score of 51.000. You remind you that Anna and Marina competed for the first time for Azerbaijan.  ...

Anna Pavlova competed for the first time for Azerbaijan

       Dinamo Moscow gym hall hosts this week the 20th edition of the Voronin Cup where more than 100 gymnasts from 23 countries will battle for medals.         During the team competition that took place today former Russian gymnast Anna Pavlova, competition for the first time for her adoptive country Azerbaijan, finished on the second position. Along with Anna, other former Russian gymnast, Marina...

luni, 2 decembrie 2013

Valentina Rodionenco "None of the athletes who pass to Azerbaijan will be competitive as our boys and girls"

     Since the departure of Russian gymnasts to Azerbaijan, it seems that the wind of change also stroke the winner of "Hope of Russia" competition Marina Nekrasov, who was recently added to the WOG team of Azerbaijan, raising the number of gymnasts who left Russian to four.       Russia sport agency "All Sport" special correspondent Maria Vorobevoy spoke with Russian head coach Valentina Rodionenco about this...

duminică, 1 decembrie 2013