Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

http://www.allsportinfo.ru/index.php?id=83341 Valery Alfosov: maybe a little too early shot, maybe worth to wait until 2015 Today, May 25, in Sofia (Bulgaria), the championship of Europe in gymnastics. Men played seven sets of medals. Russian team won the team event with five gold and one silver medals. Became the second British (1-2-2), the third - Ukrainians (1-1-2). The performance of our team's special correspondent of the Agency of sport information "All Sport" Mary Staroverova praised head coach Russian men's team gymnastics Valery Alfosov. - Five gold and one silver medal - we can say, and surprise, and the expected result - said Valery Alfosov. - We have always said that we have such athletes as Denis Ablyazin, which makes their shells on the big gym. And today's implementation of its capacity, on the one hand, the expected event but at the same time and unexpected. Anyway, we came to this. Maybe a little early shot, maybe worth to wait until 2015, but it ...

05/25/2014 21:03 - Gymnastics - European Championships Artistic Gymnastics 2014 Nikita Nagorno: riding for gold in the vault - I have the most difficult program of all competitors Today, May 25, in Sofia (Bulgaria) completed the European Championship Gymnastics Championships. Russian Nikita Nagorno won the vault (14.933 points). On his speech at the European Championship Nikita Nagorno told the special correspondent of the Agency of sport information "All Sport" Alexei Zubakova. - In the team tournament was hurt, sought to gold - shared Nagorno Nikita. - Slightly let us jump a little freestyle. Made at their level, and the next time will still be overcome with the British. - Hoping for gold in the vault, or is it a pleasant surprise? - No, it's not a surprise. I came here for the gold, I have the most difficult jumps of all competitors. My task was to perform them competently. I have disliked shells. I am all the same projectiles, unfortunately, not all are equally obtain...

XXII Olympic Winter Games (February 6-23, Sochi, Russia) XI Paralympic Winter Games (7-16 March 2014, Sochi) IIHF World Championship men's teams in 2014 (9-25 May, Minsk, Belarus) European Championships Artistic Gymnastics 2014 (12-25 May, Sofia, Bulgaria) Russian Swimming Championship 2014 (May 13-17, Moscow, "Olympic" European Championships in Athletics 2014 (August 12-17, Zurich, Switzerland) II Summer Youth Olympic Games (16-28 August, Nanjing, China) ARCHIVE    May 2014 MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 SEARCH        05/24/2014 23:09 - Gymnastics - European Championships Artistic Gymnastics 2014 Andrew Rodionenko: passed European Championships, but ahead of the World Cup - it is much more important Today, May 24, in Sofia (Bulgaria) at the European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Russia won the gold medal in the team all-around. Assessment of performance of...

XXII Olympic Winter Games (February 6-23, Sochi, Russia) XI Paralympic Winter Games (7-16 March 2014, Sochi) IIHF World Championship men's teams in 2014 (9-25 May, Minsk, Belarus) European Championships Artistic Gymnastics 2014 (12-25 May, Sofia, Bulgaria) Russian Swimming Championship 2014 (May 13-17, Moscow, "Olympic" European Championships in Athletics 2014 (August 12-17, Zurich, Switzerland) II Summer Youth Olympic Games (16-28 August, Nanjing, China) ARCHIVE    May 2014 MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 SEARCH        05/24/2014 19:35 - Gymnastics - European Championships Artistic Gymnastics 2014 Valentin old man landmark in sport - Alexei Nemov Yesterday, May 23, in Sofia (Bulgaria) at the European gymnastics juniors competed in the individual all-around medal. Russian Valentin Starikov won silver, gaining six exercises 83.540 points. Results of his speech, he shared wi...

Alexander Balandin in today's rings final Russia's senior team concluded a strong week of competition today with three more gold medals to its name.  For the first time in many years Russia came away with the lion's share of medals in a major supra-national Championships.   Russia has adopted a pragmatic strategy in its battle to seize back the initiative in European gymnastics, and only time will tell if its success is sustainable.  Recognising that today's gymnastics rewards specialist performance more than all around gifts, Russia has opted to exploit certain uniquely gifted individuals to provide the 'shock' events which former head coach Leonid Arkayev identifies as vital to championships winning performances.  At the Olympics two years ago head coach Rodionenko was anxious to make it clear that gymnasts would need to compete on more then one apparatus to make it into the team.  Here, all of the team's individual gold medals came from event specialists....

Denis Ablyazin has qualified to three of today's event finals.  Courtesy RGF Event finals begin today at 10 am local time with the juniors, and 3 pm local time for the seniors.  Lots of interesting gymnastics on the way.  The big question will be, can the gymnasts recover quickly from yesterday's emotional and physical exertions and compete once more at full strength today?  Both Russia and Britain had good days yesterday, can they repeat their form today?  Will the talented Ukrainians win gold?  Which new faces will emerge? Russia's leading gymnast at this event-focussed European Championships has been talking. 'It was a very tough day, the fight was difficult between  all eight teams ... Today, the competition took away a lot of physical strength and nerves. And we were able to win by a confident performance on each of the events - we made hardly any mistakes ... Fewer than predicted. ... T omorrow we will compete - and then there will be a little ti...

There is a noticeable shift in temperament in Russia's team this spring - perhaps it is just the afterglow of a good competitive performance, but the word 'teamwork' has been important in press interviews with head coaches Rodionenko and Alfosov.  Now the words of some of the gymnasts communicate an atmosphere of confidence.  Pictures are courtesy of RGF. The team ... Nikolai Kuksenkov, Nikita Ignatyev, David Belyavski, Denis Ablyazin, Alexander Balandin ... Ukraine's Igor Radivilov photo bombed :-) 'We have shown that we are the best in Europe.  Not just one of the best, the best ... After six years, we have regained our title.'  Nikolai Kuksenkov Caption suggestions, please ... :-) 'I had to fix my errors from the first day,' said Nikita Ignatyev, 'the guys supported me in every way.  Thank you, guys - we are a team'. Sport and friendship ... Russia and Ukraine are brothers on the gymnastics podium

Congratulations to Russia!  A gold medal in the team Championships.  First in Europe with a thoroughly  outstanding team effort. Britain performed well, too, but had a few errors on rings and vault.  It would have been even closer if both teams had avoided error! I want to think specially well of Ukraine, too.  A few days before the Championships, nobody knew if they could come.  The FIG rightly helped their Federation to travel to Bulgaria - and now they have a bronze medal! After the battle - tired, but happy.

Maria enjoys a quiet moment at the Banquet following last week's European Championships.  Courtesy RGF European Beam Champion Maria Kharenkova has been congratulated on her gold medal by officials from the Rostov region of the Russian Ministry of Sport. 'I must say that the victory of our athletes confirmed the validity of the creation of the Rostov regional gymnastic training centre', said  Yuri Balakhnin,  head of the regional Ministry of Sports.  'We've got a strong tradition and a wonderful coaching school. I remember that at the Olympic Games of 2012 in London our rhythmic gymnast Ulyana Donskova won gold.  Now Maria Kharenkova has made a serious step to get onto the Olympic team.' (Source:  http://championat-rostov.ru/news/view/1657/). Rostov's pedigree is indeed rich : Maria is the latest in a long tradition of fine gymnasts and coaches from the region.  Her coach, Olga Sagina, also counts 2012 European team silver medallist Anastasia Sidorova a...

Results of today's junior all around competition.  Congratulations to all!