Russia arrives safely in Sofia

Thanks to the event organisers for these pictures of both the senior and junior teams

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More thoughts on US gymnastics, Karolyi - and Zaglada

I’d like to add some thoughts to my earlier post about USA gymnastics and Bela Karolyi: 1. What Bela did, he did. He would agree that his actions were his responsibility. 2. Abusive relationships in USA gymnastics (and no doubt elsewhere) pre-existed Bela’s move to the USA and still exist today. 3. Harsh training existed and exists in all of the ‘artistic’ sports and dance-related forms - eg ballroom dancing, ballet, ice skating, circus. The training involved in most of these activities is founded on an assumption of the benefits of early specialisation. It revolves around ‘ideal’ forms, shapes and postures that are difficult to achieve without early years training - women especially. 4. Wherever prodigious early talent exists, there are predators whose main desire in life is to take advantage of that talent - music, entertainment, maths, sport. The boundaries very easily become confused. Who owns the talent? Who decides how many hours to work, at what level? FOR WHOSE BENEFI

Britain 1, Russia 2 in Junior European Gymnastics Championships

Sergei Eltcov, Kirill Potapov, Artur Dalolyan, Nikita Nagorny, Valentin Starikov It was a close-ish competition, but Britain came out on top everywhere as a team, except for pommel horse where the British had a bad day, and rings, a strong piece for a Russia. In truth, they are two brilliant teams. Many of these gymnasts will turn senior next year, swelling the ranks of their respective teams. I can't wait to see them fight for medals at the a Rio Olympics. Coached by two Russians (Andrei Popov and Sergei Sizhanov from the historic gymnastics city of a Vladimir), the British team carries the classical mark of the Russian school. CORRECTION - The British Junior team head coach is now Barry Collie.

Tutkhalyan, Bondareva will fight to compete at Youth Olympics

Olga Bulgakova, courtesy of RGF Key points of a short interview with Olga Bulgakova, Head Coach of the national junior team http://www.allsportinfo.ru/index.php?id=83100 They had expected a little better result on floor and vault. They need to review and change their tactics, work on the mistakes. Bars and beam were the most successful pieces. The girls reached their minimum targets. They use the results of competition for analysis, to understand where things aren't working, and correct any weaknesses. Seda Tutkhalyan and Maria Bondareva will be considered for the Youth Olympics in Nanjing. Seda's programme is more complex. But this was a major competition for both girls and both had errors. There is still some work to do. Seda has complex routines, dealing with them is very hard. If her routines had been less difficult of course that would have been easier to handle and she would be more stable. But that wouldn't offer much promise. She has a very promising progra

Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

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