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One thousand posts - five years of RRG

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Yesterday, I published the one thousandth post for RRG since it began, almost five years ago, on September 24th 2010.  Thanks to you, dear readers, the blog has accumulated 3.7 million page views in that time, and has over four thousand followers on its Facebook page.  

It has been a fascinating time during which I have travelled to Moscow, interviewed some of my gymnastics idols, and most importantly made friends.  I hope to continue with my work here.

I want to say thank you to everyone who has helped with the production of this blog.  I have enjoyed every moment of it, and hope you will stay with me as I continue to develop it.  Welcome to all new readers and contributors, too.  And an especially big thank you to all of you who post such interesting comments.  It has been a great time.

In no particular order, and with advance apologies for any omissions.

Vladimir Zaglada
Lupita
Irina from the RGF
Leonid from VTB
Natalia Kalugina
Olesya Engel
Nikky Veronika
Olya Terentyeva
Everyone at Gymfever, especially Laerke, Nico, Lauren, Jennifer Ann, Adrien, Sere and Rachael
Brigid McCarthy
Isa Alexandrova
Alexander Alexandrov
Catherine Bates
Dr Jithendran Kokkranikal
Dr Vicky Katsoni
Dr Olga Burukina
Dr Clive Palmer
Jim Holt
Dave Kondris
Len Arnold
Vitaly Akimov
Vitaly Ivanchuk
Olga Mostepanova
Maria Kourbatova-Filatova
Natalia Sklyarova-Yurchenko
Matt Hicks
Kristina Aleshnikova
Marko Cinko
Rick McCharles
Alan Owen
Bernard at Gymnet
Svetlana Boguinskaia
Elizabeth Squires
Mikhail Radko
Anna Toropova
Amanda Turner
Peggy Peng
All the crew at Gymcastic - Jessica, Tim, Blythe
Dvora Meyers
Gigi Farid
Natalia Karamushka
Marina Goryunova
Alexey Demyanov
The staff at the Olympiski stadium
The UEG
Valeria Shevchenko 
Everyone at the Artistic Gymnastics page on VK.com
Katherine Le Ruez at The Guardian





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  1. Unknown9 August 2015 at 20:31

    Super cool, congrats

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  2. British Gymnewstics9 August 2015 at 22:48

    Congratulations! I think I have read every post over the last five years. Here's to the next five years of keeping gymnastics fans all over the world up to date with the Russian team, and keeping the memory of Soviet gymnastics alive.

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  3. Sasha10 August 2015 at 00:13

    Yippee!!! What a milestone! Congrats.

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  4. Anonymous10 August 2015 at 02:08

    I just wanted to say that I enjoy your blog and thanks for keeping up all updated on the Russian gymnasts.

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  5. cjguk10 August 2015 at 06:35

    Amazing. I look forward to reading the next thousand posts!

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