Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

 Mustafina will return to Round Lake on 3 September to begin preparations for Euros in August 2018, says Valentina Rodionenko.  The Olympic Champion, who gave birth to daughter Alisa in early June, contacted the head coaches to ask for an invitation to camp.   Good luck, Aliya! Tass/Albert Starodubtsev http://tass.ru/sport/4514671

Russian promise Elena Eremina at control competition at Round Lake last week, 27th July.  Courtesy RGF www.sportgymrus.ru Hello friends and readers Just a quick line to say, I have not disappeared and I have not lost my love for Russian and Soviet gymnastics. I'm not writing on this blog at present, largely because I have another, bigger project to concentrate on, and I can't do everything.  Over the years, a great deal of material has accumulated here and the internet has become populated with masses more information, self generated, state generated and media generated, about gymnastics in all the various eras.  I am, therefore, currently undertaking the monster - but not onerous - task of trying to unravel all the strands, create records, and begin to work out a structure for everything that lies behind this blog.  My ambition, over the years, is to produce some more lasting publications based on the amazing things the gymnasts did, and to record their le...