Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

The fundamental premise of this blog is as a monitor and observer of all that happens in Russian gymnastics.  In as far as you can like a whole nationality, I like Russians and Russian culture.  I do not like the Russian state's use of violence against Ukraine; (nor do I like the use of violence by anyone in any context).  This was the first blog to take a regular view of aspects of Russian sport, from the perspective of the developing narrative in the Russian press.  Often the stories told lack resonance with what is commonly accepted about Russian gymnastics.  There are assumptions about the sport in Russia that are accepted in the West, but challenged by the Russian gaze, and Russia's view of its own place in the sport is often challenging, and difficult for us to understand and appreciate. In a similar way, the stories we read in this country about the War come from a heavily influenced Western perspective; our media lacks criticality in its treatment of thi...