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Development of gymnastics in Russia during times of war

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I've been playing with Copilot for some of my blog content, with varying degrees of success. 

I like infographics but still haven't got the knack of them.  But I thought, in view of the unprecedented nature of the various lockdowns, bans and sanctions going on - effectively the isolation of Russia from world gymnastics - that it would be worth recording some of what I have observed happening in terms of the sport's management and survival.  There are lots of things that need to be altered.  Please do comment.  Here is the first infographic, along with a short commentary by me.  There are two infographics, I'll put them in separate posts.

I asked Copilot to produce a graphic mapping Russia’s development of gymnastics since the IOC/World Gymnastics ‘lockdown’, using data I provided to them.


Sports is an ever-growing sector of the world economy, and during the ban Russia has exploited - and, hopefully, improved its popularity by developing television and live events. The personalities are, naturally, very important; this gives our gymnasts like David Belyavski and Artur Dalaloyan the opportunity to spread their renown and to grow income from social media exposure.

I was a bit disappointed with the infographics but I wanted to share them with you all the same. I haven’t covered Russia’s growth policy much over the past three years. I am not sure where the money is coming from and where it is going.

Please let me know what you think of this. 






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