Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

2012 and 2016 Olympian Maria Paseka is experiencing some difficulties in her everyday life in Russia.  She returned from China, where she had been working as a coach, a few weeks ago.  The Chinese team has offered her more work, but she can’t get her passport renewed.  Read her words via TASS :  ‘Gymnast Paseka received an offer to work as a coach in one of the Chinese sports schools 💬 “I received an offer to work at one of the Chinese public sports schools,” said Paseka. “I haven’t decided anything yet, but life is developing in such a way that I’ll probably stay here. I haven’t been able to get a passport for months now. They’re just returning it to me.” and they write a refusal, and I don’t understand the reason.” In October 2022, Paseka, together with another Russian gymnast Tatyana Nabieva, left for China to work with that country’s women’s artistic gymnastics team. In August, after the expiration of the contract with the Chinese Gymnastics Association, they re...

World (1974 silver, bronze, 1979 gold) and Olympic (1976 silver, 1980 gold) champion Vladimir Markelov died on Monday, age 66.  He was European AA champion in 1977 and also won the World Cup, the same year. Markelov trained and coached at the CSKA club in Moscow.  He was a great ambassador for the sport and for his club until his final years.  Other gymnasts who have worked at CSKA include Dmitri Bilozerchev, Aliya Mustafina, and legendary coach Alexander Alexandrov.   Markelov was best known for his silky work on the parallel bars, where he won his bronze medal in 1974.   A farewell to the famous gymnast will take place on November 3 at 11:00 at the CSKA Athletics and Football Complex at Leningradsky Prospekt 39, building 1. Markelov floats on high bar - https://youtu.be/oDBq2a6zHO8 On PB during the AA final at the 1976 Olympics (injured?) - https://youtu.be/hLLzBtckF74 His gold medal team at the 1980 Olympics were Andrianov, Azarian, Detiatin, Makuts, Markelov...

This year’s annual Voronin Cup, normally a highlight of the Moscow competition calendar, has been cancelled.  The club will instead be working on moving into its new premises in Petrovsky Park.  Funded by VTB Bank and public resources, the cost of the new facility was around 5.6 billion roubles (£48.4m) TASS reports the gymnastics tournament for the Voronin Cup in 2023 has been cancelled. The president of the gymnastics club "Dynamo" noted that in 2023 the hall of the Dynamo Sports Academy will be opened in Petrovsky Park MOSCOW, October 23. /TASS/. The international artistic gymnastics tournament for the Mikhail Voronin Cup will not be held in 2023; competition organizers are currently focused on preparing for the opening of the gymnasium at the Dynamo Sports Academy at the end of the year. This was reported to TASS by the president of the Dynamo gymnastics club and member of the presidium of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation Andrei Zudin. “At the end of the year we...

On her Instagram account :   ‘I have always reacted sharply to certain kinds of prohibitions, for example, food prohibitions. Many coaches keep track of the girls, who ate what and how much, although, it seems to me, these are already relics of the past, but still there is a lot of this left now. I was always OK. The coach even often fed me. He would bring bananas, then he would give me berries, then he would give me chocolate, knowing that I had a sweet tooth. I am always asked to this day, “Have you eaten?” Therefore, there have never had eating disorders or other psychological problems related to weight. I never liked prohibitions because I thought “Damn, I’m here because I chose this, because I want to, because I’m conscientious about my work.    I want to achieve something, so I work here and try.” Why force me into strict rules that really prevent me from reaching the top, growing as a person and as an athlete, demanding the almost impossible from me, instead of ask...

Rodionenko about Melnikova’s words about the level of gymnastics in Russia: “Such comments are not from a great mind. I don’t think Angelina has the right to judge.” The coach criticized Angelina Melnikova for her words about the level of Russian gymnastics. Earlier, Olympic champion Melnikova said: “In Russia there are two or three gymnasts who can qualify for the level of the European and World Championships, the rest cannot. The level of competition in Russia is also low.” “I am skeptical about her comment. I don’t think that Angelina has the right to judge the state of gymnastics in Russia and talk about who can qualify for prizes. We have enough competition, it is no coincidence that Angelina was only third at the Russian Cup. Such comments are not from a great mind. We are Olympic champions in team competitions. Not individually, but as a team! This is a special victory and it says a lot. That’s all,” said senior coach of the Russian artistic gymnastics team Valentina Rodionenko....

Interview by Norik Serobyan, Sports Correspondent,    Metaratings “Foreign gymnasts write that they miss us and are waiting for us.” Melnikova - about Spartak, Olympic Games 2024 and plans Two years ago, Angelina Melnikova became one of the main stars of the Russian team at the Tokyo Olympics, where Russian gymnasts won gold. Now the leader of the Russian team competes only at domestic competitions. In an interview with Metaratings.ru, the world and Olympic champion told what she does outside of sports. From our conversation you will learn: how high is the level of competition in Russia; what is her motivation to perform without international competitions; when is he planning to retire? what he thinks about participating in the Olympics; why does he support Spartak? “In Russia the level of competition is low, there are two or three athletes who fight for the podium, this is very few” – More than a month has already passed since the Russian Cup. You probably managed to analyze ...