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A short interview with Larisa, on her preparation for the upcoming Worlds....

A brief chat with Romania's rising star, which took place at Obersiggenthal on Sept 6th....

Isabel Zamora celebrates the Hungarian star, born in May. The post May Birthday Profile: Henrietta Onodi appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...

Some more beautiful shots from Nadia Boyce of the Australian National Championships. The post Australian Nationals Gallery 2014 appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...

Alexander Balandin in today's rings final Russia's senior team concluded a strong week of competition today with three more gold medals to its name.  For the first time in many years Russia came away with the lion's share of medals in a major supra-national Championships.   Russia has adopted a pragmatic strategy in its battle to seize back the initiative in European gymnastics, and only...

Queenslanders Naoya Tsukahara and Georgia Godwin have won the senior all-around crowns in men's and women's divisions at the Australian Gymnastics Championships at Hisense Arena in Melbourne. Tsukahara claimed an incredible fifth title in six years with an all-around score of 172.881 to finish ahead of New Zealand's Mikhail Koudinov (166.297) and Queensland teammate Michael Mercieca (166.112) Competing...

Floor Exercise: Giamni Regini-Moran (GBR) kicked off the competition with a stellar floor routine that included a double-double and finished with a triple twist. His score of 14.700 surpassed not only his own qualifying mark, but also the top qualifying score, by 0.3 points! No one was able to outdo the Brit, who took home the gold medal. Joining him on the podium were teammate Gaius Thompson, who...

In the final session of competition in Sofia, the senior men took to the floor one last time for their event finals. Just as Great Britain's Nile Wilson dominated the junior event finals, Russia's Denis Abliazin showed his dominance in the senior finals, winning all three events in which he competed (floor, rings, and vault)! Interestingly, he shared the top of the podium with teammate Aleksander...

Tracy B discusses the recent Australian Commonwealth Games announcement following Nationals. The post Australian Commonwealth Games Team Announcement appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...

Denis Ablyazin has qualified to three of today's event finals.  Courtesy RGF Event finals begin today at 10 am local time with the juniors, and 3 pm local time for the seniors.  Lots of interesting gymnastics on the way.  The big question will be, can the gymnasts recover quickly from yesterday's emotional and physical exertions and compete once more at full strength today?  Both...

Welcome to the final day of competition at the 2014 Men's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships. The competition begins today with the Junior Event Finals and will conclude with the Senior Men's Event Finals. Great Britain's Giarnni Regini-Moran topped compatriot Gaius Thompson for the Floor title with Sascha Alexander Coradi of Switzerland picking up the bronze medal. Nile Wilson of Great Britain...

At the conclusion of the 2014 Australian National Gymnastics Championships, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association has announced the Men and Women's Artistic Gymnastics teams for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Congratulations to the 10 lucky Gymnasts! WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS: Georgia-Rose Brown (VIC) Larrissa Miller (VIC) Lauren Mitchell (WA) Mary-Anne Monckton (VIC) Olivia Vivian (WA) MEN'S...

Well it's onto the final six events of the competition at the 2014 Men's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria - the Senior Men's apparatus finals. Solid Floor routine from Alexander Shatilov of Israel, low on the landing of his final tumbling pass. Great routine from Russian Denis Ablyazin. Nice routine from the Greek man Eleftherios Kosmidis and an awesome save on the landing...

Congratulations to Russia!  A gold medal in the team Championships.  First in Europe with a thoroughly  outstanding team effort. Britain performed well, too, but had a few errors on rings and vault.  It would have been even closer if both teams had avoided error! I want to think specially well of Ukraine, too.  A few days before the Championships, nobody knew if they could...

There is a noticeable shift in temperament in Russia's team this spring - perhaps it is just the afterglow of a good competitive performance, but the word 'teamwork' has been important in press interviews with head coaches Rodionenko and Alfosov.  Now the words of some of the gymnasts communicate an atmosphere of confidence.  Pictures are courtesy of RGF. The team ... Nikolai Kuksenkov, Nikita...

It was a big day in Sofia, with the senior men taking the floor once again in the team final. Despite being the favorites and leaders during qualifications, Great Britain was not able to repeat their stellar performance from Thursday and suffered some costly mistakes early on in the competition. Instead, it was Russia who took home the gold with a total team score of 267.959, with the British team...

Maria enjoys a quiet moment at the Banquet following last week's European Championships.  Courtesy RGF European Beam Champion Maria Kharenkova has been congratulated on her gold medal by officials from the Rostov region of the Russian Ministry of Sport. 'I must say that the victory of our athletes confirmed the validity of the creation of the Rostov regional gymnastic training centre', said ...

Great Britain's Nile Wilson earned the Junior All Around honors at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria overnight. Russian Valentin Starikov won the silver medal with Brinn Bevan of Great Britain earning the bronze medal. Wilson was the top scorer on the Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse and Horizontal Bar with Bevan earning the top marks on the Still Rings and Starikov on the Vault (tied...

The Qualification for the Team and Apparatus Finals for the Seniors was held yesterday in Sofia, Bulgaria for the 2014 Men's European Gymnastics Championships. The team from Great Britain consisting of Sam Oldham, Daniel Keatings, Daniel Purvis, Max Whitlock and Kristian Thomas topped the Team Qualification over Russia and Ukraine. Also qualifying to the Team Final are Belarus, France, Netherlands,...

The junior men took to the stage again today in Sofia, competing for the all-around title at the 2014 European Championships. The gold medal went to Nile Wilson (GBR) with a total score of 84.646, while Russia's Valentin Starikov and fellow British gymnast Brinn Bevan followed in silver and bronze, with scores of 83.540 and 82.932 respectively. The lead changed hands several times throughout the competition,...