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On February 12, Irina Viner, the longtime head coach of Russia’s national rhythmic gymnastics team, announced her resignation. Ten days later, Oleg Belozerov, president of the Russian Gymnastics ...
A top Russian gymnastics coach whose athletes won numerous Olympic gold medals has been suspended following vehement criticism of judges who ended Russia's winning streak in rhythmic gymnastics at ...
Viner, who was formerly married to billionaire businessman Alisher Usmanov, is head of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation and widely seen as a leading powerbroker in Russian sports. She raised ...
Rhythmic gymnastics has long been dominated by Russia and other former Soviet states, which have won 39 of the 48 medals up for grabs since the 1984 Soviet boycott of the Olympic Games. Russians and ...
FILE – Russian President Vladimir Putin presents a medal to Head of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation Irina Viner, in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 1, 2015.
Many of the most decorated rhythmic gymnasts are Russian, from two-time Olympic gold medallists Evgeniya Kanaeva to Alina Kabaeva, who has two Olympic medals, 14 World Championship medals and 21 ...
Darja Varfolomeev, 17, won gold in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around competition, posting the highest score in all four events - hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon - on her way to a total of ...
This week, the head of Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team, Irina Viner, stepped down and was replaced by Alina Kabaeva. The only person who responded with appropriate shock to this news when I ...
Russian athlete Anastasia Bliznyuk, a two-time group all-around champion in rhythmic gymnastics, has coached the Chinese rhythmic gymnastics team since 2022. She played a big role in their win at ...
Russian gymnast Dina Averina stood at the top of the victory podium three times a day during the third series of Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix held in France, Lenta.ru reports. Russian athlete was ...
Kaylee at this time was 4 years old and had started rhythmic gymnatics along with artistic gymnstics. Kaylee also is pictured here doing russian ballet in cinderella and nutcracker performances.
A top Russian gymnastics coach whose athletes won numerous Olympic gold medals has been suspended following vehement criticism of judges who ended Russia’s winning streak in rhythmic gymnastics ...