November 12, 2016, 22:41

Svetlana Khorkina twice won Olympic gold in gymnastics, became a three-time absolute world champion and a three-time absolute European champion. Thanks to the implementation of the most difficult combinations on the uneven bars, she received the unofficial title "Queen of the bars".

Alina Kabaeva- one of the most titled gymnasts in the world. Her name is inscribed in the Guinness Book of Records, since at the age of 15 Alina became the absolute champion of Europe in rhythmic gymnastics among adults. Today she is known not only for her sporting achievements, but for her active political and social activities.

Evgenia Kanaeva became the first ever two-time Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics in the individual all-around. And at the 29th World Championships in the Japanese city of Mie, the athlete set an absolute record by winning 6 gold medals out of 6 possible.

Aliya Mustafina in Rio de Janeiro for the second time she won Olympic gold in gymnastics for her country. For the first time this happened at the 2012 Olympics in London - in the same year, Aliya was recognized as the athlete of the year in Russia.

World champion, six-time European champion Laysan Utyasheva won many deafening victories, four elements of rhythmic gymnastics invented by her are named after her. And although an injury in 2002 forced her to abandon big-time sports, she continues to be a media personality as a television and radio host.

Irina Chashchina achieved fame at the same time as Alina Kabaeva, because of which the athlete was on the sidelines for a long time. One of these cases is the Olympic Games in Athens, where Irina lost gold to Kabaeva.

Two-time Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics in 2000 Elena Zamolodchikova won many more victories at the world and European championships, but the title of "Bride of Sydney" was assigned to her.

Two-time silver medalist at the 2016 Olympics Apiary Maria currently performs the most difficult vault in the Russian national gymnastics team.

Margarita Mamun brought Russia a gold medal in the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The coach and fans call the girl the "Bengal Tigress" because her father is from Bangladesh.

Yana Kudryavtseva, who brought Russia a silver medal at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, is the youngest absolute world champion in the history of rhythmic gymnastics.

June 11, 2017, 23:41

In my last post, many people wanted to know more about our wonderful artists. So who is now the first number of the national team?

personalities

Alexandra Soldatov.

Alexandra Sergeevna Soldatova(born June 1, 1998) - Russian gymnast, member of the Russian national team, two-time world champion in the team event (2014, 2015), two-time European champion in the team event (2015.2017), Russian champion in the individual all-around (2016), bronze medalist in the all-around at the Russian Rhythmic Gymnas Championship (2014).

Programs of 2017.

Hoop:

In my opinion, this is Sasha's most beautiful exercise. I think many people remember the beautiful Yulia Barsukova at the 2000 Olympics, and now, 17 years later, a new wonderful swan appears in the world of gymnastics.

Sasha is often called the most flexible gymnast in the country.

crown element

Alexandra went to the Olympics in Rio

Sasha is trained by Anna Vyacheslavovna Dyachenko (Shumilova)

Excerpts from the interview

Without perseverance, diligence and patience, champions do not become. Your coach Anna Dyachenko told me that there was a time when you and her drove from Dmitrov to Novogorsk every morning and you slept in the back seat. This is true?

Yes. In Novogorsk, I did not start living and training right away, I had to leave Dmitrov early in the morning in order to get to Novogorsk on time. Anna Vyacheslavovna put me in the back seat, I had a pillow there, on the way I fell asleep and woke up already at the entrance to the gates of the base. But it's okay, it's the little things. If you want to achieve something, you will have to deny yourself a lot and suffer.

Sasha, why rhythmic gymnastics? This is love at first sight?

No. It turned out to be quite funny. In Sterlitamak, where I come from, my mother brought me to the rhythmic gymnastics section to record ... my brother. At that time, we simply did not know that gymnastics can be different - sports and artistic. We were told that where they wanted to send my brother, everything was only for girls, then my mother was not at a loss and said: “But I have a girl, take it!” I don’t remember the first workouts, I was little, the awareness of gymnastics came to me only when I was already in the third grade.

You have excellent physical data for gymnastics, I can assume that everything worked out the first time?

Far from it. I agree that I have flexibility, stretching, good feet, but I, for example, lack dexterity. Dina and Arina Averina, in terms of working with the subject, are stronger than me, they are by nature like that.

Which subject is more difficult for you?

I can’t say that some are more difficult, and some are easier. I'm still at the stage of perfection of skill and comprehension of something new.

To get into the Russian national team, you have come a long way. Sterlitamak - Dmitrov - Novogorsk.

They also forgot Pushkino! From Sterlitamak, my family moved to Pushkino, from there I ended up in Dmitrov, where I waited with bated breath ... when they would send me back to Pushkino. First training, second, week, second, third, and then they told me: "You stay here!" My emotion was lightning fast, but meager: "Yes. Good!" I will say right away that I did not have longing for my mother and family, as happens with many girls at the age of 12. I calmly reacted to the fact that I would live separately from my parents and without their guardianship. I was independent!

First meeting with your coach Anna Dyachenko. Did you expect to fall under her care?

I did not expect, but from the first day we had a wonderful duet. From day one, I've been listening to her every comment. The girls and I even competed who would be closer to her during training, who would be the first to ask about something, who would write to her or call her. She is wonderful in every way!

Sasha, how did you get to the training camp with Irina Viner?

I didn’t have such that I somehow unexpectedly saw Irina Alexandrovna at a training session, or she unexpectedly came to the gym, and there I am. She knows who trains with her. We came to the training camp, I saw how Irina Alexandrovna works with other gymnasts, how she communicates. Then, when she already joined the Russian national team, she began to pay more attention to me and, naturally, there was more communication. Irina Alexandrovna is a strict and very attentive mentor.

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Arina and Dina Averina

Arina.

Arina Alekseevna Averina August 13, 1998 - Zavolzhye) - Russian rhythmic gymnast, member of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team, International Master of Sports. Multiple winner and prize-winner of all-Russian and international tournaments, three-time European champion.

Programs

Dina

Dina Alekseevna Averina(August 13, 1998 - Zavolzhye) - Russian rhythmic gymnast, member of the Russian national gymnastics team, Three-time European Champion 2017, Absolute Champion of Russia 2017, International Master of Sports. Multiple winner and prize-winner of all-Russian and international tournaments.

Programs

joint demonstration

Dina in pink, Arina in blue

The sisters are trained by Vera Nikolaevna Shatalina. She also coached Alina Kabaeva.

Excerpt from interview with Irina Aleksandrovna Viner-Usmanova:

Is it possible to say that Dina and Arina somewhere even exceeded their capabilities, somewhere they surprised with their results?

The fact is that Dina and Arina were, as we say, "tricks" from childhood, and now there is such a program that all this counts. Before, we also had very strong girls, and Alina Kabaeva did amazing things, but not everything counted. So their time has come. But they lacked a little bit of feeling, lacked expressiveness, they did it all like a string. And now they do it expressively, they try to make all the exercises very "characteristic" and these movements, tricks, these risks, these interesting masterful elements merge with the music. So that they organically emphasize it, and in Budapest they succeeded.

Arina Dina

private photos

With parents and older sister Polina

Dina on the left, Arina on the right

Together with the national team doctor - Dmitry Ubogov

Arina on the right, Dina on the left

Dina, Arina, sister Polina, mother Ksenia
Arina on the right, Dina on the left

Arina Dina

The girls dreamed of standing in group exercises, but they were not taken because of their short stature.

Arina on the left, Dina on the right

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Group exercises

(Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasia Tatareva, Anastasia Maksimova, Maria Tolkacheva, Vera Biryukova - Rio 2016)

Programs

3 balls + 2 ropes

5 hoops

Now it is difficult to talk about the main composition, as it is constantly changing. But most often it includes the following gymnasts.

Anastasia Bliznyuk

Anastasia Ilyinichna Bliznyuk(born June 28, 1994, Zaporozhye, Ukraine) - Russian gymnast. Two-time Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics in group all-around (2012, 2016); world and European champion.

Nastya returned to sports after a serious illness - leptospirosis.

The whole country was worried when you got sick, you got into a difficult situation. How did you manage to continue your career?
I didn't even know that I was so seriously ill. My kidneys failed... Irina Aleksandrovna Wiener treated me in Germany. At first they said that perhaps the kidneys would not start. The chances are very slim and I will always live on dialysis.

But thank God I recovered. And she began working in Novogorsk as a coach of the second team. Somehow it turned out that I decided to lose weight, get in shape. And it turned into a training process.

I got into the second team. Proved to everyone that I can and want. I will be on this team! And made it to the main team.

In general, there is a lot of competition in Russia. Only when it was the last week before the Olympics, I realized that I would perform in Rio. Each start is a very big struggle. If you make some mistake even in training, you will be removed at any time. It doesn't matter that I was an Olympic champion and that the girls won the World Championships. The road started from scratch

More excerpts from the interview:

Nastya! You are the second two-time Olympic champion in the group in our history. There was also the gold of London.
- Third - there is also Elena Posevina and Natalya Lavrova ... Of course, I am extremely happy and grateful to Irina Alexandrovna Viner for this victory. I was able to overcome myself, recover from illness, return with faith in my strength and capabilities. Thanks to the whole team for helping out a lot. This road was extremely difficult. But when you realize that you could do everything, the taste of victory becomes the sweetest.

- And now, five Olympics in a row, we take two gold medals in rhythmic gymnastics.
- I think that only Irina Alexandrovna. Everything rests on Wiener.

For me, she is like a mother. Because she saved my life when I got sick. I was reborn! And I was given a chance to perform in Rio.

- How to set yourself up morally for the new Olympic cycle?
- You know what you're doing it for. But we have insanely hard training. And this medal was harder for me than the first one. Apparently I was younger then. And now I thought: “Maybe I can still do it? Maybe that's not all?

I left gymnastics in 2013 after the World Championships. Now back. And I think: “But I can still!”

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Anastasia Tatareva

Anastasia Alekseevna Tatareva(born July 19, 1997) - Russian gymnast. Olympic champion (2016). Honored Master of Sports of Russia. World and European Champion.

Excerpts from the interview

- The age of gymnasts is very short. Many have only one Olympics, then they have to end their careers ... Doesn't that scare you?
– Life is beautiful, and there are so many interesting things in it! I'm not afraid that I'll have to say goodbye to sports. This is fine. I study at the university - at the correspondence department of the Institute of International Relations. So that's what I'll probably do next. Life will show.

- An interesting choice. Perhaps you speak a foreign language well?
– English. Not bad, but I need to learn more - that's what I'll do. There is a lot of language practice at competitions!

- Do you have time to study?
- All forces go to training. Especially when preparing for competitions. We have to study on Skype ... And they send us assignments, we complete them and send them back.

- Teachers do not give discounts, do not simplify the task?
- Not. Who am I to make things easy for me? (laughs).

- You compete in the team competition. Do you want to go private?
- I started, by the way, in the personal. Then they called me to the team ... No, I don’t want to - I like it more in the team - here, of course, the responsibility is higher. But you feel that we are together. There is something called "team spirit". We have a very friendly team. If we quarrel, then rarely. And we make up quickly.

- Do you know that you are compared on the forums with Alina Kabaeva?
- I have not heard about that! I think we are very different. I'm not like her ... I think we should remain ourselves, not strive to be like others.

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private photos

Vera Biryukova

Vera Leonidovna Biryukova(born April 11, 1998 - Omsk) - Russian gymnast. Member of the Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team. Master of Sports of Russia of international class. 2016 Summer Olympic champion. Honored Master of Sports. European Champion.

Interview

Vera Biryukova burst into the Rio Olympics at the speed of a meteor and almost at the last moment. A month and a half before the Games, neither numerous fans of rhythmic gymnastics, nor the Omsk "artist" herself even thought about such a development of events.

- If I had any hopes of getting into the main team, then a couple of months before the Olympics, they almost dissipated, - says Vera. - I calmly worked in the second team, trained and didn’t really count on anything. Judge for yourself: there is nothing left before the Games, who will make changes to the existing group? But it turned out that one of the girls was injured, and the coaches decided to try me. And you know, it worked out well. Even Irina Alexandrovna Viner praised. She said that it was almost imperceptible to her that a new person had joined the group. “You will go to Kazan, and we will see there,” were her words. Only two starts remained before the Olympic Games: the World Cup stages in Kazan and Baku. To be honest, I thought that after Kazan I would be removed from the squad. But this did not happen either after Kazan or after Baku! But I could only believe that I was going to Rio on a plane flying to Brazil.

- Did you manage to have a good rest after the Games?
- Yes, the whole team sent us to the sea, we rested in Sardinia, it was great. Then each went to their hometown. I also enjoyed my week at home.
- Did you and your mother remember how it all began?
- From the sea and Turkey! We rested there, and my mother only had time to make sure that I didn’t climb where I didn’t need to. The energy was overflowing! Well, I always loved to dance, "bent" in all directions. Then my mother suggested that I try gymnastics. I immediately agreed, although I really had no idea what it was! Maybe I saw it on TV a couple of times. When we returned home, my mother brought me to the hall. And that's how I started training at the age of five. Mom said that parents were not allowed to train so that the children would not be distracted. But she managed to look out the window. He says I always tried, I didn’t mess around. I trained conscientiously, even if the coach left the gym. Although I don't remember that time very well.

- And the first medal?
-I remember. At school competitions, she shared first place with another girl.

- You once mentioned that in childhood your idol in gymnastics was Laysan Utyasheva. But Omsk people traditionally call Irina Chashchina, Evgenia Kanaeva ...
- Irina and Evgenia are great gymnasts. But it's true: it was Laysan that I admired. I always liked the way she moves, works with the subject, her emotionality. Yes, for me she was the best gymnast. And over time, it did not go anywhere, she is still my idol. And not only as an athlete, but also as a person.
- Before the Olympics, did you turn to her for advice?
- Unfortunately, before the Olympics, I was not yet familiar with her. My childhood dream came true after the Games. We were introduced by Nastya Bliznyuk. This happened when the girls and I performed at the Alexei Nemov show in Moscow. Laysan also participated in it, we even changed clothes in the same locker room.

- Laysan, after completing her gymnastic career, found herself as a TV presenter. Have you already thought about the future?
- To be honest, this is a difficult topic for me. I have not yet decided on new goals in life, in gymnastics. Now sports take up 100% of my time and it is very difficult to fit something else into my life with such a schedule. So for now I can't answer this question!

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Sofia Skomorokh

Sofia Pavlovna Skomorokh(born August 18, 1999 Omsk) - Russian gymnast, world and European champion.

Shortly before the Olympics, Sonya was injured and could not go there, although she was in the first team all year.

private photos

Maria Tolkacheva

Maria Yurievna Tolkacheva(born August 18, 1997 - Zhukov) - Russian gymnast, three-time world champion, three-time European champion, two-time European Games champion, Olympic champion (2016) in group exercises. Honored Master of Sports

In my opinion, Masha is the most beautiful gymnast of the national team. Although, of course, they are all beautiful.

Masha and Nastya Tatareva are best friends

That's all! Thank you all for your attention, and the girls new victories)

Gymnastics is one of the most fascinating sports. At first, gymnastics appeared. It included various exercises and apparatus competitions.

Much later appeared and Competitions in this sport are held to the music with any object. In fact, it is an acrobatic and graceful dance. The items that the athletes perform with include: ribbon, club, ball, rope and hoop.

If we compare sports and then the latter is a safer and more beautiful sport. Russian gymnasts take first place in gold medals at various international competitions. In 1999, the athletes approved a professional holiday, which takes place annually on the last Saturday of October.

Russia gave the world the performances of the most beautiful and titled athletes in the entire era of gymnastics. Many of them have completed their careers, but are engaged in social activities and lead an active public life. The performance of Russian gymnasts still attracts the attention of numerous fans of this sport around the world.

pioneers

Lyudmila Savinkova was the first champion in rhythmic gymnastics. She was born in 1936. The girl's coach was Tamara Lisitsian, later her sister Maria. Lyudmila won her award in Budapest, she was the first among 28 athletes.

Svetlana Khorkina is a native of the city of Belgorod. Was born in 1979. She entered the sport in 1983. In 1992, thanks to hard work and extraordinary talent, she entered the gymnastics team. The coach was Boris Pilkin. Gold at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics in uneven bars. Three-time world champion and three-time absolute European champion. Honored (1995). At that time, all the young gymnasts of Russia were equal to her.

In 2004, Svetlana announced her retirement. In 2005, Khorkina's son Svyatoslav was born. The birth was in Los Angeles, so the child automatically received US citizenship. In 2011, Svetlana's life changes dramatically, and she marries security general Oleg Kochnev. In 2007, a monument was erected in Belgorod to Svetlana Khorkina. Today, she holds the position of vice president in the Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia. And also Svetlana is a beloved woman and a caring mother.

Artistic gymnasts of Russia

Born in Omsk in 1982. She came to sports at the age of 6, by the age of 12 she was already a member of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team. At a young age, she won the CIS Spartakiad. 2004 brought Olympic silver in Athens. Her coach was the famous Irina Viner. In 2001, there was a nasty suspension from the sport for two years due to a doping scandal.

After the end of her career, Irina began to participate in television shows, opened a rhythmic gymnastics school in Barnaul. Personal life is also good. She met Evgeny Arkhipov and got married in 2011. Russian gymnasts today educate the younger generation, and they do it no worse than performing at international competitions.

Talents from Tashkent

Alina Kabaeva is from Tashkent. Born in 1983. From the age of 3, Alina began to play sports. Alina's mother, observing the development of the girl's sports talent, decided to move to Moscow. Irina Viner was Alina's coach. Since 1996, she has also been a full member of the Russian national team.

Kabaeva is one of the most titled gymnasts. She has 25 gold medals, 6 silver and 5 bronze. In 2007, she completed her sports career and entered politics the same year. Alina became a State Duma deputy. Gymnasts of the Russian national team do an excellent job with public affairs.

Yana Batyrshina. This athlete, like Alina Kabaeva, is a native of the city of Tashkent. Born in 1979. I started gymnastics at the age of 5. At first she played for the national team of Uzbekistan. After the collapse of the USSR, she moved to Russia and began to play for the national team. Her achievements are impressive. Yana has 180 medals of various denominations. In 1997, Yana was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree. She retired from big sport at the age of 19. She left for Brazil and worked as a head coach in rhythmic gymnastics. She is happily married to Timur Weinstein and has two daughters.

Bashkir beauty

Laysan Utyasheva. Bashkiria gave us this beautiful athlete. She was born in 1985. The parents wanted to send the girl to the ballet, but Nadezhda Kasyanova, a gymnastics coach, noticed her quite by accident in the store. Since 1994, Laysan has been training with Tatyana Sorokina, and then with Alla Yanina and Oksana Valentinovna Skaldina.

In the 90s, Laysan deservedly received the title of master of sports. In 2001, she became the absolute winner at the World Cup stage and received a gold medal at the championship in Madrid. In 2002, she was injured, undergoing treatment, but it is still contraindicated for her to play sports. In 2006, she retired from the sport.

Having completed her career, she did not go into the shadows. Laysan starred in TV shows, works as a sports commentator, and hosts a TV show. The gymnast successfully married TV presenter Pavel Volya and gave birth to a son, Robert, and a daughter, Sofia.

Pupil of Irina Viner

A native of the city of Omsk. Born in 1990. Her mother was a master of sports in gymnastics, so the girl's future was determined from early childhood. From the age of 12 she was a member of the Moscow youth team. After Zhenya trained at the school of the Olympic reserve. Her coach was also Irina Viner.

Kanaeva has many achievements and awards, including 57 gold and 3 silver medals. In 2012, she ended her career. Her personal life is successful, she is married, and already in 2014 her first-born son Vladimir was born.

All of these greatest Russian gymnasts are Honored Masters of Sports, and some of them are Masters of Sports of international class.

Rio de Janeiro

At the last Olympic tournament, the gymnasts were the main hope of the fans. Russia, for which the Olympics was associated with unpleasant doping scandals, hoped for athletes more than ever.

And if the gold in the team championship in rhythmic gymnastics was predictable, then the bronze medals in sports were a pleasant surprise.

Here are the absolute champions in artistic gymnastics over the past 30 years.

Alexander Dityatin

Alexander Nikolayevich was born in Leningrad on August 7, 1957. He is a three-time Olympic champion, seven-time world champion, one of the best gymnasts of all time. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.

Seven-time world champion in 1979 and 1981. Two-time European champion in 1979. Multiple champion of the Spartakiad of the peoples of the USSR. The only gymnast in the world who has medals in all evaluated exercises at the same Games: at the 1980 Moscow Olympics he won 3 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze medals. With this result, he entered the Guinness Book of Records. He played for the Leningrad "Dynamo".

But three years later, shortly after the Moscow Olympics, he received a ridiculous but serious injury - a dislocation of the ankle joint. Alexander continued to perform for some time and even won awards at major international competitions. In November 1981, Dityatin entered (already as a captain) on the platform of the next World Championship, which was held in Moscow, at the Olimpiysky sports complex. Alexander said: "I will do everything for the team to win." And did. The Soviet team again became the best in the world, and Dityatin himself won 2 more gold medals - in exercises on the rings and on the uneven bars. After completing his career as an athlete, he became a coach, having worked until 1995.

Koji Gooseken

Japanese gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion, born November 12, 1956 in Osaka, graduated from the Japan University of Physical Education. In 1979 he won silver and bronze medals at the World Championships. In 1980, due to a boycott organized by Western countries, he was unable to take part in the Olympic Games in Moscow, but in 1981, at the World Championships held in Moscow, he won gold, silver and two bronze medals.

At the 1983 World Championships, he won gold, silver and bronze medals. In 1984, at the Los Angeles Olympics, he won two gold, silver and two bronze medals. In 1985 he won the bronze medal of the World Championship; in the same year he announced the end of his sports career.

Vladimir Artyomov

Vladimir Nikolaevich was born in Vladimir on December 7, 1964. He is a four-time Olympic champion, one of the best gymnasts of all time. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. He graduated from the Vladimir State Pedagogical Institute, where he later taught. He spoke for the local VDFSO of the Burevestnik trade unions.

World champion in the team championship (1985, 1987 and 1989), in exercises on the uneven bars (1983, 1987 and 1989), silver medalist in the all-around (1985), in the team championship (1983), in floor exercises (1987 and 1989), in exercises on the crossbar (1989). Absolute champion of the USSR (1984). In 1990 he moved to the USA, where he currently lives in Pennsylvania.

Vitaly Shcherbo

Vitaly was born in Minsk on January 13, 1972. He is a six-time Olympic champion in 1992 (the only non-swimmer in history to win 6 gold medals in one Games), one of the best gymnasts of all time (the only man who became world champion in all 8 disciplines - individual and team championships, as well as in all 6 shells). Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Belarus.

Shcherbo ended his sports career in 1997 after breaking his arm as a result of a fall from a motorcycle. Currently, Vitaly lives in Las Vegas, where he opened his gym "Vitaly Scherbo School of Gymnastics"

Li Xiaoshuang

His name in translation means "the youngest of the pair" - he is the younger twin brother of another Chinese gymnast - Li Dashuang. The brothers were born on November 1, 1973 in Xiantao, Hubei Province.

From the age of 6 he began to do gymnastics, in 1983 he entered the provincial team, in 1985 - the national team, then due to injury he returned to the provincial team, in 1988 he again entered the national team, then returned to the provincial team again, and in 1989 became a member of the national team for the third time.

In 1992, at the Barcelona Olympics, he won a gold medal in floor exercise and a bronze medal in ring exercises (as well as a silver medal as part of the team). In 1994, at the Asian Games, he won gold medals in floor exercises and all-around, silver in exercises on rings, bronze in exercises on pommel horse and uneven bars (as well as gold in the team); in addition, in 1994, Li Xiaoshuang won the gold medal of the World Championship among teams and the silver (in the vault) - the individual world championship. In 1995, he won a gold medal in the all-around World Championships, and a silver medal in floor exercise (as well as a gold medal as part of the team). In 1996, at the Atlanta Olympics, Li Xiaoshuang won a gold medal in the all-around and a silver in floor exercise (as well as a silver as part of the team). In 1997 he completed his sports career.

Alexey Nemov

Aleksey Yurievich Nemov - Russian gymnast, 4-time Olympic champion, retired colonel of the Russian Armed Forces, editor-in-chief of the Bolshoy Sport magazine, was born on May 28, 1976 in Mordovia.

At the age of five, Alexey began to practice gymnastics at a specialized children's and youth school of the Olympic reserve of the Volga Automobile Plant in the city of Togliatti. He studied at the 76th school.

Alexei Nemov won his first victory in 1989 at the USSR youth championship. After a successful start, almost every year he began to achieve outstanding results. In 1990, Alexei Nemov became the winner in certain types of all-around at the Spartakiad of the USSR Student Youth. In 1990-1993, he was a repeated participant in international competitions and a winner both in certain types of the program and in the absolute championship.

In 1993, Nemov won the victory at the RSFSR Cup in the all-around, and at the international meeting "Stars of the World 94" became the bronze medalist in the all-around. A year later, Alexei Nemov wins the Russian Championship, becomes a four-time champion of the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg and receives three gold and one silver medals at the European Championships in Italy.

At the XXVI Olympic Games in Atlanta (USA), Alexei Nemov becomes a two-time Olympic champion, receives two gold, one silver and three bronze medals. In 1997, he won a gold medal at the World Championships in Switzerland. In 2000, Alexey Nemov won the World and European Championships, became the winner of the World Cup. At the XXVII Olympic Games in Sydney (Australia), Alexei became the absolute champion, having won six Olympic medals: two gold, one silver and three bronze.

Nemov came to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens with the rank of a clear favorite and leader of the Russian team, despite the injury he received before the competition, showing a high class, confidence in execution and complexity of the programs. However, his performance on the crossbar with the most difficult elements (including 6 flights, including a bunch of three flights by Tkachev and a flight by Ginger), was overshadowed by a scandal. The judges gave clearly underestimated marks (especially the judge from Malaysia, who gave only 9.6 points), the average was 9.725. After that, the indignant spectators in the hall, standing for 15 minutes, with incessant screams, roars and whistles, protested against the decision of the judges and supported the athlete with applause, preventing the next athlete from entering the platform. Confused judges and the technical committee of the FIG for the first time in the history of gymnastics changed their marks, setting the average a little higher - 9.762, but still depriving Nemov of a medal. The public continued to resent and stopped the protests only when Alexey himself came out and asked the audience to calm down. After this incident, some judges were removed from judging, an official apology was made to the athlete, and revolutionary changes were made to the rules (in addition to the mark for technique, a mark for complexity was introduced, which took into account each element separately, as well as links between individual complex elements).

Here is the scandalous one:

Paul Hamm

Paul Elbert Hamm was born on September 24, 1982 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA.

Olympic champion and two-time Olympic medalist. Two-time world champion and three-time winner of the world championships.

Hamm became the first U.S. gymnast to win a gold medal in the overall championship. However, the success of the American at the Games in Athens was overshadowed by a judicial scandal. The fact is that the gymnast from South Korea, Yang Te Yun, who was the leader in the Olympic competitions, was unfairly underestimated for performing on the uneven bars. The mistake of the referees was recognized, but the results of the competition were not revised.

Yang Wei

Yang Wei was born on February 8, 1980 in Xiantao, Hubei Province. Yang is a Chinese gymnast, multiple world champion and Olympic champion.

On August 14, 2008, Yang Wei won gold at the Beijing Olympics with 94.575 points. After completing his speech, he shouted into the camera lens: “I miss you!” He addressed these words to his fiancee, former gymnast Yang Yun. After the 2008 Olympic Games, Yang Wei ended his sports career, and he wanted to present the gold medal to his fiancee as a gift.

Unfortunately, there is very little information about Jan Wei in Runet. If there are experts in artistic gymnastics among the readers, we will be grateful for the addition.

Kohei was born on January 3, 1989 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. He is the 2012 Olympic champion in the absolute championship, four-time Olympic vice-champion, seven-time world champion.

He is famous for being the first gymnast to win the all-around at all major starts in one Olympic cycle, including the all-around at the Olympics. He also became famous for performing complex exercises with incredible accuracy. His skills were praised in International Gymnast Magazine as "a combination of great complexity, consistency and extreme elegance of performance."

In October 2014, Utimura, speaking at the World Championships in Nanning, China, again beats his rivals in the men's all-around with a score of 91.965, breaking away from his closest pursuer Max Whitlock by 1.492 points. Kohei sets a new personal record - a five-time absolute world champion in the men's all-around. Uchimura also wins two silver medals: in the team final of the all-around, and in a separate form of gymnastic all-around - on the crossbar.

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I continue to acquaint my readers with rhythmic gymnastics, a beautiful female sport. Our gymnasts are leaders in this sport. In Russia, rhythmic gymnastics is not unreasonably considered one of the most popular sports. There is no city or large urban-type settlement where this sport is not practiced. It is not for nothing that at the Summer Olympic Games, most champions in rhythmic gymnastics are Russians. Their names are familiar to us and the whole world.

Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport, performing various gymnastic and dance exercises to music without an object, as well as with an object (rope, hoop, ball, maces, ribbon).

Lately no apparatus has been performed at world class competitions. In group performances, either two types of objects are used simultaneously (for example, hoops and balls) or one type (for example, five balls, five pairs of maces). The winners are determined in the all-around, in individual types and group exercises.

All exercises are accompanied by musical accompaniment. Previously, they performed under the piano or one instrument. Now orchestral phonograms are used. The choice of music depends on the wishes of the gymnast and coach. But each exercise should be no more than one and a half minutes. Competitions are held on a gymnastic carpet measuring 13x13 meters.
Rhythmic gymnastics is a relatively young sport; he owes his appearance to the masters of the ballet of the famous Mariinsky Theater. In a short period of its existence, this sport has won worldwide recognition and has numerous fans in all corners of the globe.
In 1948, the first USSR Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship was held. In 1945, the All-Union Section of Rhythmic Gymnastics was created, which in 1963 was transformed into a federation of the USSR. In the late 1940s, a classification program and competition rules were developed. And then the development of this sport proceeded with extraordinary speed, covering an increasing number of young participants.
1980 was a turning point for rhythmic gymnastics, after the completion of the Olympic Games in Moscow, at the IOC Congress it was decided to include this sport in the program of the Olympic Games. The Olympic history of rhythmic gymnastics begins in 1984, when Canadian Laurie Fang won the first Olympic gold in Los Angeles. Let me remind you. that the USSR national team did not participate in the 1984 Olympics due to the boycott.
Pictures of Olympic champions
1984 XXIII Summer Olympics
Canadian Gold Lori Fang, Canada
Silver of Romania Doina Staiculescu, Romania
Bronze of Germany Regina Weber, Germany

1988 XXIV Summer Olympics
Marina Lobach, USSR
Adriana Dunavska, Bulgaria
Alexandra Timoshenko, USSR

1992 XXV Summer Olympics
Alexandra Timoshenko, United Team
Carolina Pascual Grazia, Spain
Oksana Skaldina, Joint Team

1996 XXVI Summer Olympics
Ekaterina Serebryanskaya, Ukraine
Yana Batyrshina, Russia
Elena Vitrichenko, Ukraine

2000 XXVII Summer Olympic Games
Julia Barsukova, Russia
Julia Raskina, Belarus
Alina Kabaeva, Russia

2004 XXVIII Summer Olympic Games
Alina Kabaeva, Russia
Irina Chashchina, Russia
Anna Bessonova, Ukraine

2008 XXIX Summer Olympic Games
Evgenia Kanaeva, Russia
Inna Zhukova, Belarus
Anna Bessonova, Ukraine

2012 XXX Summer Olympics
Evgenia Kanaeva. Russia
Daria Dmitrieva. Russia
Love Cherkashin. Belarus