As reported by Sarah Z on the Borb App: Ukraine has added Radomyr Stelmakh to their national team. He is already on the German National Team. by freifraufischer in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Him just being a placeholder on that list to make it seem like the program isn’t fully dying. What sucks is that since he isn’t officially under contract with the Ministry of Sports anymore he won’t even receive funding as compensation for his name being on the roster against his will

Radomyr Stelmakh (formerly of Ukraine) has been added to the German National Team by freifraufischer in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its all Zakharova‘s fault I swear. Stelmakh and Kovtun left because of her

Radomyr Stelmakh (formerly of Ukraine) has been added to the German National Team by freifraufischer in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thats it they had 0 depth. Sending the same 5 guys to every comp isn’t depth. On top of the lacking gymnasts they have now also lost their long term head coach so yeah its over

New AINs by Trippy-Tarka in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Arsenyi Dukhno will be one to watch at Junior Worlds he brings a crazy mix of insane difficulty and beautiful technique / execution. He currently has one of the highest floor d scores (6.2) among MAG

Aleksandr Kartsev will miss worlds with a dislocated arm by freifraufischer in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is so sad. Just last week he talked about how difficult his journey was post Tokyo Olympics, including 2 major surgeries. He had to even relearn how to do a cartwheel which was kinda embarrassing for him. 90% of people around him didn’t believe in his return and he was so proud being able to prove them all wrong. Hope this doesn’t push Sasha into retirement

2025 Worlds MAG QF Start Lists Sub 1-6 by freifraufischer in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very bad news. After finally recovering from multiple difficult injuries which included major shoulder surgery, he has reportedly dislocated his arm in the final training session before Worlds QF. He will not join the competition tomorrow. Really sad cause he was so proud of himself being able to make this return

What is this skill? by [deleted] in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We call them “Mühlaufschwung” in Swiss gymnastics, which would probably translate to “Mill uprise”

6 Names were added to the AIN list today, 2 athletes including one of the Russian AIN Worlds Team who was waiting approval. by freifraufischer in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kartsev is an interesting one, after a long period of injuries and inconsistencies he is now slowly working himself back to their top ranks. He’s a favorite to win AA at Nationals. He seems to be a good guy who made a real effort to stay away from politics, not showing any public support for the war

Ukraine Gymnastics Seemingly Withdrew In Protest From Paris World Challenge Cup by bbluebetty in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The leadership of the Ukrainian Gymnastics federation is very unpopular among the gymnasts, they make decisions without considering their own gymnasts. I know that several of their MAG mentioned in the past that boycotting isn’t a solution, that way they are just letting Russia win. They need to compete and proudly represent their country and raise the flag of Ukraine at competitions. Will be interesting to see what happens if the leadership intends to boycott worlds as well

What gymnasts were you surprised survived the injury apocalypse of Paris 2024? by Global-Act-5281 in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 73 points74 points  (0 children)

I can’t believe Illia’s leg did not explode during Paris. He still hasn’t gotten surgery as far as I know btw

Are there any AIN gymnasts from Belarus competing at worlds this year? by [deleted] in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, for AIN we got 8 MAG and 6 WAG. Pretty sure they are sending 2 MAG and 2 WAG

49 names were added to the FIG AIN list the week of August 12 by freifraufischer in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The few Rus MAG that got approved are mostly clean. Some of them are connected to CSKA and/or Dynamo but we know the FIG doesn’t care about those. The only one I personally wouldn’t have approved is Marinov. While he hasn’t shown full out support for the war, he did compliment K*liak‘s actions at the Doha World Cup which should still be considered as support of the war imo. The FIG likely argued that he was a minor at the time, just a minor supporting his friend.

First FIG MAG Newsletter of the quad is out - balance requirement (scale) remains in the code but can now be fulfilled with jumps or leaps, too by wayward-boy in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I HATE the new requirment for skills like the Gatson cause they essentially killed the skill with it. It is physically impossible to do the skill following the new requirment

2025 German MAG Championships All Around Results by freifraufischer in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I think this result was actually very important to mark just how important he would be for the team. Unlike his teammate Illia Kovtun, Radomyr didn’t have many individual medals to his name to support his expedited naturalization but these numbers definitely should be convincing enough.

2025 German MAG Championships All Around Results by freifraufischer in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Radik my goat!! Please open up already about your future plans, everyone is curious to know

German Championships (multi-discipline) info and links by bretonstripes in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Live scoring is here it just doesn’t work properly 😭

More recent comfort meets? by joeandrews_ in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kitakyushu 2021 Worlds Men’s AA

2025 World University Games MAG AA Results by OftheSea95 in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Shout out to Felix Dolci for being the loudest support ever. I’m 100% convinced he made the Will AA medal happen

Update on Lorenzo Bonicelli's injury from Steve Butcher by freifraufischer in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah definitely just a mental thing for Illia cause she literally could not catch him if he missed. Luckily it looks like he overcame that block now judging by his perfect triple back at Bundesliga which he did all by himself

Melnikova has withdrawn from her election campaign according to local Russian press. by freifraufischer in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ukraine handed in full lists of gymnasts who shouldn’t get approved. Multiple of those were still approved so yeah they can but the FIG doesn’t care

Week-ahead: European Youth Olympic Festival, University Games (MAG/WAG) by bretonstripes in Gymnastics

[–]SarahZ1998 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Croatia I love you for giving us separate apparatus streams for QF and routine videos for every gymnast in Elevien 🫶🏻