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A couple of years ago I had a Vasilisa Vasilyevna Vasilyeva in my group. I had assumed that she was an only child and that the family had wanted to preserve a tradition even with a daughter. Until one of the boys coaches came up to me and said oh hey, do you have Vasily’s little sister in your...

I feel like someone really needs to organise a meet up between Crystelle Lake and Love Birt

This is a very good example of just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Just because you don’t have to adhere to FIG leotard rules doesn’t mean you should wear this. (Everyone in Acrobatics saw that back design and winced)

Wow I absolutely love their event logo

In Russia there isn’t much variety in boys names. The same names go in and out of fashion every decade or so with a core group of 5/6 names being pretty timeless. To give you an example, figure skaters Alexandra Trusova and Alyona Kostornaya have both given birth to sons in the last year or so...

Croatia is in the Schengen area, it’s one visa that can be issued by any Schengen area country. Some countries within it wont issue to Russian citizens, either officially or unofficially. But there are plenty who will, and there’s no requirement to actually travel to or via the issuing country...

I don’t think MLT has been coaching for nearly 10 years. Have they had anyone regularly competing elite in recent years? In a way CGA is similar to GAGE in that they got 2 gymnasts into an Olympic team and for the next 20 years, people thought they were one of the top gyms in the country

Yep, same here in Moscow 😂. My kids know a ridiculous number of Sofias

I think that Sophia/Sofia must be a top 10 name in literally every country in the world for the last few years.

It must get tiring having to constantly spell out your name (and people will still get it wrong). I was so used to spelling out my surname that I still did it when I first moved to Russia and people would roll their eyes and be like yeah I know how to spell it

I am pleasantly shocked at how classic Mykayla has gone with her kids names. Charlotte and Lewis would not be out of place in a Surrey branch of Waitrose. I’d always thought that Utah was like Belarus in that you think you know how to spell a name, then you go to Belarus and suddenly everyone...

I don’t rate Patrick and Daymon. I never bought into the Eythora hype and I don’t understand why they’ve been anointed by sections of the gymnternet. For commercial reasons, they are potentially a good hire for WCC. But I don’t think they are the right coaches for US elites who are aiming to be...

It is most likely down to some coaches from GAGE moving there and a number of GAGE athletes following. I had hoped that Leanne would use the opportunity to choose a coach that can really help her maximise her scoring potential

Cairo World Cup roster Dukhno, Marinov, Agafonova, Us

I know, I’m so f*cking tired of it too. Absolutely zero need for that comment. I thought you guys were banning people for that?