MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

On the last day of the European Championships, the event finals, Beckie Downie got a gold medal for  Great Britain (finally) and Anna Pavlova marked her return to major international competition with shiny new silver medal and Larisa Iordache, Aliya Mustafina and Vanessa Ferrari all added more bling to their medal collections.

After an amazing performance during today's team finals at the European Championships, team Romania took home the gold medal. The Romanians, led by Diana Bulimar and Larisa Iordache had issues in the qualification round yesterday, but today, they on fire.

Team Great Britain is on a roll. Since London, they have been quietly joining the upper echelon of the   elite gymnastics world.

The results are in from the junior team competition and qualifying session. The Russian juniors already have a take no prisoners strong hold as they won by well over three points.

Photos from podium training for the European Championships have been floating around Tumblr. The preference for blinding hot pink trend has officially crossed the Atlantic ocean. Team Russia was spotted wearing hot pink, as was team Italy. Sigh...

The exodus to Sofia has begun.

With the European Championships getting underway next week, the Russian team is hard at work preparing for total domination.

Despite the on-going political upheaval in the Ukraine, the International Gymnastics Federation has agreed to lend the money for the teams to attend next week's European Championships.

The nominative European Championship rosters have been released.  There are some surprises and shake-ups and a favorite makes her return to the stage.

After a week of triumphs comebacks and disappointments at the Russian Championships, the Russian Federation has announced their team headed to the European Championships this May. via the Magnificent USA, Russia and Romania

Good news coming from Russia. Ksenia Afanasyeva has resumed training after her ankle surgery.

Aliya Mustafina said today in a live VK chat with her fans that she will miss the Russian Championships this year.