TOKYO, July 27. /TASS/. Strong will and unity helped Russia’s female gymnasts to win Olympic gold medals in the team event, two-time Olympic champion Svetlana Khorkina told TASS. Read also ...

It is unlikely that many Olympic gold medallists would complain that the shiny discs of metal they have spent years and years training for are "too heavy" - but then again Svetlana Khorkina was no ...

Russia's Svetlana Khorkina was a Gold Medal favourite in the gymnastics. She gave a strong floor performance routine, and the crowd was expecting her to win big. Then she went for the vault ...

Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after allegedly being doused in petrol and set alight by her former partner, was buried Saturday with full military honors in her native Uganda.

The list also includes Aliya Mustafina, Svetlana Khorkina, and Dominique Dawes "“ each a legend in their own right. Mustafina is fierce and technical, Khorkina's innovative routines have left a ...

Seven-time Olympic medal-winning gymnast Svetlana Khorkina was also elected representative in 2007. “It’s very good to be sexy,” she said at the time. “I posed naked for Russian Playboy ...

Ponomareva can be compared with Gagarin Two-time Olympic Champion Svetlana Khorkina said on Monday that Nina Ponomareva was a pioneer for the Russian sports and can be compared with world’s ...

He is up for election to the State Duma on Dec. 4 and could join other Russian sports stars, including gold medalist Svetlana Khorkina in the lower house of parliament. “I am an intelligent guy ...

She now has 16 world championship medals, just four behind the record of 20 medals, set by Russia’s Svetlana Khorkina. And if, as highly likely, she wins one more gold medal in Doha - she ...

America's Cup: Britain win second race; New Zealand lead 4-2 Britain won a second race in their head-to-head America's Cup final against New Zealand on Wednesday, reducing the holders' lead to 4-2 ...