Celebrations and activities involving sporting events and wellness activities
Gymnastics is my favorite summer sport and I can’t wait for gymnastics competition to start on August 6 in Rio Olympics. I am not going to Rio but last weekend I got pretty close to Olympics in Hartford, CT as I watched team USA contenders start the official selection process for team RIO – at […]
The Summer of Olympic Gymnastics: From Hartford to Rio. Read More »
Last weekend I travelled to vibrant city of Toronto, Canada to attend Rhythmic Gymnastics FIG Koop Cup 2016 hosted on May 13-15 in Markham’s Pan Am Center by Kalev Rhythmic Gymnastics Club and Canadian Gymnastics Federation. I have only ever had one rhythmic gymnastics lesson myself, at the age of 5, in my small town in Moldova. Believe
10 THINGS I LOVED ABOUT RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS KOOP CUP 2016 in Toronto Canada Read More »
With Rio Olympic Games coming up in August, it is only natural that I ask: have you ever travelled for a sporting event? In distant 1981 I travelled for about two hours by train for a national figure skating championship in the former Soviet Union where I then lived. In 1998 I drove for about 5
Travelling for Sporting Events: the weekend in Toronto, Canada Read More »
I first wrote this article for Russian sport daily Sovsport.ru – here is a link to the original post (in Russian). This is a modified translation of the article for my readers on this side of the Atlantic. Can support of fifteen thousand fans truly give a «home ice advantage» and influence the judging? As I
Was Boston Biased against Russian Skaters? Read More »
Last week world’s biggest annual figure skating competition came to Boston for the first time, bringing along the athletes from 37 countries and selling out the TD Garden arena several times in the course of the week. To cover the event, 350 members of the media came from all over the world. As a Boston blogger, I
HOW I WAS A REPORTER AT THE WORLDS Read More »
Boston might have withdrawn its Olympic bid, but this week we have a chance to see the elite of world’s figure skating here for World Figure Skating Championships 2016. The world’s biggest annual skating competition is coming to Boston’s TD Garden on March 28 – April 3. Close to 200 athletes representing 38 countries are
Figure Skating World is coming to Boston March 28-April 3, 2016 Read More »
Olympics have always been celebrated in my family, ever since I could remember. My first Olympics memory was the Moscow Games of 1980. We went to another family’s apartment to watch the opening and closing ceremonies – they had one of the first color TVs in town. These days, color screens abound, I still like
Smiles after Falls. Olympic Celebrations, multi-screen, multi-age style. Read More »
The first time I went to Kripalu Yoga Center in Berkshires for a two-day yoga retreat last October – I knew that I would be back soon. And I was- on a Sunday right before the New Year’s. This time I went with a girlfriend for a day program- and now hope that it is
Hippie for a Day.
New-Year Renewal at Kripalu. Read More »