Gymnast Melnikova named best athlete of the past year in Russia

Olympic artistic gymnastics champion Angelina Melnikova named best Russian athlete of 2023.

— It is very difficult to talk about all Russian sports, because there is little information about other sports on social networks. I can only name in my sport.

Of course, this year’s discovery was Victoria Listunova . She has grown incredibly recently, I would give her the place of the best young Russian athlete in 2023. All her performances at Russian competitions have been incredibly successful,” Melnikova said, as quoted by Metaratings.ru.

Listunova is 18 years old, she is the Olympic champion of the Russian national team, European champion and three-time world champion among juniors.

Metaratings.ru