The19th Japan RG Club Championships was held in Toky, Japan.
From August 29 to 31 altogether 191 national club teams and 573 gymnasts took part at thes big national inventury of Japnese rhythnmic Gymnastics.
Winner of the team category was the leading AEON Club, followed by the Adachi and the Hidosan Rhythmic gymnastics club.
The junior and elite individual winners came from AEON Club:

<< Runa Yamaguchi (AEON)  won with 100.600 points in front of teammate Natsuki Konishi (AEON) (95.050).
On third place came the Japanese all-around champion and participant of the Worlds in Mie,  Mai Hidaka (Adachi RG Club; 94,250) after a long break of training (injury).   .. full story >>

 
The 2nd edition of the FIG Rhythmic Gymnastic WORLD CUP COMPETITION Pesaro 2010 and to the 2nd International Junior tournament “Città di Pesaro” took place this weekend in Italy, in Pesaro, from 28th to 29th August 2010, whereas the 2nd International tournament “Città di Pesaro” will be reserved to Junior gymnasts.

After the stations from Montreal (February) to Minsk (May) it is the number eight world cup event of the 2010 circuit, but the last and a very important event and a dress rehersal four weeks before the 2010 World Championships in Moscow at the end of September. 

<< Russia's Evegenia KANAEVA dominated the all-around qualification and all the finals, and the ITALIAN host group all the group final events ...  .. full story >>

 
Today the new Finnisch national Champion Silja Ahonen won also the second national trials in preparation of the upcoming Rhythmic World Championships, which will held September 19 - 26 in Moscow.
<< AHONEN (photo, left) was the best gymnast and gathered the most points from two qualifications (Finnish Nationals and WC qualification).
Finland will have two other gymnasts at individual competition: Julia Romanjuk and Inessa Rif and national team at the group competition.
1. Silja Ahonen, 76 points
2. Julia Romanjuk 73 points and
3. Inessa Rif 66 points
* Info.: M. Aho  .. full story >>

 
After the this year's Grand Prix events in Moscow (RUS),  the "Deryugina Cup" in Kiev, the tournaments of  Thiais (FRA) and Marbella
now on this weekend the world elite will travel to the Olympic City of Innsbruck in Austria to the traditional tournament, which will be held from June 11 to 13.

** Both the Spanish organizers of Marbella and also now the Austrian hosts of the upcoming Grand Prix event in June booked just now the GYMmedia Event Service, so we revived our Grand Prix Website, where you will find all topical information: >>  www.rhythmic-grandprix.com  

 
 The FIG informed, that the Organisers of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup event in Pesaro (ITA), scheduled for August 26 – 28, 2010, were compelled to add an extra day to the programme for qualifications, due to a huge influx of participating gymnasts. Participation is off the charts, surpassing even the most optimistic expectations.  .. full story >>

 
 London 2012 organisers have finally reached an agreement for badminton and rhythmic gymnastics to be staged at Wembley Arena after months of negotiations. The sports had initially resisted the change to the original plan to base them in north Greenwich due to the increased travel times from the Olympic Village. But London 2012 have made a number of commitments regarding travel and both the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and International Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.) have agreed to the venue switch ...  .. full story >>

 
This weekend the rhythmic family made a stopover in Minsk for the "World Cup BelSwissBank".
50 individual senior and 19 junior gymnasts as well as 11 groups from all over the world, even as far as from North Korea and Venezuela, competed in these three days.
Once again the Russian super star Evgenia KANAEVA was unbeatable, not in all-around and not in the Sunday's final.
Togethe with Daria Dmitrieva (rope) and two times with Daria Kondakova Russia landed double successes. Onli one time Byelorussian Lyubov Charkashina came on second with the hoop.
At final day BELARUS won both group finals in front of Japan (5 hoops) and of Russia (ropes/ribbons) ...  .. full story >>

 
1st Youth Olympic Games Singapore (SIN),
   - August 14 – 26, 2010 -
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* f i g --:  While the countdown is on for the 1st Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, the qualification phase for the FIG’s Olympic disciplines is now closed.
The official drawing of lots for Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline Gymnastics competitions took place parallel to the FIG Council meeting in Chiba (JPN) on May 13, 2010.
  .. full story >>

 
From 7th to 9th May the world's best gymnasts compete at the World Cup in Corbeil-Essones, a smaller city not far from Paris.
At this 36th edition 66 gymnasts from 30 countries will fight to stand on the top of the podium. After finishing the first two routines the competition Russia´s Daria Kondakova is in the lead followed by Alina Maksymenko from the Ukraine, which is a quite big surprise because at the beginning of the year she hardly could place between the apparatus finalists. On third place is currently Silviya Miteva from Bulgaria ...  .. full story >>

 
At the last weekend of April the Japanese Gymnastics Association organized a first national competition to select the candidates for the this years World Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics, which will held in September in the Russian capital Moscow.

After the qualification event in Tokoy are nominated now:
<< Yuria ONUKI (< photo, left) and Hiromi NAKAZAWA from Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education as well as Riko ANAKUBO and Runa YAMAGUCHI  from the RC club "AEON", and in reserve by the federation is Natsuki Konishi (AEON)...  .. full story >>

 
The former Russian rhythmic gymnastics Olympic champion Natalia Lavrova died on Friday in a car crash, as local Russian media reported.
Reports said that a car, which Lavrova's sister was driving, smashed into another vehicle on a rural road in the Penza region (700 km southeast of Moscow). Lavrova and her sister died immediately, police said. The circumstances of the car crash are being investigated.
Lavrova, who won Olympic gold medals in rhythmic gymnastics in Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004), was working as a coach of the Club "Dynamo" and the Moscow's Olympic gymnastics center. 

 
Rhythmic Europeans finished in Bremen
With the support of SPIETH Gymnastic -"Official supplier" of these Europeans - the European Gymnastic Service "GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL" realized its daily coverages from the 26th European Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics which took place from April 16 - 18 in Bremen, Germany.
Our correspondents reported from all the events of the elite and the junior competitions.

*Final Day: Russia completed these Europeans with the maximum of 9 Golds!

In longtime partnership with our European Gymnastic Service the co. *SPIETH gymnastic supports the special  >> GYMmedia  E C h  Website 

 
The FIG office in Lausanne informed today, that the 31st Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2011, initially slated for Lille (FRA), have been rescheduled for the brand new sports complex at Montpelier, capital city of the Languedoc – Roussillon region.
  .. full story >>

 
A relatively unusual placing in the Group-World Cup of Rhythmic Gymnastics in St.Petersburg, Russia.
Not the hosts were up to their usual role of being the favorites at this last international highlight before the coming European Championships, but instead after mistakes with the exercises ropes / ribbons Belarus won the all-around with 52,350 points ahead of a very convincing German formation, which could keep, with 51,600 points the Japanese with (49,200) at a distance. Among the 8 national groups in total, the Olympic winners Russia only managed 5th place this time and only got through to the finals on Sunday with the 5 wheels. Once again the Olympic winner Jewgenia Kanajewa won after the all-around of all 30 gymnasts (without the Ukraine) again all finals.
Austrias Caroline Weber after position 8 in the allaround was in 3 of the 4 finals.  .. full story >>

 
The Greek city of Kalamata (GRE), in the Southern part of the Peloponnese, is hosting one of the most traditional European events of Rhythmic Gymnastcs, the “18th Kalamata Cup 2010”, but for the first time as a World Cup event.
From March 26 to 28 nearly 100 top gymnasts - individuals and groups - representing 20 different countries, will fight for world cup points in the “Tenta” Sports Hall of Kalamata. The International Rhythmic Gymnastics tournament has entered the FIG World Cup Series for the first time ever ...
The only one Russian gymnast in Kalamata won the all-round there: Daria Kondakova in front of Sivlia Miteva (BUL) and Liubov Charkashyna (BLR), and at the final day Kondakova won with rope and ribbon...

  .. full story >>

 
German Version
... a crazy international and un-rhythmic world Calendar!
This weekend world´s rhythmic gymnastics elite is divided between Greece (worlc Cup) and France (Grand Prix). Here in Thiais, the competition had a good representation of the best gymnasts, with Evgeniya Kanaeva from Russia, the current Olympic champion as the top star. And she confirmed all the bets which pointed to her as the favorite gymnast to win the gold medal. She did it without many problems, only with some troubles in her first routine with ball, beating her teammate Dariya Dimitrieva, who got the silver medal with a consistent difference.

At the end all Grand Prix titles were won by Kanaeva and Russia ...  .. full story >>

 
After the start of the Grand Prix-Series 2010 in Moscow already in February, the 2nd Grandprix took place this weekend in Kiew.
Russia arrived without its stars due to the overly full international competition calendar and "only" sent Daria Dmitrieva, who won the all-around competition  (109,350), but remained without an apparatus win. 
Thus it came to a novum that only not-Russian gymnasts signed into the winner lists, Anna Gurbanova (AZE) even did so twice ...  .. full story >>

 
Started on Thursday, March 11, the 5th Portimao FIG World Cup of Rhythmic Gymnastics, and the already traditional Portimao International Tournament for junior gymnast in its 24th edition finished at Sunday.
After Montreal and Debrecen it was the third event of the young season 2010, already! This is definitely one of the biggest meetings before the European Championships in Bremen (GER) in April and so 58 senior gymnast from 22 countries, 45 juniors from 21 countries and 15 groups presented their new choreographies with the new modified code of points. The junior competition is being held following the UEG system that will be also the ones used in Bremen, with the team competition and apparatus finals. Olympic Champion Evgenia Kanaeva was without mistakes but won three of the four finals.
In the group competition Belarus beat the Russians (5 hoops) and Italy won gold with ropes/ribbons ...  .. full story >>

 
At the weekend March 13 - 14 the Finnish Gymnastics Federation "SVOLI" organised its  "2010 National Finish Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics".
Best Finnish gymnast was Julia ROMANJUK, winning altogether three titles:
At the all-around competition Julia Romanjuk got gold, Silja Ahonen from Hämeenlinna got silver and Johanna Vikkula got the bronze medal.
On Sunday, March 14th, at the finals Silja Ahonen took gold with the hoop and silver with the ball and rope and was the favourite of the public.  This was Ahonen's first gold medal at the Finnish championships. Julia Romanjuk got 3 gold medals and 1 silver. Johanna Vikkula got 1 silver (with the ribbon) and 2 bronze medals (rope and hoop). Henna Liukko got the bronze at the ball final.  .. full story >>

 
After hte season's start in Montreal, followed by the second World Cup in Debrecen now the city of Portimao will organize the 3rd World Cup of Rhythmic Gymnastics of the 2010 circuit. 45 individual gymnasts and 15 groups representing 26 countries are expected to compete in Portimao, and all the top players are in! So  Russia will line up with Evgenia Kanaeva, Daria Kondakova, Daria Dmitrieva and Yana Lukonina,  Belarus will feature Meliltina Staniouta and Liubov Charkashyna, and we’ll also see Bulgarian Sliviya Miteva, Anna Alyabyeva from Kazakhstan, Austrian Caroline Weber and Azerbaijanis Aliya Garaeyeva and Anna Gurbanova.

  .. full story >>

 
Also at the  World Cup-Season start of rythmic gymnastics, the leading ambition of the gymnastics nation Russia is more than pressing:
With all 4 hand appartus wins by the Olympic winner and World Champion  Evgenia Kanaeva and the win of another 4 medals by Daria Dmitrieva (second with rope and ball) as well as Daria Kondakova (second with wheel and band) Russland achieved the maximum of all medal possibilities.
Three Bronze medals were left for Belarus' Melitina Staniouta (rope, band) and Ljubow Chakashyna (ball), one went to Silvia Miteva from Bulgaria.
Austrias Caroline Weber was 7th in the band final.
Also in the group finals the Russian formation could not be beaten ...  .. full story >>

 
It was a huge knot, which obscured the win for the favorite - the Russian national group, and even the 3 strings and two ropes were not to be untangled after leaving the mat. So the German national group celebrated a victory in Fellbach-Schmiden at the 20th edition of "GYMNASTICS INTERNATIONAL" and moved ahead of the Russian B-formation after 2 exercises with 49,733 : 47,466 points. §rd place belonged to Slovakia (40,280) ahead of Kasachstan (39,708) and the Czech Republic.
But in the juniors the win went clearly to Russia: Daria Swatkowskaja won with 102,950 ahead of the local matador Jana Berezko-Marggrander (99,200) and the Ukranian Viktoria Shynkarenko (98,750).  .. full story >>

 
For the 20th time "GYMNASTICS INTERNATIONAL"

The German federal sports centre RSG Fellbach-Schmiden, which celebrated its 25-year existence last fall, is again, after a break of 2 years, the host of its tradition tournament "GYMNASTICS INTERNATIONAL", which will take place on the 6. - and 7. March 2010.

Twelve nations (including the host Germany) have until now accepted their participation, - these include top nations like Russia and Belarus...  .. full story >>

 
The world's top star of Rhythmic Gymnastic, the Russian Evgenia Kanaeva (113,850) and her teammate Daria Kondakova (112,200) take the lead of the first Grand Prix of Rhythmic Gymnastics, which takes place in the Russian capital Moscow this weekend.  On third place of the all-aroun qualification came the Byelorussian Staniuta Melitina (109,800).
But at the Sunday's final Kondakova beats th big champion Kanaeva with rope and ribbon...!
The "Gazprom Cup" includes also elite and junior group competitions ...  .. full story >>

 

11 countries confirm theirs participation to the 11th Asian Championship on Rhythmic Gymnastics, which will be held in Tashkent (UZB) during the period 14-20 February 2010.

10 Federations will participate to the individual events and 6 Federations will be present to the group events, this event is the most important events for the juniors gymnasts to be qualify to the first Youth Olympic Games (YOG), which will be held in Singapore in August 2010.  .. full story >>

 
The 2012 London Olympics venues will be finalised soon after rhythmic gymnastics and badminton reluctantly agreed to move to Wembley Arena, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said this week.
Games organisers opted to move the two sports to avoid building temporary venues in an effort to save more than $30 million during the economic downturn. Denis Oswald, an official from the International Olympic Committee, reportedly told a press conference in Vancouver ...  .. full story >>

 
To the first time a FIG World Cup event of Rhythmic Gymnastics helds on the North American continent and is host by the Canadian Gymnastics Federation.
The first of eight World Cups of the 2010 serie took place in the Pierre Charbonneau Centre of Montreal from January 29 to 31.
Altogether with 29 gymnasts from 12 countries eager to get the year off to a strong start.  In addition to the World Cup meet at the Pierre Charbonneau Centre in downtown Montreal, a junior event also took place at the same venue beginning on Friday, January 29th.
At the end the Russian top favourit, Olympic and world champion Evgenia KANAEVA won the all-around and the finals with ball and ribbon.
Melitta STANIOUTA (BLR) with rope and Russia's Daria KONDAKOVA (hoop) were the other final winners on Sunday ...  .. full story >>

 
After the victory of the Russian figure skating pair Yuko Kawaguchi (28, from Japan) and Alexander Smirnov (25) many discussions were heard about their high B- score, through which they managed to beat the German pair Aljona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy.
However, not really well known is that the choreographer of the Russian pair who became European Champions in Tallin is a former World Champion in rhythmic gymnastics:
The ribbon- World Champion from 1987 (Varna) Tatiana DRUCHININA (together with Bianka Panova, Bulgaria) is currently working as a choreographer in the team of Tamara Moskvina's figure skating school in St. Petersburg. Also the 2006 Olympic Champions Tatiana Navka/Roman Kostonarov partly worked with her and she is married to the two-time pairs Olympic Champion from Albertville (1992) and Nagano (1998) Arthur Dmitriev. 

 
*fig-press: -- This year’s first International Judges’ Course for Rhythmic Gymnastics of the World Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.) took place at the Copthorne Orchid Hotel in Singapore (SIN) from January 11 – 17.
The course was led by Nataliya Kuzmina (RUS), Vice President of the FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee, with the support of Ms Gon Hwee Cheng, President of the Singapore Gymnastics Federation, Mr Lee Hong Chuang, 1st Vice President, and Ms Lim Siew Kuan, Team Manager for Rhythmic Gymnastics. 
Eight judges from four different countries participated, from Singapore, Phillipines, Hongkong and Korea ...  .. full story >>

 
The venue of the 8. Grand Prix-Events of the 2009 series and also its final for the "Berlin Masters 2009" was the Max Schmeling Hall in the German capital Berlin, this weekend. The this year's last Grand Prix event took place in May (Marbella ) - the last World cup event was in August. So the this year's Grand Prix final will be the first meeting of the world top class  gymnasts after the World Championships in Mie, Japan
In Berlin Olympic Champion Evgenia Kanaeva (RUS) dominated in all of the five events...!
>> ... read more on  > www.rhythmic-grandprix.com 

 
The Spanish audience had the great chance to enjoy the rhythmic  stars for a last time in this season during the Euskalgym 2009, which took place this last weekend in Durango and Bilbao (Basque Country). This event was planned as a national competition for groups, together with an exhibition of some of the best international gymnasts in the world. After a notorious effort of the organization, the names which were gathered resulted really impressive, with 7 of the top 10 gymnasts of the last World Championships in Mie (Japan) in the list:
The current Olympic and World Champion Evgenia Kanaeva (RUS) Anna Bessonova (UKR), bronze medallist in Beijing and Mie, Melitina Staniouta, the rising Byelorussian young star, the number one of Bulgarian gymnasts, Silviya Miteva, the charming and charismatic Irina Risenzon from Israel, Liubov Charkashyna (BLR) and Aliya Garaeva from Azerbaijan.  .. full story >>

 
Gymnastics Federation of Kazakhstan organized the 4th Seniors Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships 2009 in the beautiful Sport Complex – National Tennis Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana - Kazakhstan during the period 15th – 18th October 2009. Eight affiliated national federation of the "Asian Gymnastics Union (AGU) participated to this event
Japan, Korea, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand and India. The Rhythmic Gymnastics FIG technical committee President Mrs. Maria SZYSZKOWSKA was present to this event which the technical level was very high and give us the following results:  .. full story >>

 
Ten years after the 1999 Worlds (Osaka) the ambitious gymnastic nation Japan is the host again of the 29th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS of RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS, which take place from September 07 - 13 in the city of Mie, centrally located on the Japanese island chain. It is the top highlight and main event of the past-Olympic year and arlso a starting point also for a new generation of gymnasts. Altogether 144 individual gymnasts and 26 national groups, representing 53 different nations welcomed from the Japanese hosts.
The event program includes the team decision, the individal all-around and the final events with four apparatuses, but also the threee decisions of groups (all-around and two finals). 
*Today:  Group's Finals ...  .. full story >>

 
Three weeks before the 29th World Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics (Mie, Japan, Sep 09 - 13) and only one week after the Deriugina Cup in Kiev the worlds best gymnasts met at the last and 8th WORLD CUP event of this season in the Byelorussian capital Minsk.
Once again Olympic champion Evgenia KANAEVA won all the four final events and was so the absolutely best gymnast of the 2009 world cup circuit with the maximum scor at all the apparatuses!
Her Russian teammate Daria Kondakova and the Byelorussian Melitina Staniouta won "the rest" of the medals.

After winning the all-around group competition host Belarus was beaten by the Russian group in a all the two final disziplines at Sunday ...  .. full story >>

 
The Ukrainian all-around worldchampion (2007, Patras), Olga BESSONOVA was the winner of the all-around world cup decision in Kiev last weekend. She scored a total of 113,550 points, followed by the former world champion (2005, Baku), Olga KAPRANOVA (RUS; 107,625) with to much mistakes in her performances. On third came the Bulgarian Sylvia MITEVA (106,925). Bessonova won also all the apparatus finals at Sunday.
All the groups decisions were dominated by the Byelorussian girls ......  .. full story >>

 
The Dallas Convention Center, welcomes the 2009 Visa Championship of RHYTHMIC Gymnastics from August 12 to August 15.
The 2009 Visa Championships determines the U.S. gymnastic champions and the national team for each discipline for both the junior and senior elite levels.

On this website GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL will give you an overview about all the results...: 
  .. full story >>

 
The world-famous Canadian "Cirque du Soleil" - online partner of the European Gymnastic Service "GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL - informed in his topical and last NEWSLETTER 07-2009 about its manifold activities to the international gymnastics scene and also about the forthcoming dates and the next auditions in September (Las Vegas) and October (Portugal and Australia)...
* ... read more on >> Casting Newsletter 07/2009 

 
Russia’s Gymnast Evgenia KANAEVA, who won the individual all-around gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, won all four World Games gold medals at the rhythmic gymnastics competitions this weekend in Kaoishiung, Taipeh.
The 2007 all-around world champion from Ukraine, Anna BESSONOVA won the silver medals with rope, ball and ribbon.
On second place with the hoop came the Russian Olga KAPRANOVA, who won also the bronze medal with the rope. The other bronze medals went to Melitina STANIOUTA (BLR; ball) and to Galina GARAYEVA (AZE; ribbon).
Best Western European gymnast was the Austrian Caroline WEBER, who reached three finals (without ribbon) ...  .. full story >>

 
Evgenia KANAEVA (RUS) on front of Anna Bessonoaa (UKR) and Aliya Yussupowa (AZE) was the all-around ranking of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Competitions of the 25th UNIVERSIADE 2009 in Belgrad, Serbia.
At the Final day the olympic silver medallist KANAEVA won all the four finals too.

Also the Russian Group dominated the all-around and the two finals, so Russia reached the total triumph, winning all the 8 gold medals of Rhythmic gymnastics ...  .. full story >>

 
The "International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics" (IFAGG) organizes the 10th World Championships für Gymnastic Groups, which held inthe capital of Russia, in Moscow.
The Group "Deltat/Oro" from Finland wom the gold medal at the Saturday final with a score of ^18,359, followed by the two Russian groups "Oscar" (18,150) and "Madonna" (17,550) on third place.

Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (AGG) has been recognized internationally as a competitive sport since 1996.

The first international competition was held in Helsinki, Finland in 1996. During the following three years of successful international competitions, the idea of establishing a world championship competition was born. ...  .. full story >>

 
After the events in Moscow, Brno, Thiais, Kiev, Holon and Bourgas this year 7th Grand-Prix Competition 2009 of Rhythmic Gymnastics takes place from May 29 - 31 in the Spanish city of Marbella.
It is the first important event shortly after the Europeans and started with the Juniors "Andalucian Cup" ...
... and the Spaniards were irritated by the Ukrainians...
* ... more at www.rhythmic-grandprix.com 

 
Russia won nearly all the Medals in Baku...!
From 1978 on (Madrid, Spain), the European Gymnastics Federation (UEG) organized continental championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics.
So the 2009 EUROPEANS 2009 take place from  May 15 to May 17 in the capital of Azerbaijan - to the second time after 2007 and after the 27th Worlds, which took place in 2005. After 2008 (Turin) the Dutch company Janssen-Fritsen (J&F) is the official supplier again - also at the upcoming Worlds of Rhythmic Gymnastics in Mie, Japan at the autumn this year.
* Also like last year J&F will support the GYMmedia online coverages from Baku on a special
>> GYMmedia ECh Website 

 
From the 8th Europeans of Rhythmic Gymnastics on, 1992 in Stuttgart, the European Gymnastics Union (UEG) organizes the continental championships of eilite category together with the junior events.
Every two years the junior program changes and also like 2007 at the 23rd anniversary, just at the same place in Baku, two years later, now the junior group competitions with five ribbons are the content of this year's Europeans of juniors.
* After the today's qualification the Russian group leads ...  .. full story >>

 
Three Russian gymnasts are leading at the Saturday's all-around decision of the 2009 International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament in Corbeil-Essonnes, France, which tahke place from May 8  to  10.
The young Russian Yana LUKONINA was the best of all-around while Marina SPEKHT (RUS)  - leading after two apparatuses made a mistake with the ribbon . Behind Spekht the third Russian Dara DMITRIEVA was the best on second day with the highest scores with ball and ribbon and ranked on third place.
On fourth place came Neta RIVKIN from Israel, followed by Anna ALYABYEVA (KAZ) and Delphine LEDOUX from the French hosts.
Altogether 46 gymnasts are representing 24 different nations.
On Sunday Dara DIMITRIEVA won three of four finals, winner with hoop was Marina SPEKHT ...  .. full story >>

 
Russia's Yevgeniya KANAEVA and Vera SESINA took gold in all the four rhythmic gymnastics individual events at the 5th World Cup competition in Pesaro, Italy.
Kanaeva, the 2008 Olympics champion won the rope, hoop and ball events (28,700, 29,000 and 28,000 points, respectively) while Vera Sesina had no rivals in the ribbon event (28,450 points). Kanaeva also took a silver medal in the ribbon event (28,425 points) while Sesina won the silver in the rope event (27,700 points) and the bronze in the hoop event (27,700 points).
It was the last test important before the Europeans in Baku in two weeks...  .. full story >>

 
At the same weekend like the European Grand Prix in Holon the World Cup of Rhythmic Gymnastics held in Maribor, Slovenia.
Also there the Russian dominated this event:
After the the top position in all-around fourth placed at the Olympic final, Olga KAPRANOVA (RUS), won three of four apparatus finals, because she made a mistake with the hoop.
So Ljubov CHARKASHYNA used her chance and won the hope final.
Altogether 28 gymnasts representing 12 different nations took part art this world cup....  .. full story >>

 
The Gymnastics Federation of Portugal and the City of Portimão organized the IV Portimão FIG World Cup Series Event of Rhythmic Gymnastics (groups) and the XXIII Portimão junior RG Tournament from April 16th to April 19th 2009 in Portimão, Portugal.
<< Olympic Champion Evgenia KANAEVA (111,850) won the individual all-around competition in front of Vera SESINA (110,550; both Russia), followed by the 2007 world champion Anna BESSONOVA (108,650) from Ukraine.
BELARUS won the groups all-around decision in front of Spain and Russia and the hopes final, but the JAPANESE GROUP wins the final with 2 ropes/3 ribbons, and Kanaewa three of four event finals...!  .. full story >>

 
... a new Partner for F.I.G.
* GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL informed at the end of 2008 already, that the International Gymnastics Federation F.I.G. approved the rhythmic gymnastics apparatuses of the "Chacott" label (* GYMmedia News, Dec 2008).
Now the F.I.G. has recognized the Japanese co. "Chacott" among the "Official Apparatus Partners" and hands over a special  >> Certifications .
The this yeat's World Championships will held in the Japanese City of Mie.*

'Chacott'  is also in the third "Official Titlesponsor" of the worldwide gymnastics Service in our  >> English GYMmedia portals 

 
What was already known by the European Gymnastics Union (UEG) was now comfirmened also by the German Gymnastics Ferderation (DTB):
The European Championship of Rythmic Gymnastics in 2010 will be held in Germany. The planed location is the "AWD-DOME" in Bremen, the former townhall. Already in 2000 the 24th Gymnastic European championships took place in this location.

In the pre-Olympic year 2011 the UEG has chosen with Berlin another German location for the Artistic Gymnastic Europeans  the following year ...  .. full story >>

 
The F.I.G. Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee recently met at the FIG Head Office in Lausanne (SUI) to decide on a number of issues at hand, chief among which the choice of apparatus for the 2009 – 2012 cycle..:  .. full story >>

 
* USA Gymnastics announced, that Irina Gabashvili of Tigard (USA) - a former World Rhythmic Gymnastics Champion -  who has coached in the United States since 2000, died on March 24 at age 48 after a five-year battle with cancer.
“Irina was a valued member of the Rhythmic Gymnastics community, and she will be missed,” said Caroline Hunt, Rhythmic Gymnastics programme director for USA Gymnastics.
“Irina was known for both her elegance and grace, and she put up a gallant struggle in her battle with cancer. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this difficult time.”  .. full story >>

 
Usual situation also at the beginning of the post-Olympic season 2009 on the top level of international rhythmic gymnastics:
Three Russians lead at the  1st World Cup 2009" of the new circuit, at the "Grand Prix" in Budapest, Hungary with all of the four apparatuses - the maximum, each two of them are qualified at the Sunday's finals ...!
<< Evgenia KANAEVA (photo) reached three highest scores with rope, hoop and ball at the Saturday's qualification rounds - her teammate Vera SESINA leads with the ribbon - the same top positions like at the Sunday's finals!
All together 23 gymnasts representing thirteen, mostly European countries, only - without Ukraine, Spain, Germany, Japan or USA ...!
Italy and Portugal are the only Western European nation, and only one young Austrian gymnasts represents the German speaking area (- placed on 16th to 8th) ...  .. full story >>

 
The Executive Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) decided in yesterday’s meeting on the date and place of the 30th World Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics, which will be held 2010 from September 19 - 26 in Moscow, Russia,
- also about the date and place of the 78th FIG Congress ...:  .. full story >>

 
All-around winner of the 1st Grand Prix' of  Rhythmic Gymnastics 2009 in Moscow was Evgenia Kanaeva (RUS; 112,725) in front of  her both teammates and world champions Vera Sessina (110,725) and Olga Kapranova (107,200).

Evgenia Kanaeva won all the Sunday's apparatus finals, followed by Very Sessina (rope, hoop and Ribbon) and Melitina Stanuta (BLR; ball)
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At the 3rd Brussels Cup in Rhythmic Gymnastics at the weekend, Anika REJEK (< photo, left) of Leverkusen, Germany, came second behind the Russian gymnast Anna EPIFANOVA (88.250). With a total score of 87.225 she clearly beat Belgian local favourite Lieselotte DIELS  into 3rd place (84.200).
In the apparatus finals on Sunday Epifanova triumphed with the rope and hoop, Diels won with the ball and Anika Rejek was victorious in the ribbon final, the last discipline.
In the three-piece competition (rope, hoop and ball) in the junior category, victory went to Evgenia Vensko (60.980). Maria BUROWA from Leverkusen also took second place (54.625).  .. full story >>

 
Visual instruction for the world's top talents
Joint training camps have a long tradition and are an expression of the good relations between German Rhythmic Gymnastics and the top nation, Russia.
Over the past ten years the graceful Russian gymnasts have won nearly all the Junior European championship titles, except for one painful defeat, when they came 'only' second behind Belarus - and that  at home in Moscow (2005)  of all places. 
<< Right now the past decade's serial winner, the Russian national junior group (< photo, left) is at the National Training Centre in Kienbaum (near Berlin) and is training there along with the German juniors of SKC TABEA Halle ...  .. full story >>

 
Also the Rhythmic Gymnastics is a part of the 5th Australian Youth Olympic Festival 2009, which is held from January 14 - 18 in the 2000 Olympic City of Sydney.
Winner of the rhythmic Team event was China, followed by Great Britain and host Australia .
With DOU, Baobao also a Chinese girl won the Sunday's all-round event (56,500), followed by Keziah GORE (GBR) and the Australian Enid SUNG ...
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