After two competitions in Moscow, the World Cup event in rhythmic gymnastics this weekend is the first major international competition this year, after a break from competition for more than a year, tries to carry out its extensive program under corona conditions without prejudice. The Bulgarian capital Sofia has risen to this demanding challenge and will not be hosting a large number of "competition-hungry" gymnasts from 38 nations on this weekend (March 26-28) as the World Cup host for...
♦ ECh Individual all-around
The battle for gold displayed between Israel’s Linoy ASHRAM and Belarussian Alina HARNASKO kept fans around the world on the edge of their seat. With just 0.050 separating them going into the final rotation, Alina Harnasko went for broke with clubs, posting a 26.550, the highest score of the final, for a total of 100.900. All eyes were on Linoy Ashram as she performed a fantastic hoop routine to...
History was written today at the 36th European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Kyiv (UKR) as both Estonia and Turkey earned their first ever medals!
* In the 5 balls final, hosts Ukraine delivered a breath-taking routine, scoring 35.350 and setting a high standard for the other groups. Israel came within a point while top qualifier Azerbaijan couldn’t repeat Thursday’s stunning performance, so Ukraine took the European title ahead of Israel...
* E G -press --: The Executive Committee of European Gymnastics (EG, the former UEG) met online today to discuss the planned 2020 events and came to the following decisions:
♦ FIG will be asked to inform the IOC that due to the current Covid-19 situation all over Europe we cannot organise any Olympic qualification at our European Championships this year. The conditions in the current situation are considered not appropriate for such an important decision and we...
*E G --: In cooperation with the Local Organising Committees and in view of the current Covid-19 situation across Europe, the Executive Committee of European Gymnastics agreed with the new date proposals for the postponed 2020 European Championships.
♦♦ Kyiv (UKR) will host the Rhythmic Gymnastics Europeans from 26 to 29 November 2020.
♦♦ The European Championships in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics will be held in Baku (AZE) from Nov 9 -...