Five years before the 2020 Olympic Games, which will take place in the Japanese capital Tokyo again after 56 years, NHK - Japan's only one public broadcaster - produced a current TV status report interesting insights into development and goals of JAPANESE RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS in the country.
In this feature story (48 min., in English) the ambitions of the Japanese gymnastics nation which ranked on 7th place in the group competition at the recent Olympic Games...
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has lifted the suspension of its vice president, Michel LEGLISE, who had been sanctioned for his role in overseeing a judging course. FIG said its appeal tribunal reduced the French official's sanction to a warning for "negligently failing to properly supervise the conduct of and marking" at a judging course.
The governing body said now Leglise can resume the vice presidency "without being in charge of any given discipline."
Leglise had challenged...
Winner of the Grand Prix Final all-around qualification in the Austrian Olympic city of Innsbruck was Russia's reigning worrld champion with the ball, the nineteen years old Margarita MAMUN. She scored the absolute top result with 74,617 points. On Sunday Mamun won also all the Grand Prix finals - so she is the No. ONE in the Grand Prix Ranking List 2014 with all four apparatus.
Neta RIVKIN from Israel came on second place in all-around (68,350) ...
The World's best Rhythmic Gymnasts compete in the Grand Prix Circuit. The GP Circuit is the highest remunerated and most important meeting series of this Olympic sport beside the official events of the International Gymnastics Federations FIG and UEG. The worldwide wellknown city of Innsbruck, two times Olympic City and host of the 2012 Youth Olympic Games, already witnessed the Grand Prix 2010 and the Grand Prix Final decisions of 2007, 2003 and 2002.
Austria's hopes rest...
The 2014 International "Aeon Cup" of Rhythmic Gymnastics was one of the last competitions of the season but one of the most important of the year at the same time, behind the World Championships, which was held in September in Izmir, Turkey.
The best RG clubs of the world competed in Tokyo for this prize for teams. Teams consist of 3 gymnast - two elite gymnasts and one junior gymnast - it's like an unofficial "World Championship" for clubs....