In the rhythmic gymnastics group discipline also the Olympic Champion of 2004 Athens, the group of Russia, proved its top level and won both group disciplines at this world cup in Tel Aviv today, the exercise with ropes and also the combination hoops/clubs.
In the absence of Bulgaria - third at the last Olympics - the groups of Belarus, Italy and Israel won the medals this weekend.
A special perspective on the RG status in America
After the events of artistic gymnastics now the second Olympic gymnastics discipline, Rhythmic Gymnastics, will follow in the program of the 15th Pan American Games 2007 in Rio de Janeiro. Altogether 42 gymnasts are representing 9 different countries; five of them will also start in the group competition.
With top scores on all four pieces of apparatus Lisa WANG from USA won Friday's all-around competition and also Saturday's...
Dual Dutch national champion Anna POBOKOVA will return next season to the international competition circuit.
The 19 year old gymnast is living now in Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands.
In 1999 she immigrated together with her mother and started a new career in 2002...
Due to a severe back injury and a break from April 2005 to April 2006 and an almost fatal traffic accident in January 2007, she could not take part for a long time...
'BOCOG' confirmed Olympic Suppliers ...
Like just announced, the worldwide and wellknown top label of gymnastics apparatuses, the German company "SPIETH Gymnastic" from Esslingen, near Stuttgart, is selected and confirmed by the "Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee" for the Games in 2008 ("BOCOG"), to equip the apparatuses (carpets) of the Olympic events of rhythmic gymnastics.
Just in the moment SPIETH is also partner of the worldwide biggest sports event, the "WORLD GYMNAESTRADA 2007", which takes place in Austria, supplies the artistic...
The host of the 2005 Worlds, the Azerbaijan capital Baku welcomes the best European individual gymnasts and the best junior groups to their 23rd EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS of RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS, which will be held coming weekend from Friday, June 29th to Sunday, July 1st.
More than 200 gymnasts will participate, representing 33 different
European nations.
After winning the elite team gold medal the leading gymnastics nation Russia won its next gold medal on Sunday with the junior...