5. Mai 2012
Sofia, Bulgaria
Rhythmic Gymnastics

At the FIG World Cup of Rhythmic Gymnastics in the Bulgarian capital Sofia the Olympic and three-time world champion Yevgeniya Kanayeva of Russia won the all-round event with 28.625 points. Bulgaria’s best rhythmic gymnast Silvia Miteva was third in all-around has won a silver medal in the hoop and the clubs final. She received 27.600 points and grabbed her third medal at the tournament.
Kanayeva won also three of four finals, best of hoop was...

29. April 2012
Penza, Russia
Rhythmic Gymnastics

At the rhird FIG World Cup event of the Olympic seasion in the Russian city of Penza only  the Azerbaijani Aliya GARAYEVA - third in all-around - broke more the victory phalanx of Russian gymnastics school by winning the hoop final!

Russia's best in all-around Daria KONDAKOVA (115.875) won the final ball, but twice they were beaten by the all-around second, her compatriot Daria DMITRIEVA, winning with clubs and the ribbon in front of Kondakova.

Also notable was the...

15. April 2012
Pesaro, Italy
Rhythmic Gymnastics

Mostly when Russian gymnasts start is clear: The medals are awarded. This also happend at the weekend in Pesaro (ITA) at the second rhythmic gymnastics world cup of the Olympiv season:

The Russian trio was overwhelming again: Evgenia Kanaeva (116,225), in front of Daria Kondakova (114,275) and Daria Dmitrieva (114,225) were the all-around results and the difference to the fourth placed Neta Rivkin (ISR) was 4.7 !!

 Four times gold medals went in the individual finals...

18. März 2012
Kiev, Ukraine
Rhythmic Gymnastics

Even without the two stars Kanaeva and Kondakova the world's top nation of rhythmic gymnastics Russia was unbeatable again - this time in the person of Daria Dmitrieva, who won not only the all-around competition (115.675) of the World Cup event  "Deryugina" in the Ukrainian capital Kiev with four apparatus top-scores, but also three of four final events last weekend.
Next in all-around - despite a respectable backlog of more than 2 points - were the two local hero inside Alina...

11. März 2012
Riga, Latvia
Rhythmic Gymnastics

World Star Evgenia Kanaeva (116.650) and her Russian compatriot Alexandra MERKULOVA (111.600) underscored with a double success in all-around competition at the traditional international tournament "Baltic Hoop 2012" in the Latvian capital Riga, the outstanding position of the world's leading nation in this discipline.
In third place was at least the Belarusian Melitina Staniouta (110.800), the leading duo pretty close. 
At the final three times Kanaeva was the winner in front of Merkulova.
Only with the hoop Staniouta landed a victory, defeating...

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