From 22 to 23 October,the 23rd Chacott CHAMPIONSHIPS was held in Tokyo.
This competition is the 'National Japanese Junior Championships' for individual gymnasts and also for groups.
The all-around winner and new Japanese Junior Champion 2005 is Haruna Masunaka (NPO Gifu RG Club) followed by her teammate Kana Yokoyama on second place.
The Chacott Group title wents to the Women's RG Club ...
FRIENDLY MEET RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS:
RUSSIA - JAPAN - POLAND - GERMANY
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RUSSIA (147,923) was not the unexpected winner of the friendly meet in the German top center of rhythmic gymnastics in Schmiden, followed by host GERMANY (140,462), JAPAN (126,280) and POLAND (116,222).
The ocassion for this event one week after the worlds in Baku was the inauguration of the rebuilt gymnastics hall in Schmiden with the new height of more...
Today the most popular title of the World Championships will be handed over. The individual all-around is said to be the most important discipline, it is also the only one for individual gymnasts which is Olympic.
The highest favourite for the all-around in Baku is Olga Kapranova from Russia who already won four gold medals at these World Championships. However, also Anna Bessonova (UKR), 5-times second-ranked at these championships up to now, and Irina Tchachina (RUS) will have their...
Today the groups all-around will be held at the 27th World Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics in Baku. Altogether 20 groups present their routines with five ribbons and three hoops/ 2 clubs. The favourites for this event are the groups from Russia (title holder), Italy, Bulgaria and Belarus.
The competitions start at 2.00 pm local time (11.00 am CET), results are expected for 5.45 pm local time (2.45 pm CET).
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Today is the day with the most decisions at the 27th RG- World Championships in Baku. After 4 competition days the team competition will end around 6.20 pm local time (3.20 pm CET) - it is highly unlikely that anything will happen today which might stop Russia from winning the title: Before the last rotation Russia is leading in front of Ukraine already by more than 10 points.
During the evening (from 7.00 pm local time on) then the...