The F.I.G. Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee recently met at the FIG Head Office in Lausanne (SUI) to decide on a number of issues at hand, chief among which the choice of apparatus for the 2009 – 2012 cycle..:
* USA Gymnastics announced, that Irina Gabashvili of Tigard (USA) - a former World Rhythmic Gymnastics Champion - who has coached in the United States since 2000, died on March 24 at age 48 after a five-year battle with cancer.
“Irina was a valued member of the Rhythmic Gymnastics community, and she will be missed,” said Caroline Hunt, Rhythmic Gymnastics programme director for USA Gymnastics.
“Irina was known for both her elegance and grace, and...
Usual situation also at the beginning of the post-Olympic season 2009 on the top level of international rhythmic gymnastics:
Three Russians lead at the 1st World Cup 2009" of the new circuit, at the "Grand Prix" in Budapest, Hungary with all of the four apparatuses - the maximum, each two of them are qualified at the Sunday's finals ...!
<< Evgenia KANAEVA (photo) reached three highest scores with rope, hoop and ball at the Saturday's qualification rounds -...
The Executive Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) decided in yesterday’s meeting on the date and place of the 30th World Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics, which will be held 2010 from September 19 - 26 in Moscow, Russia,
- also about the date and place of the 78th FIG Congress ...:
At the 3rd Brussels Cup in Rhythmic Gymnastics at the weekend, Anika REJEK (< photo, left) of Leverkusen, Germany, came second behind the Russian gymnast Anna EPIFANOVA (88.250). With a total score of 87.225 she clearly beat Belgian local favourite Lieselotte DIELS into 3rd place (84.200).
In the apparatus finals on Sunday Epifanova triumphed with the rope and hoop, Diels won with the ball and Anika Rejek was victorious in the ribbon final, the last discipline.
In the three-piece...