3. April 2003
Riesa / GER
Rhythmic Gymnastics
European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2003

From 04 to 06 April 2003 the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2003 for senior groups, junior groups and the 16 best individual gymnasts of the last European Championships in 2002 take place in Riesa (GER).
Today, all groups and individual gymnasts made their last training in Riesa. Altogether 37 groups and 17 individual gymnasts will take part in this European Championships.
Romania and Cyprus called their participation off.

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24. März 2003
Zurich / Moutier / SUI
Rhythmic Gymnastics
The FIG / Tchachina case: The matter is closed

FIG press release:
The Commission made up of three Members of the FIG Executive Committee took the decision not to inflict any additional sanctions on the Russian gymnast Irina Tchachina, tested positive for furosémide at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Madrid in October 2001.
Two months prior to the worlds, the gymnast tested positive at the Goodwill Games for the same product. In Madrid, the results of the first control were unknown.
The Commission, stating that...

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24. März 2003
Wien / AUT
Rhythmic Gymnastics
The winners Ferdinandova and Austrian junior group

Wien (22.-23. 03.) – Bulgarian Yana Ferdinandova in the senior category and Austrian junior group were the winners of the 10th Corvinus Cup in Wiener Neustadt, where alltogether 85 gymnasts from 10 countries competed. Slovenian senior Andrea Žegarac was the leader after the first two apparatuses, but made many mistakes in ball and finished third behind the Bulgarians Yana Ferdinandova and Jordanka Andonova. At the places from Nr. 4 to Nr. 7 placed all the young gymnasts (born in 1988)...

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23. März 2003
Thiais / FRA
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Russian group and Gizikova won in Thiais

The Russian group and Zarina Gizikova (RUS) won the most of competitions of the international tournament of Thiais (FRA) on weekend.
The Russian gruop won the all around and both finals, Belarus, Bulgaria and China got the other medals .
Zarina Gisikova (RUS) won the all around individual competition and three of four finals. Inna Shukova from Belarus was the best gymnast of the final with ball.

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21. März 2003
Ljubljana / SLO
Rhythmic Gymnastics
17. MTM Narodni Dom RG Tournament

The senior category of 17. MTM Narodni dom RG tournament was dominated by team world champion Olga Kapranova of Russia, silver and bronze went to Belarus in the hands of Liubov Charkashyna and Valerya Kurilskaya.
All the young Slovenian gymnasts Tjaša Šeme, Andrea Žegarac and Špela Gala took the places from 4 to 6, seventh place went to elegant Hungarian Katalin Kiss and eighth was Veronika Vitenberg from Israel.

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