The Boston Invitational All Around competition took place on Saturday, Feb 21.
As anticipated, the competition was dominated by Anahi Sosa of Argentina and Anna Pobokova of Netherlands, who placed first and second all around. Sosa delivered very strong performances, and impressed the audience with her expressive chorepgraphy.
On Sunday she won the clubs and the ribbon finals and was so the most successful gymnast in Boston, and the Dutch Anna Pobokova was the winner...
Tamara Yerofeyeva from Ukraine successfully defended her senior all-around title at the Rhythmic International, held las weekend in San Francisco, California/USA.
The 2001 world all-around champion Yerofeyeva won the competition over silver medalist Krista Johnson (USA) with a big lead of 22 points and Zhaneta Cernohlavkova (Czech Republic).
In the junior division, reigning U.S. junior all-around champion Rachel Marmer finished first, ahead of Mexico's Veronica Navarro.
Academies of Gymnastics
IT IS RHYTHMIC’S TURN!
Moutier / FIG. After the successful results achieved by the Academies of Artistic Gymnastics, the FIG is moving ahead by expanding the program to Rhythmic Gymnastics.
In an FIG-interview, Mrs. Egle Abruzzini (ITA), President of the FIG Technical Committee of Rhythmic Gymnastics, shared her point of view.
U S Olympic Committee: --She has four second-place all-around finishes at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, a silver medal in all-around from the 2003 Pan American Games and has been consistently ranked second in the United States, but Olga Karmansky is hardly a household name.
Read a portrait of Olga, by the US Olympic Committee...
Anna Bessonova(UKR) was the top gymnast of the 21st Annual 'L.A. Lights Rhythmic Internationa`' last weekend in Culver City/California, USA.
The Vice World Champion of 2003 scored 108.90 to defeat runner-up Inna Zhukova (BLR), who placed fourth all-around at the 2003 Worlds, came on second place. Israel's Irina Risenson won the bronze medal. Bessonova, the top favourite for Olympic gold in Athens this year, was also winner of all apparatus finals.
>> The international talent tournament...