(2) European champion Vera Sessina wins all-around and hoop

Kabajewa committed some serious faults at the AA, just as the performance of world champion Olga Kapranowa (Russia/69,326), who came fourth, showed some insecurities in the four routines.

Klaudia Wittmann (TSG Neu-Isenburg) came 15th in a field of 24 participants (58,109).
"Klaudia performed well today and showed marked technical improvement compared to the last tournaments", the head of the DTB team, Birgit Guhr, remarked with pleasure with reference to the only German participant in the tournament. The German champion Johanna Gabor (TSV Schmiden) had to cry off because of health problems. The German national team, which had originally planned to participate in the group competition in Thiais, had also withdrawn. It will present itself for the first time in the Group World Cup Tournament in Portimao (Portugal) from April 27 to 29 2007 on the international level.

AA-Results all-around:
1. Vera Sessina RUS 70,852
2. Anna Bessonowa UKR 70,493
3. Alina Kabajewa RUS 69,877
4. Olga Kapranowa RUS 69,326 5. Aliya Garajewa AZE 68,410 6. Natalja Godunko UKR 68,018 7. Aliya Jussupowa KAZ 67,710 8. Irina Risenson ISR 67,075 ... 15. Klaudia Wittmann GER 58,109
>> Detailed Resultate

FINAL Results

>> SEIL / Rope/Corde

>> REIFEN/Hoop/Cerceau

>> KEULEN/Clubs/Massues

>> BAND/Ribbon/Ruban

GYMmedia: -- "France is a country of the “first hour”, which hosted a Grand Prix from the very beginning, like the Netherlands. Does the hosting of the Grand Prix influence the development of rhythmic gymnastics in the countries?
Jolanda Sap:  "Actually it was  Germany, Austria and the Netherlands who started the GP cycle. It think that all the countries organising a GP have their influence, which they can use in a democratic way in the twice per year organised GP meeting. It may have an influence in the hosting country. It upgrades the level of the tournament for sure."

GYMmedia: -- How is the situation in the Netherlands now – you were one of the establishing countries for the Grand Prix Series in 1994.

Jolanda Sap:  "The organisation of the GP is not done by the Organising Committee, only in the name of the federation, and runs separately from the decisions the federation takes for the RG, unfortunately."

GYMmedia: -- What do you think about the media influence and presentation of rhythmic gymnastics?
Jolanda Sap: " We, in the Netherlands, are very happy that our national TV broadcasts some minutes prime time in the well known sports program, but for the RG in NED it does not help to much as our federation does not support the sport as much as they do artistic gymnastics. Actually they put the RG under the name of recreation sports."

GYMmedia: -- Do you see reserve…?
Jolanda Sap: "As long as there are no mayor results the influence of the media is very little."