13th WORLDS AEROBIC 2014

The 13^th World Championships of Aerobic Gymnastics 2014 of the FIG take place from June 23 to 29 in Cancun, Mexico, in the Moon Palace Resort.
Nearly 600 gymnasts from 42 countries on six continents are set to participate at the 2014 World Aerobic Gymnastics Championships and World Age Group competitions, set for June 23-29 in Cancun (MEX).
The breathtaking Moon Palace Resort on the Riviera Maya will welcome a grand total of 575 gymnasts as it hosts the first-ever edition of the World Aerobic Championships off the European continent.
Inaugurated in 1995 and held every two years since 2000, the World Championships and World Age Group competitions are the biggest event in Aerobic gymnastics outside the quadrennial World Games.

Among the big names expected to compete are reigning World Games champions Benjamin Garavel (FRA, Men's Individual), Oana Constantin (ROU), and Mixed Pairs Garavel /Aurélie Joly (FRA), Vicente Lli /Sara Moreno (ESP), Maria Bianca Becze / Marius Ciprian Petruse (ROU) and Thi Thu Ha Tran / Ba Dong Vu (VIE), all of whom shared one very crowded place atop the podium at the World Games.
Russia and Mexico, two nations with especially strong Aerobic traditions, are sending the maximum number of athletes to compete in every event at the World Championships, maximizing their medal-earning potential. Spain, Hungary and South Korea have also entered an indivdual or group of gymnasts in every event. France, among the strongest Aerobic nations on the World Cup circuit, has registered to send gymnasts in everything but Aerobic Dance.

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World Age Group Competitions AEROBIC 2014
- Cancun, Mexico; June 23 - 27
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Over the past week, our top age group aerobic gymnasts have been competing in Cancun, Mexico at the 2014 World Age Group Games. The gymnasts split into two age group categories - group 1 (12 - 14 years) and group 2 (15 - 17 years).GBR successfully made three finals. Kiera Landen and Rhys Williams gave an artistic performance in the mixed pair category and equalled their qualification rank of 7th in the World Age Groups, age group 1. The Groups performed in the same pool starting 4th up, Age Group 2; Eleanor Ruffle, Niamh Kean, Sophie Gives, Jess Kirkpatrick and Crerar Antony scoring 18.500, the same as their qualification score and finishing 8th. The Age Group 1’s; Skye Lau, Charlotte Oliver, Jazmin Kirkpatrick, Hope Davies and Hannah Bradbury presented themselves well and finished in 9th place.

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Libi GAZOV (AUT)

* WOMEN, Individual
Lubi GAZOV won the very first WCh gold medal for Austria, beating Oana CONSTANTIN from Romania and Amelie JOLY from France:
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* MEN, Individual
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* AEROBIC, T r i o s
Jumping for joy -- the Romanian Trio (Oana Constantin, Anca Surdu and Andreea Bogati) take gold in Cancun!
China (Wang Zizhuo, Han Mingzhe and Che Lei) settles for silver after a score inquiry, and Korea (Kim Hanjin, Go Kyungmin and Ryu Jusun) earns the bronze.
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* AEROBIC DANCE
With a "Russian cowboy" routine that included elements of boogie-woogie, the Russians won an unexpected gold medal in Aerobic Dance, besting powerhouses China, which took silver, and Korea, who won the bronze. ►► Results

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