The Dutch press informed that the 24th Anniversary of the traditional Deventer Grand Prix Tournament 2008 is cancelled because of financial problems.
Since 1985, then as "Alfred Vogel Tournament" , it has been a fixed component of the Grand Prix Circuit of Rhythmic Gymnastics.
The 2008 series will start in Moscow at the end of February and will end with the eighth event in November in Bratislava.
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Pre-Olympics Rhythmic Gymnastics
After the pre-Olympic artistic gymnastics and the trampoline gymnastics competitions, the triple serie of the gymnastics disciplines ends now with the Pre-Olympics of Rhythmic gymnastics, which took place from December 5 to 7. The Russian Olga KAPRANOVA won the all-around competition (73,825) in front of Anna BESSONOVA (UKR;70,250) and Aliya GARAEVA (AZE; 69,775).
In group competition, as expected, RUSSIA won the gold (35.075) and ITALY, the...
From November 22nd to 25th, the 60th All Japan Championships 2007 of Rhythmic Gymnastics were held in Tokyo.
Ai YOKOCHI was happy but at the same time sorrowful: She won the first big national title at last, just in time with her retirement.
With a score of 59.900 she beat Mai HIDAKA (59.700) and so she blocked the 7th title in sequence of the 'Grand Dame" of Japanese Rhythmic gymnastics, Yukari MURATA, who came at third place at the all-round competition (53.350).
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After the ninth of this year's Grand Prix event of rhythmic gymnastics in October, the 2007 Berlin Masters, now the best gymnasts of the world will come to the showdown of the pre-Olympic year, to the GRAND PRIX-FINALS 2007, which will be held at the USI Competition Hall of the University Center of Innsbruck, Austria, close to the airport of the Olympic winter city of Innsbruck.
Top stars of the final event this weekend were the ...
<< Kana YOKOYAMA from the "NPO Gifu Rhythmic Gymnastics Club" became the most successful Japanese junior gymnast this year.
Two weeks before she ranked third at the international AEON CUP 2007 and now she won the individual all-around at the "25th All Japan Juniors Championships" which were held last weekend.
Kana YOKOYAMA was also member of the group of "NPO Gifu RG Club", who won the gold medal too and is...