16. Januar 2006
Moutier, Lausanne / SUI
Rhythmic Gymnastics

Last year F.I.G. has formally asked the IOC to increase the number of Rhythmic Gymnastics Groups from 10 to 12 for the 2008 Games in Beijing.
But request were NOT accepted by the Executive Board for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing!!

7. Januar 2006
New York / USA
Rhythmic Gymnastics

In 2005 the freshman at the Brooklyn College (New York) Olga Karmansky (USA) won the all-around titel of the US Visa national championships in Indianapolis.
She just missed going to the Olympics and was first alternate to Mary Sanders, who represented the United States in the rhythmic gymnastic competition in Athens 2004.
After winning also the 2005 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship all-around title in Vitória, Brazil she is currently the top-ranked rhythmic gymnast in the United States.

4. Dezember 2005
Manila / PHI
Rhythmic Gymnastics

Tomorrow the SEA Games 2005 which take place in Manila/ Philippines will end after 15 days of competitions. 5336 athletes participated in 50 kinds of sports, among them artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and sports aerobics.
The participating nations are: Brunei, Kambodcha, East- Timur, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
As expected the gymnasts from Malaysia dominated the RG- events. The same was the case in men’s artistic gymnastics. In women’s artistic gymnastics...

2. Dezember 2005
Bucharest / ROM
Rhythmic Gymnastics

Athletes from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Turkey and Romania will participate starting today in rhythmic gymnastics for the Balkan Championships in Bucharest.

The opening festivities will take place on Friday a 4 pm. On Saturday, the competition will start at 4:30 pm while the finals and the awards ceremony will take place on Sunday after 2 pm.

The most famous gymnasts come from Bulgaria, which is one of the leading nations of Rhyhtmic Gymnastics.

7. November 2005
Hyogo / Japan
Rhythmic Gymnastics

From November 4 to 6, the All Japan Rhythmic Gymnastcs Championships2005 were held at Hyogo.
Yukari Murata is the best national gymnast again in Japan, winning this all-around title to the fifth time incessantly from 2001 on!
She also won three of the four apparatus finals - ribbon were won by the all-around vice-champion Ai Yokochi

Previously at the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney Olympic Games, Yukari Murata participated as a member of the Japanese...

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