Kurilskaya most successful on Madeira
Valeria Kurilskaya from Belarus is the winner of the '9th International Tournament of Madeira Islands'.
On second place came her teammate Lubov Sharkashina followed by the Austrian Caroline Weber.
Valeria Kurilskaya won the finals with hoop, ball and ribbon too. Sharkashina was the best of final with clubs.
All together 30 rhythmic gymnasts from 16 nations are participants of this event, which includes also competitions of...
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...