From Friday, May 31 to Sunday, June 02 awarded at the 29th RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS five European titles of elite and two titles in the junior category. In the city hall of the Austrian capital Vienna, which already was host in 1984 of the European Championships and also of the 1995's World Championships, now gymnasts from 33 European countries are expected. Russia, which almost landed the total European Championship victory last year in Nizhny Novgorod, is once again an overwhelming favorite.
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For the second time (after 1984) Austria's capital Vienna -is host of the European Championships again, in which 29th anniversary from Friday May 31 on to Sunday June 02, the best European gymnasts with the individual devices as well as the best junior groups are determined.
Due to the above-average dominance of Russian gymnastics school in these disciplines can be expected with the continued success of their line.
Of interest here is likely to be only which athletes from...
* f i g --: First year senior Yana Kudryavtseva of Russia, the 2012 European Junior Champion on Ball, made a fantastic World Cup debut in Sofia (BUL) last weekend.
The Moscow native scored a 72.150 total in the All-around competition to defeat the home country’s Silviya Miteva (71.550) and team-mate Margarita Mamun (71.400).
Kudryavtseva also won the Gold on Hoop (18.250) and Clubs (18.300).
On Ball, 17 year old Mamun (18.150)...
A Belorussian all-around success in a rhythmic gymnastics world cup is a very rarity event!
This created at the fourth World Cup of the season in Pesar ( Italy) Belarus Melitina Staniouta, with 70.516 points, ahead of Maria TITOVA (70.450) and Daria SVATKOVSKAYA (70,050), both from Russia. Staniouta also won with 3 handsets in the finals, only withot hoopp, which was won by SWATKOWSKAJA.
Italy won all three group competitions ...
In the Japanese city of Chiba were held on the weekend of the season opening as national selection competitions in rhythmic gymnastics instead. This year's main events on the plan for the Japanese rhythmic gymnasts are the Asian Championships and the World Championships in October in Kiev. This first event was won by Runa YAMAGUCHI from the renowned club AEON Club in front of her club mate Riko ANAKUBO who already bought the tickets so that both - the Continental Championships and also the...