Today, Sunday, May 21, the Rhythmic Europeans finished at Budapest’s Papp Laszlo Sports Arena. The Hungarian capital was hosting the continental championships to the second time in history after 1999, when Alina Kabayeva was the dominant star. With the retirement of leading lady Yana Kudryavtseva and Olympic Champion Margarita Mamun and Ukraine’s Ganna Rizatdinova enjoying a well-deserved rest, the floor is open for the next generation to become the stars of Europe, and of the Rhythmic world in its entirety....

 Jeannine RINALDI (FRA), whose work as FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee President helped her discipline become part of the Olympic programme, passed away March 13 at age 96 ...