The brand-new Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace in Moscow hosted the 1st FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships from 19-21 July with more than 300 young gymnasts from 60-plus nations competing for eight titles. A grand total of 129 gymnasts, representing 57 nations, have signed up for the individual programme, with a further 183 youngsters from 32 countries slated to take part in the group events.
As expected, the leading international host nation RUSSIA won all 8...
With the competitions of the rhythmic gymnastics the gymnastics events of the 2019 Students World Championships 2019 will be completed this weekend.
In the individual competitions, Russia and Elena SELEZNEVA are clearly in the lead in the qualifying rounds after the tires and ball equipment, as expected. Selezneva won also 3 apparatus finals, but Ukraine's Yeva MELESHCHUK won gold with the clubs, followed by Zohra AGHAMIROVA and SELEZNEVA on bronze place.
Also in the group competition...
After a spectacular Opening Ceremony, the gymnastics competition kicked off today at the Minsk Arena. 12000 enthusiastic fans supported the rhythmic and acrobatic gymnasts competing for the first medals of the Games.
In Rhythmic Gymnastics, 12 individual gymnasts competed for the all-around crown and a place in the four apparatus finals tomorrow.
Russian superstar, the reigning World all-around Champion Dina AVERINA overcome problems in her hoop and clubs routine to take the all-around gold, following in the...
The capital of Azerbaijan, the city of Baku, will host joint European Championships in two different gymnastics disciplines in May 2019 for the first time. Thus, this year the organization of the Continental Championships in RHYTHMIC but also in AEROBIC GYMNASTICS has been entrusted to Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. The first one to be held at Milli Gimnastika Arenasi (National Gymnastics Arena) on May 16-19 will be the 35th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships...
April: Month of the World Cups
On the first weekend of April, the World Gymnastics Federation FIG launched a four-time World Cup circuit of Rhythmic Gymnastics, from within just three weeks (!), starting in Pesaro (ITA). After Pesaro followed week by week the events in Sofia, and at Easter in Tashkent (UZB) and only one week later in Baku (AZE) at the end of April!
Already in mid-May the European Championships will take place in Baku -...