25. März 2009
Indianapolis, USA
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Former Rhythmic World Champion Irina Gabashvili died ...

* USA Gymnastics announced, that Irina Gabashvili of Tigard (USA) - a former World Rhythmic Gymnastics Champion -  who has coached in the United States since 2000, died on March 24 at age 48 after a five-year battle with cancer.
“Irina was a valued member of the Rhythmic Gymnastics community, and she will be missed,” said Caroline Hunt, Rhythmic Gymnastics programme director for USA Gymnastics.
“Irina was known for both her elegance and grace, and...

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8. März 2009
Budapest, Ungarn
Rhythmic Gymnastics
First Rhythmic World Cup of 2009: Russian Predominance, like every Year ...!

Usual situation also at the beginning of the post-Olympic season 2009 on the top level of international rhythmic gymnastics:
Three Russians lead at the  1st World Cup 2009" of the new circuit, at the "Grand Prix" in Budapest, Hungary with all of the four apparatuses - the maximum, each two of them are qualified at the Sunday's finals ...!
<< Evgenia KANAEVA (photo) reached three highest scores with rope, hoop and ball at the Saturday's qualification rounds -...

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6. März 2009
Lausanne, Switzerland
Rhythmic Gymnastics
30th Rhythmic Worlds 2010 in Moscow ...

The Executive Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) decided in yesterday’s meeting on the date and place of the 30th World Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics, which will be held 2010 from September 19 - 26 in Moscow, Russia,
- also about the date and place of the 78th FIG Congress ...:

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8. Februar 2009
Brussels, Belgium
Rhythmic Gymnastics
3rd Brussels Cup in Rhythmic Gymnastics

At the 3rd Brussels Cup in Rhythmic Gymnastics at the weekend, Anika REJEK (< photo, left) of Leverkusen, Germany, came second behind the Russian gymnast Anna EPIFANOVA (88.250). With a total score of 87.225 she clearly beat Belgian local favourite Lieselotte DIELS  into 3rd place (84.200).
In the apparatus finals on Sunday Epifanova triumphed with the rope and hoop, Diels won with the ball and Anika Rejek was victorious in the ribbon final, the last discipline.
In the three-piece...

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8. Februar 2009
Kienbaum,near Berlin/GER
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Russian top talents at German training camp

Visual instruction for the world's top talents
Joint training camps have a long tradition and are an expression of the good relations between German Rhythmic Gymnastics and the top nation, Russia.
Over the past ten years the graceful Russian gymnasts have won nearly all the Junior European championship titles, except for one painful defeat, when they came 'only' second behind Belarus - and that  at home in Moscow (2005)  of all places. 
<< Right now the past...

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