Yearly Archives: 2014

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Interview to Yana Kudryavtseva: Izmir 2014

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Since 2013, when she became a national team gymnast, Yana Kudryavtseva won almost everything: European Champion All Around in Baku 2014, World Champion, European team Champion and a bunch of tournaments and Grand Prix Series.

“I wouldn’t actually say that my main goal is to win: I just want to perform a good competition and listen to the advices of my coach. I need to work hard and train smart: there’s no other secret to become the winner. When I am not leading the competition, it makes me work harder”

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“I find competitions easier than training. Even if the competition is not going very well for me, nature helps me do my best. When I am not leading the competition for the first moment it is even easier for me, because it makes me work harder”

“I find competitions easier than training”

“I remember that long time ago I was training and spinning the ball on a finger. My coach, Elena Karpushenko found it interesting and said I should work on this movement, because it could become my signature element”

Yana’s “spinning ball element” became really famous. Viktoriya, Yana’s mother also talked about her daughter:

“She is very kind and stubborn at the same time which I think is great for sports. She has also a competitive nature. I could say she is an angel with iron wings”

Gymnast of the week

Interview to Anna Rizatdinova: Izmir 2014

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Ukrainian champion, Anna Rizatdinova, bronze at European Championships this year is getting ready for Izmir Championships 2014, that will be held in Turkey the next week.

– How is your preparation going? There is only a week left for World Championships

– It is very difficult to prepare: both mentally and physically. I think that this time I will be very fit for this competition. We could not almost train in January and February due to political situation in Kiev.

– Have you been in Turkey before?

– I have been when I was a kid and I can’t almost remember anything. This time, during competition it will be very difficult to visit the city since we only visit the hotel. I do not know if it will work this time to get out. The schedule is pretty intense: five days of competition.

– Where is your gold medal (World Championships Kiev 2013)?

– It is at my parents’ in Simferopol

– How is the attitude towards Ukrainian gymnasts

– I can say it is very good. Last spring we competed in France where many people support us up. We did not expect this. Everybody was asking us if we were sad.
With Russian team we were talking as ever- but not about politics.

– Last year at World Championships in Kiev you won a gold medal. Accidentaly, Russian national anthem was played instead of Ukrainian. You began to sing but suddenly you said “Not this…”. How you would react at such mistake right now?

– My parents were born in Russia so they know both anthems. That happened last year, now the situation would be totally different.

– Recently, Alina Maksymenko uploaded a video performing a “basketball trick”. Was this your idea?

– No, I was not with Alina when she recorded this video. Now that she finished her career, we don’t see each other very often. Alina was invited in many countries (masterclasses) and she has scheduled about three others in Spain.

– Irina Blohina is pregnant, what do you think about it?

– We are all happy for her. Ireesha is coming to help us many times. It is a pity she can’t come with us to World Championships in Turkey, but fortunatly, we have phones.

How is your personal life?

– We don’t have so many free time. We just have a day off: Sunday. After trainings, we are very tired and we don’t even have time for going for a walk.

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Anna loves American singer, Lana del Rey and “Summertime Sadness” gala is very special for her

 

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Anna has a really close relationship with Ireesha: “Without her many things couldn’t be possible”

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Information about Euskalgym 2014

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Euskalgym is one of the most famous events of the year, where the top gymnasts from around the world perform one or two exercises and a gala. This time, the event will be held in Buesa Arena, Vitoria (Spain).

How can I go to Vitoria?

From Bilbao airport, there is a special transportation by bus:
Airport-Bilbao: Bizkaibus Línea 3247 “Bilbao Aeropuerto”
Bilbao-Vitoria: Autobuses La Unión

From Madrid you can go by bus “Alsa Madrid-Vitoria Gasteiz”

Or you can also go by train “Renfe Madrid-Vitoria Gasteiz”

Tickets will be available on September 19 from 10:00 (Spanish timing) at http://www.euskalgym.com

  • Yana Kudryavtseva RUS: current World Champion
  • Alexandra Soldatova RUS: national team of Russia
  • Laura Zeng USA: current junior USA champion, bronze medal at YOG 2014
  • Ana Luiza Filioreanu ROU: current junior Romanian champion
  • Neta Rivkin ISR: Olympian gymnast, champion of Israel
  • Alina Maksymenko UKR: former gymnast from Ukraine, Olympian, Bronze medal at WC 2013, Silver EC 2013
  • Silviya Miteva BUL: former gymnast from Bulgaria, bronze medallist at EC 2013, WC 2011/2009
  • Varvara Filiou GRE: national champion of Greece
  • Salome Phazhava GEO: national champion of Georgia
  • Carolina Rodríguez ESP: current champion of Spain, Olympian
  • Natalia García ESP: national team of Spain
  • Melitina Staniouta BLR: silver medal at EC 2014
  • Son Yeon-Jae KOR: South Korea star, 5th at London Olympic Games 2012
  • Almudena Cid ESP: 4 times Olympian
  • Anna Rizatdinova UKR: Hoop World Champion 2013
  • Viktoria Mazur UKR: National team of Ukraine, European vice-champion in 2013

From Spain, special guests:

– Polina Berezina
– Andrea Pozo
– Sara Llana
– Mónica Alonso
– Victoria Plaza
– Paula Gómez
– Rubén Orihuela
– Ortzi Acosta
– Saioa Agirre
– Eugenia Onopko

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Laura Zeng USA

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Natalia García Timofeeva ESP

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Almudena Cid Tostado ESP

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Melitina Staniouta BLR

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Daria Svatkovskaya announces her retirement

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Russian European Champion, Darya Svatkovskaya announces her retirement from Rhythmic Gymnastics due to a serious spine injury.

“I don’t know how I will live now without Rhythmic Gymnastics”

Since she was a junior gymnast (European junior champion with group) her career is really successful. But she made her breakthrough in 2013, since Moscow Grand Prix 2013. She represented Russia in 2013 Vienna European Championships with hoop.
Darya is Oksana Skaldina’s daughter (bronze at Olympic Games 1992) and Dmitriy Svatkovsky (silver at Olympic Games 1992).
Her mother and coach Oksana Skaldina, could’t stop crying during Hoop medal Ceremony at European Championships Vienna.

“Thank you so much to all my coaches, Irina Alexandrovna Viner, Anna Shumilova and my mum. Thank you also to my choreographers, doctors, Oleg Naumov for your amazing picture”

“I don’t know how I will live now without Rhythmic Gymnastics”

“Take advantage of what you have now in this moment, because maybe next day, you won’t have it”

Results, Uncategorized

PanAmerican Championships 2014 Results

Canadian/Russian gymnast Patricia Bezzoubenko was the favorite for winning the gold medal in the All-Around programm, but Jasmine Kerber from U.S.A resulted as the winner. Patricia was the star at Commonwealth Games in Scotland in July by taking five of the six golds up for grabs.

The first five teams have the rights to compete with 2 gymnast in PanAmerican Games in 2015. This were Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and, the gold medallist, U.S.A.

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Jazzy Kerber of Highland Park, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center, picked up the gold medal in the individual all-around, being the most regular of the competition.
Her team mate, Rebecca Sereda got medal and Angelica Kvieczynski from Brazil, bronze.

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Apparatus Finals:

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Cynthia Valdez (MEX) holding her medals

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Alina Maksymenko’s Photosession for JetSetter

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Alina Maksymenko shows off her new photosession for Ukrainian magazine, JetSetter with some other celebrities like Masha Sobko. This editorial was made to express their patriotism, how they do love their country and support their homeland. They are wearing yellow and blue clothes (Ukrainian flag colours). The project was presented in a glamorous cocktail in a luxury hotel in Kiev.

All photos, copyright by JetSetter.ua

Source: JetSetter.ua

 

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Information about Youth Olympic Games 2014

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Fourty-eight gymnasts from all around te world will compete next week in Nanjing, China for becoming Second Summer Olympic Champion. They compete in two events: individual all-around and group all-around. In the individual all-around there will be four apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon. In the group all-around there will be two apparatus: 5 hoops and 10 clubs.

There will be 18 gymnasts competing in the individual all-around and six groups of five gymnasts in the group all-around.
Finals: The top eight ranked gymnasts from the qualification qualify for the individual all-around final. The top four ranked groups from the qualification qualify for the group all-around final.

Since 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, there have been a few changes. Groups consists of 5 gymnasts instead of five and individuals will compete with ribbon instead of rope.

Last Youth Olympic Games champions were:

Individual: Alexandra Merkulova (RUS)
Groups: Russia: Alina Makararenko, Kseniya Dudkina, Olga Ilina and Karolina Sevastyanova

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When it will be?

It will be from 26 to 27 August, 2014

Where it will be?

Second Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held in the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium

Schedule

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Livestream

http://www.olympic.org,www.olympic.tv
http://www.youtube.com/olympics

Participants

Gymnasts who was qualified for YOG in Nanjing
http://www.nanjing2014.org/

AMERICA :
1 – Laura Zeng (USA)
2 – Edna Garcia (MEX)
3 – Mayra Tiago Sineriz (BRA)
Group CAN

ASIA :
1 – Yelizaveta Mainovskaya (KAZ)
2 – Anora Davlyatova (UZB)
3 – Olivia Tai (MAS)
4 – Takana Tatsuwana (JPN)
Yating Zhao (CHN)
Groups UZB, KAZ

EUROPE:
1 – Irina Annenkova (RUS)
2 – Mariya Trubach (BLR)
3 – Erika Zafirova (BUL)
4 – Valeria Khanina (UKR)
5 – Ana Luiza Filioranu (ROM)
6 – Linoy Ashram (ISR)
7 – Nikoleta Dulgeru (MDA)
Group RUS, BUL

AFRICA :
1 – Hana Hassan (EGY)
2 – Shannon Gardner (RSA)
3 – Basma El Yazad (MAR)
Group EGY

Drawing of lots/Startlist

Youth Olympic Games 2014: Drawing of Lots / Startlists

 

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Information about Pan American Championships 2014

2014 Senior Pan American Championships (and UPAG qualification for the 2015 Pan American Games) for RG, TR and MAG & WAG will be held at Hershey Centre in the city of Mississauga, Ontario (Canada).
Dates for the events are August 20 – September 1, starting with RG, followed by TR and ending with MAG & WAG.

Rhythmic gymnastics events start today until 22nd of August.

Schedule

  • 20th of August: Qualifications
  • 21st of August: All-Around Finals
  • 22nd of August: Apparatus Finals

 

Tickets

http://www.ticketmaster.ca/2014-sr-pan-am-gynmastics-championship-mississauga-ontario/event/10004D06B3856BC5?artistid=2026160&majorcatid=10004&minorcatid=206&tm_link=venue_msg-0_10004D06B3856BC5

Live scores

http://www.score2u.com/default.aspx

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Team U.S.A from left to right: Aliya Protto, Jasmine Kerber, Rebecca Sereda and Cindy Lu