Veronica Bertolini (ITA)
Melitina Staniouta (BLR)
Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS)
Anna Rizatdinova (UKR)
Nicol Ruprecht (AUT)
Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS)
Margarita Mamun (RUS)
Neta Rivkin (ISR)
Neta Rivkin (ISR)
Eleonora Romanova (UKR)*
Varvara Filiou (GRE)
She is an 8 time Greek National All-around Champion and one of Greece’s most succesful rhythmic gymnast.
Marina Durunda (AZE)
Marina is the three time Azeri National Champion. These are her first Olympic Games.
Marina Durunda (AZE)
Son Yeon-Jae (KOR)
She had her highest placement finishing 4th in the all-around at the 2014 World Championships. These will be her second Olympic Games.
Son Yeon-Jae (KOR)
Shang Rong (CHN)
Shang qualified during Olympic Test Event in Rio on April.
Shang Rong (CHN)
Veronica Bertolini (ITA)
Veronica is three-time Italian Champion.
Veronica Bertolini (ITA)
Nicol Ruprecht (AUT)
Austria’s most successful rhythmic gymnast.
Nicol Ruprecht (AUT)
Ana Luiza Filiorianu (ROM)
Three-time Romanian National Champion.
Ana Luiza Filiorianu (ROM)
Anastasiya Serdyukova (UZB)
She is the all-around bronze medalist at the 2014 Asian Games.
Kaho Minagawa (JPN)
Fourth at Asian Games All-Around
Kaho Minagawa (JPN)
Laura Zeng (USA)
YOG all-around bronze medalist. Current US National Champion.
Laura Zeng (USA)
Neta Rivkin (ISR)
Neta is the most succesful Rhythmic Gymnast in Israel. These will be her third Olympic Games.
Neta Rivkin (ISR)
Melitina Staniouta (BLR)
Melitina is the current Belarus National Champion and three-time, World All-around bronze medalist and the European Games All-around bronze medalist. She will fight for a medal in Rio.
Melitina Staniouta (BLR)
Ekaterina Volkova (FIN)
Ekaterina qualified for Olympics in “Rio Prepares” event. These will be her first Olympic Games.
Ekaterina Volkova (FIN)
Neviana Vladinova (BUL)
She is the current number 8 in World Ranking.
Neviana Vladinova (BUL)
Kseniya Moustafaeva (FRA)
Kseniya is the three-time France National Champion.
Kseniya Moustafaeva (FRA)
Jana Berezko-Marggrander (GER)
These will be her second Olympic Games (third if we include Youth Olympic Games, were she was the bronze medallist).
Jana Berezko-Marggrander (GER)
Danielle Prince (AUS)
Danielle is five time Australian Champion. She was Oceania’s highest ranked competitor at last year’s World Championships. She is qualified through a continental wildcard.
Danielle Prince (AUS)
Natalia Azevedo Gaudio (BRA)
She is the 2014 All-around silver medalist and qualified through a wildcard entry for the Olympic Games as an automatic berth for the host country of the Olympics.
Natalia Gaudio (BRA)
Sabina Ashirbayeva (KAZ)
Ashirbayeva won an Olympics license by finishing first amongst a top 8 selection of highest score for non qualified gymnasts at the Olympic Test Event
Sabina Ashirbayeva (KAZ)
Carolina Rodríguez (ESP)
She is the oldest contender (30 years old). She got her qualification for Rio in World Championships last year.
Carolina Rodríguez (ESP)
Salome Pazhava (GEO)
She is Georgia’s most successful rhythmic gymnast after Irina Gabashvili and the first Georgian rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in a World Cup Stage.
Salome Pazhava (GEO)
Anna Rizatdinova (UKR)
She is the 2013 World All-around silver medalist, the 2014 World All-around bronze medalist and two-time (2014, 2016) European All-around bronze medalist. She is fighting for a medal in Rio.
Anna Rizatdinova (UKR)
Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS)
She is the youngest World Champion (Record holder) and favorite for gold in Rio Olympics
Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS)
Katsiaryna Halkina (BLR)
She is medalist of Europea and World Championships and the second gymnast from Belarus who qualified for Rio.
Katsiaryna Halkina (BLR)
Elyane Boal (CPV)
She has been selected to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games after South African’s gymnastics federation refused to Grace Legote’s wildcard.
Elyane Boal (CPV)
Margarita Mamun (RUS)
Current World and European Team champion, Rita is fighting for a medal in Rio.
Margarita Mamun (RUS)
Since the beggining of the year, Eleonora Romanova, who compited for Ukraine last year, is living in Russia. Right now, Elya is living in National Gymnastics Center, Novogorsk, sharing room with Darya Priddanikova and Karina Kuznetsova.
Her coach is Evgeniya Kanaeva, twice Olympic Champion (Beijing and London), who is working on Romanova’s routines. For the moment, she is training her new ball and ribbon routines since Elya could not compete for Russian until 2017.
“The conditions are much better in Russia: we start the sessions during the morning and in my opinion, training are more effective”
The last words said by UKR Gymnastics Federation about Elya’s situation was:
“To sum up : Eleonora Romanova was staying with her parents in Krasnodon (region of Lugansk) after New Year and the coaches of the National team have been shocked to find out of her presence in Russia. Currently, neither the gymnast nor her parents have reached out to Ukrainian RG Federation and never informed the Federation of the wish to change citizenship”
Source: gymnasticsclub.eu
Elizaveta Nazarenkova (UZB)
Neviana Vladinova (BUL)
Kseniya Mousafaeva (FRA)
Laura Halford (GBR)
Marina Durunda (AZE)
Melitina Staniouta (BLR)
Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS)
Russian Group training in Brazil
Photo by Dmitry Kornev
Olympic Russian Team of Rhythmic Gymnastics is finaly not banned by the IOC, as some newspapers said a week ago. The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the teleconference has decided not to suspend the entire Russian team to participate in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. This committee gave full authority on the admission of specific athletes and teams in some sports international federations. At the meeting, the President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Alexander Zhukov. He assured that Russia and the ROC will cooperate with all international organizations, commissions of the IOC and WADA in all directions.
Early this week, Russian team flied to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for Olympic Preparation.
The gymnasts who are in the entry list of Rio are:
Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS)
Margarita Mamun (RUS)
“We are really happy we could compete in Rio. We were afraid of IOC’s decision. We have never tested positive and we would never do”
Kseniya Moustafeva (FRA)
Valeriya Pischelina (BLR)
Marina Durunda (AZE)
Elizaveta Nazarenkova (UZB)
Viktoriya Mazur (UKR)
Anna Rizatdinova (UKR)
Neta Rivkin (ISR)
Yevgeniya Gomon (UKR)
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