World Championships Stuttgart 2015: Information

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Margarita Mamun (RUS)

World Championships is the most important date of this preolympic year. It will be held in Stuttgart from the 7th to the 13th of September both individual and groups.

The first fifteen gymnasts and 8 groups will qualify to Olympic Games in Rio. The second opportunity to qualify will be next year at the PreOlympic Games.

Drawing of Lots

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Team Ukraine before European Games

 

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Viktoriya Mazur UKR

Team Ukraine is really looking forward the first European Games thar are going to be held in Baku this month.

“We would like to compete well and make our flag raise. We are working very hard for it. Coaches are trying also to correct all of our mistakes”

Our motto is “the main thing is to always believe”

Last weekend, the whole team had a control training looking forward European Games. The gymnasts that will represent Ukraine in European Games are:

– Anna RIZATDINOVA – individual Senior Gymnast

– Eleonora ROMANOVA – individual Senior Gymnast

– Yevgeniya GOMON – group Senior Gymnast

– Alena DMITRASH – group Senior Gymnast

– Viktoriya MAZUR – group Senior Gymnast

– Aleksandra GRIDASOVA – group Senior Gymnast

– Valeriya GUDYM – group Senior Gymnast

– Anastasiya VOZNYAK – group Senior Gymnast

 

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Yevgeniya Gomon UKR

“We would like to say thank you to all fans that support us, without them we would not be able to do all these. We would want the whole Ukraine to join us on the way to the First European Games .”

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Eleonora Romanova UKR

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Anna Rizatdinova UKR

Source: Ukranian Gymnastics Federation

Interview to Margarita Mamun before Europen Games

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Russian European and World Champion, Margarita Mamun, talks about her sports career.

Margarita, how is your preparation to European Games going?

– I’ve just come back from Berlin Grand Prix and I am really happy since I got 4 first positions. My ribbon routine was the only which I didn’t get a medal. Right now, we have a really short break and then we work out for the European Games.

Your teammate Yana Kudryatseva couldn’t attend to Berlin Grand Prix due to exams. What about you?

– Yana is passing exams to attend to University next year. I did these exams two years ago, that’s why I could compete at Universiade in Kazan. I am sure Yana will get good scores so that she could join National University.

Do you talk to other gymnasts during competitions

– I try to be in touch with other gymnasts who speak Russian Language via social networks. I have to say that I speak a lot with Neta Rivkin from Israel.

– How is your daily routine?

– I wake up and then I got ready while I listen to music. If we are in a competition, we go for a walk after it if we can.

– How is the audience from Azerbaijan?

– They are always very nice with us, as I can remember from European Championships in Baku in 2014. I hope it is the same for European Games.

– Yana Kudryatseva is a very good friend of you. How is your relationship during competitions?

– We are fighting for our country: Russia. But I have to say that I remember when Yana’s ribbon music suddenly stop playing at World Championships in Kiev, I started to cry.

– Will your routines have changes this year?

– Irina Zenovka, our choreographer chose a music of Scorpions for my new routine, that will be seen in World Championships in September. I will also have a new leotard.

Rhythmic Gymnastics and Fashion: Sofia Tesmenitskaya

imageSofia Tesmenitskaya for Dolce & Gabbana Fall- Winter ’15/’16

Russian former gymnast, Sofia Tesmenitskaya is now working as a supermodel all around the world. Sofia has a look that calls to mind fellow Russian model Eugenia Volodina, but with own her particular style. She has already strong features, like being opener of Jil Sander’s Fall/Winter 15/16 in Milan. Other works were: Dolce and Gabbana F/W 15-16, Christian Dior F/W 15-16, Chanel F/W 15, Celine F/W 15-16, Saint Laurent F/W 15 among others like Calvin Klein or Valentino.

Before she made her runway debut and becoming a new face in fashion world, Sofia was a member of the National Team of Russia in Rhyhmic Gymnastics, attending to several international tournaments. The most important one, was World Cup Kalamata in 2011 as a member of Senior Group with Karolina Sevastyanova, Daria Kadenkova, Ellina Tregubova, Anastasiya Bliznyuk and Nadezhda Akulova.

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Sofia ended up her gymnast career in 2012 and is focused now in her success as a supermodel. Her favorite shows this year were Saint Laurent romantic punk style show and Dolce and Gabbana old spanish- mums inspired fashion show. Sofia was called about two hours before the show and she even didn’t do the fitting or casting “it must be a mistake”- she said. But it wasn’t and actually she wore one of the most beautiful outfits in the show.

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Dolce and Gabbana F/W 15-16

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Dior Resort 15

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Christian Dior F/W 15-16

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Saint Laurent F/W 15-16

Other examples of former gymnasts that now work as a model are:

Nataliya Bulycheva (Russian National team and junior champion) now works for Elite Paris, Milan and Avant Models.
Mar González, Spanish new face, Givenchy Fall/Winter fashion show opener. Mar competed in Spanish Nationals and trained at the same club as Eugenia Onopko.
Elena Sudakova, worked for the best designers in the world and was a member of Russian team since 1999 to 2002.

Amina Zaripova answers fans questions

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Former gymnast, Amina Zaripova works nowadays as a coach in Russia, with notable trainees as Anna Trubnikova, Yana Lukonina and  currently, Margarita Mamun. “Sportvisor.ru” purpose fans to send questions to Amina. Here are some facts about Zaripova that you maybe didn’t know:

– “If there was a meal I could choose not to live without I would say meat. I can’t live without it! ”

– “Rita and I have a ritual before going onto the carpet, like every gymnast. But this is private”

– “Margarita is a good girl, well educated and delicate. She has a lot of fans, people who follows and cheers for her”

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At this moment, Amina Vasilevna is the head coach of World Champion Margarita Mamun (2013, 2014) and European Champion (2013, 2015).