News

Eleonora Romanova talks about training in Novogorsk

July 31, 2016 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

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

News

Russian Team is already in Brazil

July 30, 2016 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

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, Margarita Mamun, as individual Senior Gymnasts
Anastasiya Maksimova, Anastasiya Bliznyuk, Vera Biryukova, Anastasiya Tatareva and Mariya Tolkacheva, as Senior Group Gymnasts

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”

Results

World Cup Berlin 2016 All-Around Results

July 2, 2016 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Facts, News

Interview to Natalia García

June 30, 2016 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Photo by Alberto López

Natalia García Timofeeva is an individual senior gymnast from Spain. Right now she is the second gymnast of the team, just behind Carolina Rodríguez. Natalia is training in Sant Cugat (where Almudena Cid did) with her coaches Toni and Iratxe since she was 9 years old.

“Almudena Cid is an icon for me. When they invited me to train with her I didn’t realize how great she was”

Natalia García was a star during last World Cup that was held in Guadalajara, Spain:

“When I compete in Spain I feel that I really need to do it well. It is difficult to deal with the tension. My execution is mechanic. I don’t need to think. If I think in a different thing, then it is when the error comes.”

“How can I describe myself? I think that I am a different gymnast. I can say that my elements are quite rare and this is because of my charisma. I want to attract attention from the judges and of course, the audience.”

Source: Rtve.es

Information

Information about World Cup Berlin 2016

June 29, 2016 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Participants

Starting List

Individual Qualification
Hoop Ball

Group A – FRI 01 July 2016 14h07

1/OC SMIRNOV Karin GER
2/OC KOEHN Nathalie GER
3/OC DIAKOV Elina GER
4 STANIOUTA Melitina BLR
5 JUNG Laura GER
6 PRINCE Danielle AUS
7 DIAZ Karla MEX
8 BEZZOUBENKO Patricia CAN
9 HALKINA Katsiaryna BLR
10 RIZATDINOVA Ganna UKR
11 GAUDIO Natalia BRA
12 ASHIRBAYEVA Sabina KAZ
13 KRATOCHWILL Spela SLO
14 RIVKIN Neta ISR
15 BJELIC Adisa BIH
16 AVERINA Dina RUS
17 KIS Alexandra HUN

Group B – FRI 01 July 2016 16h00

1 UCHIDA Katherine CAN
2 FEELEY Camilla USA
3 MINAGAWA Kaho JPN
4 GENERALOVA Nastasya USA
5 GERGALO Rebecca FIN
6 LLANA GARCIA Sara ESP
7 SARYBAY Aidana KAZ
8 RUPRECHT Nicol AUT
9 BEREZKO-MARGGRANDER Jana GER
10 SHELIA Viktoria GEO
11 BERTOLINI Veronica ITA
12 PAZHAVA Salome GEO
13 HALFORD Laura GBR
14 AVERINA Arina RUS
15 RODRIGUEZ Carolina ESP
16 MAZUR Viktoriia UKR
17 VEINBERG FILANOVSKY Victoria ISR

Individual Qualification
Clubs Ribbon

Group B – SAT 02 July 2016 12h11

1/OC SMIRNOV Karin GER
2/OC KOEHN Nathalie GER
3/OC DIAKOV Elina GER
4 SHELIA Viktoria GEO
5 BERTOLINI Veronica ITA
6 PAZHAVA Salome GEO
7 HALFORD Laura GBR
8 AVERINA Arina RUS
9 RODRIGUEZ Carolina ESP
10 MAZUR Viktoriia UKR
11 VEINBERG FILANOVSKY Victoria ISR
12 UCHIDA Katherine CAN
13 FEELEY Camilla USA
14 MINAGAWA Kaho JPN
15 GENERALOVA Nastasya USA
16 GERGALO Rebecca FIN
17 LLANA GARCIA Sara ESP
18 SARYBAY Aidana KAZ
19 RUPRECHT Nicol AUT
20 BEREZKO-MARGGRANDER Jana GER

Group A – SAT 02 July 2016 14h06

1 RIZATDINOVA Ganna UKR
2 GAUDIO Natalia BRA
3 ASHIRBAYEVA Sabina KAZ
4 KRATOCHWILL Spela SLO
5 RIVKIN Neta ISR
6 BJELIC Adisa BIH
7 AVERINA Dina RUS
8 KIS Alexandra HUN
10 STANIOUTA Melitina BLR
12 JUNG Laura GER
13 PRINCE Danielle AUS
14 DIAZ Karla MEX
15 BEZZOUBENKO Patricia CAN
16 HALKINA Katsiaryna BLR

Group Qualification – FRI 01 July 2016, 17h26

5 Ribbons

1 BRA
2 FIN
3 GER
4 BLR
5 UKR
6 ISR
7 JPN

Group Qualification – SAT 02 July 2016, 15h32

Clubs + Hoops

1 GER
2 FIN
3 UKR
4 BRA
5 JPN
6 BLR
7 ISR

Gymnast of the week

Aleksandra Soldatova: World Cup Guadalajara 2016

June 29, 2016 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Aleksandra “Sasha” Soldatova was born in Pushkino, Russia, eighteen years ago. Sasha brought into international competitions since 2011. Her career is excellent: European Champion (Team) in 2012, Junior Russian Champion, European and World Champion with team.

In her early career, she moved close to Moscow and started training with Anna Shumilova (Dyachenko) in Dynamo Dmitrov. Over the last years, many Rhythmic Gymnastics Stars trained here such as Olympic Champion Alina Makarenko, World Champion Darya Kondakova or Master in Sports Adel Galina, Veronika Polyakova and Ekaterina Malygina.

These pictures were taken during World Cup Series in Guadalajara, Spain in June 2016. Spanish audience was crazy about Sasha and she was really glad to be in Spain.

Photographer Copyright Twitter @dani_foto

Competitions, News

World Cup Guadalajara 2016: Finals Results

June 5, 2016 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Event finals begin this afternoon in Guadalajara, the last stage of World Cup Series just before European Championships that are held in Holon in two weeks.

HOOP FINAL

Margarita Mamun RUS 19,250
Aleksandra Soldatova RUS 19,050
Anna Rizatdinova UKR 18,950
Yeon Jae Son KOR 18,800
Melitina Staniouta BLR 18,600
Katsiaryna Halkina BLR 18,500
Neviana Vladinova BUL 18,000
Salome Pazhava GEO 17,700

BALL FINAL

Aleksandra Soldatova RUS 19,100
Anna Rizatdinova UKR 19,000
Son Yeon Jae KOR 18,700
Margarita Mamun RUS 18,550
Melitina Staniouta BLR 18,300
Katsiaryna Halkina BLR 18,250
Salome Pazhava GEO 18,250
Kaho Minagawa JPN 17,150
Yeon Jae Son KOR 18,700

5 RIBBONS

BLR 17,850
BUL 17,450
UKR 17,100
AZE 16,950
BRA 16,850
ESP 17,150
JPN withdraws

CLUBS FINAL

Margarita Mamun RUS 19,250
Aleksandra Soldatova RUS 19,200
Anna Rizatdinova BLR 19,000
Yeon Jae Son KOR 18,750
Melitina Staniouta BLR 18,750
Katsiaryna Halkina BLR 18,450
Salome Pazhava GEO 18,350

Carolina Rodríguez ESP 16,800

RIBBON FINAL

Margarita Mamun RUS 19,200
Melitina Staniouta BLR 18,650
Aleksandra Soldatova RUS 18,550
Yeon Jae Son KOR 18,450
Anna Rizatdinova UKR 18,200
Marina Durunda AZE 18,200
Salome Pazhava GEO 16,900
Natalia García ESP 16,400

6 CLUBS 2 HOOPS

BLR 18,350
BUL 18,050
ESP 17,850
UKR 17,600
AZE 17,350
BRA 17,050
JPN withdraws

Aleksandra Soldatova (RUS)

Competitions, News

International Junior Tournament Guadalajara 2016: Finals

June 5, 2016 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

International Junior Tournament of Guadalajara concludes today with EF Finals. Belarus gold yesterday, followed by Russia and Ukraine. One of the favorites, Mariya Sergeeva from Russia scored 16,150, while an error during her hoop routine got her in second position, just behind an amazing Khrystina Pohranychna from Ukraine.

Another audience’s favorite, Olena Dyachenko, who reminds Anastasiya Mulmina’s line got a low ball score due to an error (ball out of the carpet).

Spanish gymnasts, Sofía Zanón, María Año and Alicia Fernández perform regular and solid routines.

Team Belarus, who is another of the favorites with Alina Harnasko who won two finals out of three.

Sumire Kita is the new rising star from Japanese Junior team, getting bronze medal in clubs final just behind Alina Harnasko and Mariya Sergeeva.