Competitions

Slovenian Challenge Ljubljana

November 16, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Where will it be?

It will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia

When will it be

It will be on Saturday 16th of November

Livestream

Livestream by Marc: http://gymnasticsdvd.de/live

Official Website

http://www.ksrg-siska.net

Schedule

9:30 Girls 1 Competition
10:30 Girls 2 Competition
12:30 Pre-Junior Competition
13:45 Break
15:00 Opening Ceremony
15:15 Junior Individual Competition
16:30 Senior Individual Competition
18:30 Medal Ceremony

Startlist

Click to access 15th-Slovenian-Challenge-Tournament-Start-list.pdf

Memories

2013 Highlights

November 14, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

The brightest moments of this year, in pictures

Alina Maksymenko (UKR) won bronze medal at World Championships
Photo Copyright Olivier Aubrais

One of the most experienced gymnast nowadays, Carolina Rodríguez, gold medal at Mediterranean Games

Epic moment for Spanish group who won gold medal at World Cup Lisbon.

Bulgarian gymnast, Simona Peycheva is back to gymnastics after 5 years.

Darya Svatkovskaya (RUS) won gold medal in hoop at European Championships Vienna

Anna Rizatdinova (UKR) won All-Around at Corbeil-Essonnes World Cup

The audience (Euskalgym) giving a standing ovation to Alina Maksymenko. She will retire at the end of the year.
Photo Copyright FotoSport

Silviya Miteva announces her retirement

Team UKR won silver medal at European Championships Vienna

Fatal error for Ukrainian group during World Championships

Gymnast of the week

Gymnast of the week: Darya Svatkovskaya

November 4, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Darya Svatkovskaya is the brand new Russian Champion. Since she was a junior gymnast, her career is really successful. But she made her breakthrough this year, since Moscow Grand Prix 2013.

Her best apparatus is the hoop. She won gold medal with this apparatus at the European Championships this year in Vienna and also was her best score at Russian Championships.

This year, Dasha is turning 17 years old in December as a double European Champion: Junior (Minsk 2011) and Senior (Vienna 2013).

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.

Hoop Podium European Championships Vienna

Darya and her father

Darya and her mother, former gymnast Oksana Skaldina – Grand Prix Thiais 2013
Photo Copyright: Oleg Naumov

Last weekend, Dasha became Russian All-Around Champion, before her team mates Elizaveta Nazarenkova who was 2nd and Anna Trubnikova who was 3rd.

Russian Championships All-Around Results:

Russian Championships AA Podium: from left to right: Elizaveta nazarenkova, Darya Svatkovskaya, Anna Trubnikova.

Darya Svatkovskaya
Elizaveta Nazarenkova
Anna Trubnikova
Maria Titova
Ekaterina Vedeneeva
Alexandra Soldatova
Kristina Dinina
Diana Ibragimova
Nataliya Bulychëva
Ekaterina Chukalina
Elizaveta Sorokovaya
Ekaterina Kuvaldina
Elizaveta Ilyuhina
Yuliya Zakharova
Anastasiya Kadochnikova
Elena Banina
Maria Pavlova
Nadezhda Akhulova
Anna Kochetova
Mariya Mal’steva

Darya Svatkovskaya- Berlin Masters 2013
Photo Copyright: Dirk Zimmermann

Russian Junior team won Gold medal at European Championships Minsk 2011
Photo Copyright: Motusmedia

Russian Junior Group and their coach Inna Bystrova (red)

Training

Russian Championships 2010.

Results

Happy Cup 2013 Results

October 27, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Senior Individual

Junior Individual

Results

Aeon Cup 2013 Results

October 25, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

First Round Results, Clubs Competition:

First Round Results, Senior Individual Competition:

First Round Results, Junior Individual Competition:

Yana Kudryavtseva and Margarita Mamun (Russia) at press conference

2nd Round Club vs Club Results

Sunday Results

Information

Happy Cup 2013

October 25, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Where will it be?

It will be in Gent, Belgium.

When will it be?

It will be from 25th to 27th of October.

Schedule

Friday, 25th of October 2013
11:15h – Benjamins (1 Routine)
13:30h – Hopes (1 Routine)
15:00h – Juniors Group A (2 Routines)
16:45h – Juniors Group B (2 Routines)
18:00h – Opening Ceremony
18:10h – Seniors Group A (2 Routines)
20:40h – Seniors Group B (2 Routines)

Saturday 27th of October 2013
10:00h – Benjamins (2 Routines)
13:00h – Hopes (2 Routines)
15:00h – Juniors Group B (2 Routines)
16:45h – Juniors Group A (2 Routines)
18:00h – Seniors Group B (2 Routines)
20:30h – Seniors Group A (2 Routines)
22:00h – Medal Ceremony (All Categories)

Sunday 27 of October 2013
13:30h Finals
17:30h Gala
18:00h Medal Ceremony & Closing Ceremony

Starlist

Click to access startlist.pdf

Livestream

Livestream by Marc: http://gymnasticsdvd.de/live

Official Website

http://www.happygym.be/happycup

Gymnast of the week

Silviya Miteva

October 23, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Legendary Bulgarian gymnast, Silviya Miteva announces her retirement at the age of 27 years old.

Berlin Grand Prix was her last official competition, where she got gold in ribbon routine and bronze medal in All-around. After her amazing performance, she suddenly started crying and kissed her apparatus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWXZ5E1BNKk

Silviya is coached by her mother, Silviya Divcheva-Miteva, European and World Champion in Rhythmic Gymnastics.

Silviya Miteva and her mother

She became an international gymnast in 2003 (Budapest World Championships 2003), but her best results are from 2009 to 2013. Silviya is the oldest gymnast in the History of Rhythmic gymnastics that won a medal at European Championships (27 years old) and at World Championships (25 years old)

Silviya Miteva – World Championships Budapest 2003

Original ending for her 2003 clubs routine

Miteva is one of the most popular gymnasts for the audience. Her routines are a mix of expression and elegance.

Silviya’s turns are one of the most technical ones
Photo Copyright Tom Theobald

Achievements

Bronze medal at 2009 World Championships Mie 2009 (Ribbon)
Bronze medal at 2011 World Championships Montpellier 2011 (Ribbon)
Bronze medal at 2011 World Championships Montpellier 2011 (Clubs)
Bronze medal at 2011 European Championships Minsk 2011 (Ribbon)
Bronze medal at 2013 European Championships Vienna 2013 (Ribbon)
Bronze medal at 2013 European Championships Vienna 2013 (Ball)

World Championships Mie 2009

London Olympic games 2012

Calendar

Provisional Calendar 2014

October 22, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

23th-26th of January– L.A. Meeting “La Lights” – Los Angeles, U.S.A.

21st-24th of February–Asian Junior Championships – Kuala Lumpur (Malasya)

14th-16th of March– World Cup Debrecen (Cat.B) – Debrecen (Hungary)
22nd- 23rd of March– World Cup Stuttgart (Cat.B) – Stuttgart (Germany)

3rd-6th of April– World Cup Lisbon (Cat.B) – Lisbon (Portugal)
11th-13th of April– World Cup Pesaro (Cat.B) – Pesaro (Italy)

9th-11th of May– World Cup Corbeil-Essonnes (Cat.B) – Corbeil-Essonnes (France)
22nd-24th of May– World Cup Tashkent (Cat.B)/ Happy Caravan Cup – Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

30th of May-1st of June– World Cup Minsk (Cat.B) – Minsk (Belarus)

24th of July- 1st of August– XXth Commonwealth Games – Glasgow (U.K.)

9th- 10th of August — World Cup Sofia (Cat.A) – Sofia (Bulgaria)
16th-18th of August — Youth Olympic Games – Nanjing (China)

5th- 7th September– World Cup Kazan (Cat.B) – Kazan (Russia)
17th of September- 4th of October — Asian Games – Incheon (Korea)
21st-28th of September- World Championships – Izmir (Turkey)

Facts

Emotions in Rhythmic Gymnastics

October 21, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Rhythmic Gymnastics is more than a sport. Is an art that combines technical movements with expression and handling of an apparatus. This new code includes dancing steps and artistic more than the previous codes.

Anna Bessonova

Anna Bessonova was one of the most emotional gymnast and so that one of the most popular for the audience. She could perform both an elegant routine (Swan Lake) or a modern one (The Matrix).

Sometimes you can’t stop your feelings: