Happy Birthday Carolina Rodríguez
Today’s Birthday: Carolina Rodríguez Ballesteros, senior individual gymnast from Spain.
Carolina competed for Spain since 2001, when she joined National Team. Her first major international competition was at Madrid (World Championships
Madrid World Championships 2001
Her first and actual coach is Ruth Fernández. Carolina shared a lot of great experiences with Ruth through her career.
Ruth Fernández and Carolina
In 2004, Carolina competed in Athens Olymmpic Games with the group (7th position). In 2007 she announced she would stop doing gymnastics. A year after she just competed in national competitions. In 2009 she was back in national team as Senior individual, winning several medals: bronze medal in World Cup Corbeil Final and bronze medal in AA Mediterranean Games in Pescara. Unfortunatly, she sprained her ankle in 2009, and once again in 2010.
Carolina at World Cup Corbeil 2009
In 2012 she was in London Olympic Games, obtaining a 14th position. After Olympic Games, Carolina underwent surgery in her ankle.
Carolina at London Olympic Games 2012
2013 could be a successful year for Carolina: for the moment, she won Spanish Queen’s Cup and “Miss Expression” prize at World Cup Minsk. She will compete aswell next week in European Championships in senior category. Good luck!
Hoy es el cumpleaños de Carolina Rodríguez Ballesteros, gimnasta individual senior española.
Carolina comenzó su carrera internacional en el año 2001. Ese mismo año compitió junto con Almudena Cid y Jennifer Colino en el campeonato del Mundo, Madrid 2001, siendo así su debut internacional en una competición de tal magnitud.
Carolina Rodríguez y Jennifer Colino en la exhibición realizada al final de la Vitry Cup (Zaragoza) 2003
Foto Copyright: Patricia Sainz de la Maza
Carolina Rodríguez en sus inicios
En el año 2004, Carolina compitió con el conjunto, obteniendo una 7º plaza. En el 2007, anunció su retirada de la gimnasia. A pesar de ello, el año siguiente, se animó a competir en diferentes torneos nacionales. Finalmente, desde el año 2009 Carolina vuelve a formar parte del equipo nacional, siendo este año para ella de éxito: medalla de bronce en la Copa del Mundo de Corbeil (final de pelota) y medalla de bronce también en los Juegos Mediterráneos. Desafortunadamente, Carolina arrastró una lesión de ligamento de tobillo desde esta época, que concluiría con una cirugía en el año 2012, tras las Olimpiadas de Londres, en donde obtuvo una 14º plaza.
Campeonato del Mundo Mie 2009
El año 2013 parece ser un año agraciado para Carolina, ya que de momento, ha ganado diferentes medallas en la Copa de la Reina (España) y el premio a “Miss Expresividad” en la Copa del Mundo de Minsk. Asímismo, competirá con todos los aparatos como gimnasta individual senior la semana que viene en el Campeonato de Europa de Viena. Deseamos a Carolina y a todo el equipo español mucha suerte.
Campeonato de Europa Viena: Horarios
Martes 28 de mayo
- Llegada de delegaciones
Miércoles 29 de mayo
- Entrenamientos oficiales, desde las 8:00 am
Jueves 30 de mayo
- Entrenamientos oficiales, desde las 7:30 am
Viernes 31 de mayo
- 10:00-12:00 Conjuntos junior (primer pase)
- 14:00-16:30 Individual Senior – Competición I, Grupo C (aro y pelota)
- 16:45-19:15 Individual Senior – Competición I, Grupo B (aro y pelota)
- 19:15-19:45 Ceremonia de apertura
- 20:00-22:00 Individual Senior – Competición I, Grupo A (aro y pelota)
Sábado 1 de junio
- 10:00-12:00 Conjuntos junior (segundo pase)
- 12:15-12:45 Conjuntos junior – Entrega de medallas
- 14:00-16:30 Individual Senior – Competición I, Grupo B (mazas y cinta)
- 16:45-19:15 Individual Senior – Competición I, Grupo C (mazas y cinta)
- 19:30-21:30 Individual Senior – Competición I, Grupo A (mazas y cinta)
- 21:45-22:15 Competición senior – Entrega de medallas
Domingo 2 de junio
- 11:00 – 11:45 Conjuntos Junior – Final aparatos
- 11:55 – 12:10 Conjuntos Junior – Entrega de medallas
- 15:00 – 15:40 Individual Senior – Finales por apartos: Aro y Pelota
- 15:55 – Individual Senior – Entrega de medallas (aro y pelota)
- 16:05 – Individual Senior – Finales por aparatos: Mazas y cinta
- 17:00 – Individual Senior – Entrega de medallas (mazas y cinta)
- 17:15 – Gala y Ceremonia de clausura
* Los conjuntos tendrán además un entrenamiento oficial especial el Viernes día 31 de Mayo
Información sobre la delegación española:
Representantes INDIVIDUALES SENIOR:
- Carolina Rodríguez Ballesteros (Mazas, Cinta, Pelota y Aro)
2. Natalia García Timofeeva (Mazas, Pelota y Aro)
3. Eugenia Onopko Onopko (Cinta)
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Representantes CONJUNTO JUNIOR (5 aros):
- Paula Gómez
- Sara González
- Miriam Guerra
- Claudia Heredia
- Carmen Martínez
- Victoria Plaza
Miembros de la delegación:
Iratxe Aurrecoechea, Ruth Fernández, Yolanda Andrés, Mónica Ferrández y Camino Mateos.
El equipo español llegará a lo largo de la mañana del martes día 28 a Viena.
EC Vienna 2013: Schedule
European Union of Gymnastics has awarded the implementation of the Euro 2013 championships in rhythmic gymnastics at the Austrian Gymnastics Federation. Vienna is the most populous city in Austria and it is the seventh largest city in the European Union.
The selection of handsets is set in two-year intervals from the International Gymnastics composite. Five appliances stand for the individual and for the group competition for selection.
At the European Championship in Vienna 2013 the group routines will be staged for the junior category.
Each group of five athletes will show its performance with five hoops twice during the qualifying. The top eight groups will then compete in the finals.
Within the senior individual category the athletes will compete in the team contest where up to three athletes per
team show eight free programmes in total. The eight best gymnasts for each apparatus out of the team
contest will then compete in the finals.
Furthermore the three best performances of each gymnast out of the team contest are summed up and
the top 20 athletes of this assessment will be qualified for the individual team apparatus competition at
the European Championships 2014.
Schedule
Tuesday, 28th of May
Arrival of Delegations
Wednesday, 29 of May
08:00 Training, Hall D
19:00 Orientation session
Thursday, 30th of May
07:30 Training, Hall D
09:00 Judges Information meeting
12:15 Briefing SWISS
Friday, 31. May 10:00
Junior Group Competition (1st Presentation)
H all D
14:00 Senior Competition I, Group C (Hoop, Ball)
H all D
16:45 Senior Competition I, Group B (Hoop, Ball)
H all D
19:15 Opening Ceremony Hall D
20:00 Senior Competition I, Group A (Hoop, Ball)
H all D
Saturday, 1st of June
10:00 Junior Group Competition (2nd Presentation Hall D)
12:15 Award Ceremony: Junior Groups All Around, Hall D
14:00 Senior Competition I, Group B (Clubs, Ribbon) Hall D
16:45 Senior Competition I, Group C (Clubs, Ribbon) Hall D
19:30 Senior Competition I, Group A (Clubs, Ribbon) Hall D
21:45 Award Ceremony: Senior Team Competition, Hall D
Sunday, 2nd of June
11:00 Junior Group Apparatus Final
11:55 Award Ceremony
15:00 Senior Individual Apparatus Final,
(Hoop, Ball), Hall D
15:55 Award Ceremony Senior Individuals
(Hoop, Ball), Hall D
16:05 Senior Individual Apparatus Final (Clubs, Ribbon)
17:00 Award Ceremony Senior Individuals
(Clubs, Ribbon), Hall D
17:15 Gala + Closing Ceremony, Hall D
World Cup Minsk Finals
Groups Finals:
2 ribbons, 3 balls
1. BLR 17.716
2. RUS 17.233
3. BRA 16.133
4. ITA 14.216
5. POL 14.133
6. AZE 13.1333
7. KOR 10.933
10 clubs
1. ITA 17.3167
2. AZE 16.450
3. RUS 16.4333
4. BLR 15.900
5. BRA 15.566
6. POL 15.133
7. KOR 12.300
China didn’t participate
Senior Individual Finals:
Clubs
1. Melitina Staniouta BLR 18.1833
2. Yeon Jae Son KOar 17.9333
3. Yana Kudryavtseva RUS 17.9333
4. Darya Svatkovskaya RUS 17.750
5. Katsiaryna Halkina BLR 17.5333
6. Marina Durunda AZE 17.3333
7. Silviya Miteva BUL 17.0667
8. Neta Rivkin ISR 16.700
Ribbon
1. Melitina Staniouta BLR 18.167
2. Yana Kudryavtseva RUS 18.150
3. Darya Svatkovskaya RUS 17.767
4. Yeon Jae Son KOR 17.367
5. Marina Durunda AZE 17.250
6. Kseniya Moustafaeva FRA 17.133
7. Silviya Miteva BUL 17.067
8. Carolina Rodriguez ESP 16.700
Hoop
1. Darya Svatkovskaya RUS 18.000
2. Yeon Jae Son KOR 17.7167
3. Neta Rivkin ISR 17.5833
4. MarinaDurunda AZE 17.4667
5. Silviya Miteva BUL 17.400
6. Victoria Filanovsky ISR 17.2333
7. Kseniya Moustafaeva FRA 17.2167
8. Djamila Rakhmatova UZB 17.0333
Ball
1. Yana Kudryavstseva RUS 18.100
2. Darya Svatkovskaya RUS 17.866
3. Silviya Miteva BUL 17.766
4. Yeon Jae Son KOR 15.650
5. Katsiaryna Halkina BLR 17.500
6. Melitina Staniouta BLR 17.266
7. Marina Durunda AZE 17.016
8. Lala Yusifova AZE 14.333
Rhythmic Gymnastics Leotards
Leotards are the one-piece garment that gymnasts wear in their exercises. Since 2001, COP allows leotards with or without skirts and unitards (since 1993) . The skirt should fall down on the hips and “tutu shape” is forbidden. Its length should not go lower than the pelvis. Tights are also allowed. Some years ago, leotards were embroidered with sequins and glitter, but nowadays they could also have Swarovski crystals on them.
The design
Sketch property of https://www.facebook.com/pages/Leotards-maillots-mallas-rhythmic-gymnastics/132546370178995
Worn by Belarusian Team in 2011
Photo Copyright © Tom Theobald
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Close Ups
Leotard by http://gymnastics-fantastic.com/
Leotard by http://art-blesk.com/ru/
Worn by Eugenia Onopko (ESP)
Photo Copyright © Bernd Thierolf
Leotard by M. Dávide http://www.maillots-mdavide.com/
Worn by Silviya Miteva (BUL)
Leotard by M. Dávide http://www.maillots-mdavide.com/
Flower detail by http://art-blesk.com/ru/
Ready to wear
Leotard by http://gymnastics-fantastic.com/
In style of Russian group 2009
Leotard by http://art-blesk.com/ru/
Worn by Eugenia Onopko (ESP)
Lent leotard
Once in Thiais GP, Almudena Cid forgot her leotards at the hotel, so that Alina Kabaeva lent her leotard to her.
Photo Copyright © Tom Theobald
Photo Copyright © Tom Theobald
Photo Copyright © Miguelez Sports
Sold Leotards
Russian Leotards to Austrian Team
Caroline Weber (AUT)
Photos by Tom Theobald and Eileen Langsley
Nicol Ruprecht (AUT)
Photo (right) by Bernd Thierolf
Belarusian Leotards to Mexican Team
Verónica Navarro (MEX) and Liubov Cherkashyna (BLR)
Russian Leotards to Mexican Team
Russian Leotards to Cyprus
Darya Dmitrieva (RUS) and Chrystalleni Trikomiti (CYP)
Russian Leotards to U.S.A.
Darya Dmitrieva (RUS) and Rebecca Sereda (USA)
Russian Leotards to Romania 
World Cup Minsk: Qualifications
Junior Groups, first day of Qualification (Crystal Rose Tournament)
1. Russia 16,750
2. Belarus 16,500
3. Finland 15.150
4. Estonia 15,050
5. Latvia 14,750
6. Poland 13,700
Senior Groups, All- Around:
1. RUS 36.300
2. BLR 34.550
3. ITA 32.550
4. AZE 33.450
5. CHN 31.600
6. POL 28.250
7. BRA 27.350
8. KOR 25.950
10 clubs AA
1. RUS 18,100
2. BLR 17,050
3. AZE 16,350
4. ITA 16,300
5. CHI 15,850
6. POL 15,550
7. KOR 14,200
8. BRA 13,700
3 balls, 2 ribbons AA
1. RUS 18.200
2. BLR 17.700
3. ITA 16.250
4. AZE 16.100
5. CHN 15.750
6. BRA 13.650
7. POL 12.700
8. KOR 11.750
Senior Individuals
-First score is for hoop, second for ball, third for clubs and fourth for ribbon.
1 KUDRYAVTSEVA Yana RUS 16,300 18,483 18,500 18,267 71,550
2 SVATKOVSKAYA Daria RUS 18,233 17,633 17,600 17,867 71,333
3 STANIOUTA Melitina BLR 17,150 17,867 18,150 18,133 71,300
4 SON Yeon Jae KOR 17,267 17,833 17,750 17,683 70,533
5 MITEVA Silviya BUL 17,433 17,700 17,600 17,767 70,500
6 DURUNDA Marina AZE 17,167 16,900 17,400 17,433 68,900
7 RIVKIN Neta ISR 17,500 16,683 17,333 16,867 68,383
8 HALKINA Katsiaryna BLR 16,133 17,233 17,417 16,433 67,216
9 FILANOVSKY Victoria ISR 17,167 16,633 16,483 16,667 66,950
10 RAKHMATOVA Djamila UZB 17,283 16,417 16,100 16,433 66,233
11 RODRIGUEZ Carolina ESP 16,833 15,600 16,800 16,933 66,167
12 MOUSTAFAEVA Kseniya FRA 17,333 14,000 17,167 17,283 65,783
13 YUSIFOVA Lala AZE Ball 16,600 17,350 16,783 14,467 65,200
14 VOLKOVA Ekaterina FIN 15,517 16,500 16,517 16,417 64,950
15 FEBBO Federica ITA 16,317 16,017 16,667 15,733 64,733
16 GAMALEJEVA Jelizaveta LAT 16,000 16,167 15,750 15,967 63,883
17 LIUBOMEISCAIA Iuliana MDA 15,700 16,067 15,700 15,633 63,100
18 LU Cindy USA 15,500 15,867 15,850 15,667 62,883
19 CZARNIECKA Anna POL 15,833 15,133 15,883 15,600 62,450
20 KALLEMAA Carmel EST 16,333 16,117 14,650 15,300 62,400
21 RUSSO Alessia ITA 16,300 15,283 15,250 15,450 62,283
22 YANG Yuqing CHN 16,167 15,667 15,433 14,967 62,233
23 POH SAN Wong MAS 15,167 15,333 15,900 15,517 61,917
24 ASSYMOVA Aliya KAZ 15,717 16,200 15,000 14,650 61,567
25 HAYAKAWA Sakura JPN 14,700 15,167 14,500 15,667 60,033
26 SKORIKOVA Yekaterina KAZ 14,700 14,533 15,850 14,267 59,350
27 ALEVROGIANNI Kyriaki GRE 15,250 14,550 14,300 14,917 59,017
28 PROTTO Aliya USA 15,783 13,400 14,967 14,767 58,917
29 MICKOVA Monika CZE 15,033 14,767 14,717 14,300 58,817
30 POZO Andrea ESP 13,450 15,880 14,567 14,767 58,663
31 KUSEM Zeynep TUR 15,200 14,400 15,233 13,800 58,633
32 ROSTOM Sara Mohamed EGY 15,450 14,467 14,867 13,733 58,517
33 CHALOPIN Lucille FRA 13,850 12,667 15,200 16,667 58,384
34 ZAIN JALANY Fatin Zakirah MAS 14,683 13,533 14,733 14,467 57,417
35 MINAGAWA Kaho JPN 13,067 13,367 13,950 14,533 54,917
36 CUTINO AREAS Dailen CUB 14,033 13,067 12,867 12,167 52,133
37 SANCHEZ Michelle VEN 12,600 13,850 12,867 12,817 52,133
More information and Schedule: https://rhythmic-gymnastics.info/2013/04/22/world-cup-minsk-participants/
Livestream: http://www.gymnasticsdvd.de/live
Anna Rizatdinova Training World Cup Corbeil 2013
Training scenes of World Cup Corbeil-Essonnes 2013, Anna Rizatdinova (UKR) won AA.
Natalia Garcia Training World Cup Corbeil 2013
Training scenes from World Cup Corbeil: Natalia García ESP
World Cup Corbeil 2013 Medal Ceremony: Finals
Funny moment at Clubs Ceremony…
World Cup Corbeil: Finals
Starlist for finals
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Results
Hoop Final
1. Margarita Mamun RUS 18.416
2. Anna Rizatdinova UKR 18.132
3. Alexandra Merkulova RUS 18.100
4. Melitina Staniouta BLR 18.050
5. Katsiaryna Halkina BLR 17.500
6. Senyue Deng CHN 17.483
7. Natalia Garcia ESP 17.166
8. Kseniya Moustafayeva FRA 15.883
Ball Final
1. Margarita Mamun RUS 18.366
2. Melitina Staniouta BLR 18.016
3. Anna Rizatdinova UKR 18.000
4. Alexandra Merkulova RUS 17.733
5. Senyue Deng CHN 17.583
6. Kseniya Moustafaeva FRA 17.400
7. Katsiaryna Halkina BLR 16.950
8. Alina Maksymenko UKR 16.633
Clubs Final
1. Anna Rizatdinova UKR 18.266
2. Margarita Mamun RUS 18.233
3. Melitina Staniouta BLR 18.133
4. Alexandra Merkulova RUS 18.000
5. Alina Maksymenko UKR 17.866
6. Senyue Deng CHN 17.733
7. Katsiaryna Halkina BLR 16.833
8. Kseniya Moustafayeva FRA 16.716
Ribbon Final
1. Margarita Mamun RUS 18.450
2. Anna Rizatdinova UKR 18.016
3. Alexandra Merkulova RUS 18.000
4. Alina Maksymenko UKR 17.666
5. Kseniya Moustafayeva FRA 17.316
6. Melitina Staniouta BLR 17.250
7. Rebecca Sereda USA 16.633
8. Katsiaryna Halkina BLR 14.083 (knot)
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