Portraits

The most beautiful portraits – back in time. Each professional picture instills feelings. Could you describe them?

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Anna Bessonova (UKR) / World Championships Budapest 2003
Photo Copyright Bernd Thierolf

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Olga Belova (RUS) / Grand Prix Berlin 2001
Photo Copyright Dirk Zimmermann

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Irina Tchachina (RUS) / World Championships Budapest 2003
Photo Copyright Bernd Thierolf

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Alina Kabaeva (RUS) / European Championships Geneve 2001

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Almudena Cid (ESP) and Liudmila Dmitrova / World Championships Budapest 2003
Photo Copyright Bernd Thierolf

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Evgeniya Kanaeva and Daria Dmitrieva (RUS) / European Championships Minsk 2011
Photo Copyright Viktorphoto

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Anna Rizatdinova (UKR)
Photo Copyright Enrico Della Valle

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Natalia García (ESP)
Photo Copyright: Fa Buleux

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Inna Zhukova (BLR)/ Grand Prix Innsbruck 2002
Photo Copyright Tom Theobald

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Liubov Cherkashina (BLR) /London Olympic Games 2012

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Dominika Cervenkova (CZE) / World Championships Budapest 2003
Photo Copyright Bernd Thierolf

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Almudena Cid /Jennifer Colino (ESP)
Photo Copyright TomTheobald

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Tamara Yerofeeva (UKR) / Grand Prix Innsbruck
Photo Copyright : Tom Theobald

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Svetlana Rudalova (BLR) / World Championships Budapest 2003
Photo Copyright Tom Theobald

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Maria Titova (RUS) / Grand Prix Brno 2013
Photo Copyright Bernd Thierolf

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Alina Maksymenko (UKR) / World Championships Kiev 2013
Photo Copyright Marianne Piquerel

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Alina Kabaeva (RUS) / Deventer Grand Prix

Who is going to retire from gymnastics this year?

After World Championships that were held in Kiev, a few gymnasts decide to stop doing gymnastics.

Alina Maksymenko, from Ukraine, decided to become a coach. “After World Championships, I will help in Deriugina school as a coach” – said Alina.

“I will continue training, in fact I will compete until the end of the year.  After this, I am not very sure yet, but probably I may only compete in national competitions. I would also like to help little gymnasts to become rhythmic gymnastics stars”.

Source: http://rg.sport.ua/news/201933

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Silviya Miteva, from Bulgaria is another individual gymnasts, with a long career that decide stop doing this sport.

Silviya will be at Euskalgym Gala this year

Since 2003, Silviya competed for Bulgaria (World Championships Budapest 2003). She won bronze medal in Ribbon (Mie WC 2009, Montpellier WC 2011 and EC Vienna 2013).

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Marina Fernández, former individual gymnasts from Spain and group gymnast (in 1st group since 2013) said she will retire. Marina didn’t attend to World Championships because of a technical decision of her coaches.
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Anastasiya Nazarenko

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Anastasiya Bliznyuk

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Kseniya Dudkina

Russian group will be compounded by new gymnasts, since Olympic Champions Anastasiya Bliznyuk, Anastasia Nazarenko and capitain of the group, Kseniya Dudkina.

The team from Russia performs during the rhythmic gymnastics gro

Alina Makarenko retired after suffering from a knee injury.

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Caroline Weber said goodbye to gymnastics after Vienna European Championships.

More about Caroline’s achievements: https://rhythmic-gymnastics.info/2013/05/31/happy-birthday-caroline-weber/

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Darya Dmitrieva, finaly won’t continue training and retires.

Darya Dmitrieva: The recovery

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Darya Dmitrieva Portrait

Copyright © Olivier Aubrais

Darya Dmitrieva wants to battle back from her ankle injury.  Two thousand and twelve was not a regular year for Darya. Before European Championships, Darya injured. This put her place in Russia’s Olympic team in doubt. But finaly, she took second place in London Olympic Games, behind two times Olympic medalist Evgeniya Kanaeva.

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Moscow World Championships 2010 (Ribbon Final)

“I was so happy to perform with Evgeniya Kanaeva, because I learned so much from her. We lived also a lot of experience together. Of course we are friends after all these years, of course there were some moments of misunderstanding, but that’s normal”.

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Darya Dmitrieva and Evgeniya Kanaeva,  London Olympic Games 2012

After Olympic Games, Darya Dmitrieva won several competitions, including GP. But she got injured once again.

“The first week after I got injured I was quite frustrated”

At the end of February of this year, Darya flew to Germany, where she underwent ankle ligament surgery.

“When I injured my ankle, a few people turned their backs to me. Olga Buyanova, my coach always supported me”

“My goal is to stand on my two feet again without any pain . I’m sure God will help to get better and hopefuly to come back and show what I can do”.

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Darya Dmitrieva warming up, Marbella GP 2010

Full Interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfiKHvf5SEQ

Versión en español

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Darya Dmitrieva quiere volver pronto a competir tras su seria lesión de tobillo. El año 2012 no fue fácil para Dasha. Semanas antes del Campeonato de Europa, celebrado en Nizhny Novgorod, se lesionó. Esto hizo dudar de su participación dentro del equipo Olímpico ruso, pero finalmente consiguió recuperarse y así obtener la segunda posición, tras la doble campeona Olímpica Evgeniya Kanaeva.

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Momento divertido entre Evgeniya Kanaeva y Darya Dmitrieva (2008)

“Fui afortunada al poder competir junto con Evgeniya Kanaeva, he aprendido mucho de ella. Además, hemos compartido muchas experiencias juntas. Por supuesto, somos amigas, aunque haya habido malentendidos, pero eso es normal”.

Después de los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres, Darya ganó diferentes torneos internacionales, incluyendo GP. Pero volvió a lesionarse de nuevo.

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Laura Jung GER, Darya Dmitrieva RUS, Victoria Veinberg-Filanovsky ISR, Grand Prix de Berlín 2012

“La primera semana tras la lesión estaba muy triste y frustrada”

A finales del mes de febrero de este año, Darya viajó a Alemania, en donde fue operada de su tobillo, donde padecía una lesión de ligamento.

“Tras lesionarme, mucha gente en la que confiaba me dio la espalda. Sin embargo, Olga Buyanova, mi entrenadora, fue una de las personas que siempre ha estado a mi lado apoyándome, a pesar de todo.”

“Mi objetivo es poder apoyar los dos pies sin tener dolor alguno. Estoy segura de que pronto me recuperaré y así podré regresar a la competición y demostrar de lo que soy capaz”.

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Yana Lukonina, Daria Kondakova y Daria Dmitrieva.

Campeonas del Mundo por equipos (Rusia), Campeonato del Mundo Moscú 2010