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Daria Svatkovskaya announces her retirement

August 31, 2014 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Russian European Champion, Darya Svatkovskaya announces her retirement from Rhythmic Gymnastics due to a serious spine injury.

“I don’t know how I will live now without Rhythmic Gymnastics”

Since she was a junior gymnast (European junior champion with group) her career is really successful. But she made her breakthrough in 2013, since Moscow Grand Prix 2013. She represented Russia in 2013 Vienna European Championships with hoop.
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.

“Thank you so much to all my coaches, Irina Alexandrovna Viner, Anna Shumilova and my mum. Thank you also to my choreographers, doctors, Oleg Naumov for your amazing picture”

“I don’t know how I will live now without Rhythmic Gymnastics”

“Take advantage of what you have now in this moment, because maybe next day, you won’t have it”

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: