Information about AEON Cup 2018

September 24, 2018 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Aeon Cup is a Rhythmic Gymnastics International Clubs competition that is held every year in Japan.

The 2018 AEON CUP Worldwide R.G. Club Championships, will be hosted by the Japanese Gymnastics Association, this AEON Cup will begin from the 28th to 30th of September in Japan. Teams consist of 3 gymnast: two senior gymnast and a junior gymnast.

Gazprom club won last edition of Aeon Cup.

Each team competes with 12 routines: 8 senior routine (2 individual gymnast) and 4 junior routine (1 individual gymnast).

Participants

Katsiaryna Halkina BLR

Dynamo (BLR) Katsiaryna Halkina, Anastasiya Salos, Yana Striga (Junior).

SK TART MS Brno (CZE)
Alina CHAMZINA, Sabina ZALESAKOV, Veronika GUMENYUK

MTK Budapest (HUN)
Fanni PIGNICZKI, Anna JUHÁSZ, Korinna BORDA

ITEAM ISRAEL
Linoy ASHRAM, Nicol ZELIKMAN, Adi asia KATS

35th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Pesaro, 01.09.2017

Linoy Ashram (ISR)

ADACHI　RG　CLUB (JPN)
Akari DOZONO, Hinata ISHII, Runa TAKAHASHI

AEON RG CLUB (JPN)

Kaho MINAGAWA, Chisaki OIWA, Aino YAMAD

Kaho Minagawa (JPN)

SETAGAYA RG Club (JPN)
Rieko KAMEI, Kano NAKASONE, Nao SAITOU

Rythmo-Cats Club GR (LUX)
Yuliana TELEGINA , Ekaterina VEDENEEVA,
Elizaveta IAMPOLSKAIA

Asker Turnforening(NOR)

Margit OEVERAAS, Karoline WENNBERG, Josephine NORDSTAD JUUL MOLLER

RUS
Gazprom (RUS)
Arina AVERINA, Dina AVERINA, Anastasia SERGEEVA

Dina Averina (RUS)

YSC Slovakia (SVK)
Xenia KILIANOVA,
Kristina SEMANOVA,
Petra HORVATHOVA

JINTANA(THA)

Benjaporn LIMPANICH, Kanpitcha PATANASAK, Nat KULSANAWONG

NSR/EVG (USA)
Evita GRISKENAS,
Camilla FEELEY,
Lennox HOPKINS-WILKINS

Garmoniya Elit (UZB)
Sabina TASHKENBAEVA,
Nurinisso USMANOVA,
Takhmina IKROMOVA

News

Aleksandra Soldatova, awarded by Longines “Prize for Elegance”

September 18, 2018 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

FIG Official Partner, Longines, awarded Aleksandra Soldatova (RUS) with “Prize for Elegance” last friday evening in Sofia.

Longines awarded with this prize for more than 20 years. Almudena Cid, Margarita Mamun, Yana Kudryavtseva, Daria Kondakova, Anna Rizatdinova, Alexandra Agiurgiuculese are some of the gymnasts that were recognized with this award.

The prize is given to the most remarkable grace and elegance course of All-Around individual final in World Championships.

This year’s jury was composed of Walter von Kaenel, President of Longines, FIG President Morinari Watanabe, Maria Petrova, 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Ambassador and Dmitri Dmitriev, Longines Regional Sales Manager for Bulgaria.

Soldatova recieved an exclusive timepiece as well as a bank check.

News

Alina Kabaeva’s 2018 Festival

May 21, 2018 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Alina Kabaeva (RUS)

Alina Kabaeva’s festival celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.

“The festival is such a big show. There is no other show in Rhythmic Gymnastics like this in the whole world”

Different gymnasts from all around the world were reunited last weekend in Moscow. Italy, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Israel, were invited to this event. Rhythmic Gymnastics stars from Russia and current World Champions, Dina and Arina Averina starred the festival with a performance with swords and hoops. Russian team, Ekaterina Selezneva, Polina Shmatko…were also there in the show. Unfortunatly, Aleksandra Soldatova could not be there because of health issues.

Every year, the festival tells a different story to the audience.

“The festival is traditionally scheduled to the Children’s Day on June 1st. We will show how important it is to meet the right mentor, the person who will help you find your unique way in life. “

News

European Championships Guadalajara 2018 : Senior Individual Participants

May 9, 2018 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Picture cortesy of UEG

Just a few days after World Cup Guadalajara, F.I.G. uploaded the entry list of the gymnasts that are going to compete in the 2018 European Championships.

Guadalajara will hold the 34th UEG European Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics from 1st to 3rd of June. This city wants to be a worldwide reference in rhythmic gymnastics with a huge fan base a and great project. It also aims to become the European Capital of Sport.

Choices

Only just two individual senior gymnasts were allowed to represent each of the top qualified countries. In some cases, it was not clear which gymnasts would compete in European Championships.

Ukraine’s just revealed their two participants, Yeva Meleshchuk and Vlada Nikolchenko. These are the second European Championships for Meleshchuk. A young 15-year-old Vlada Nikolchenko claims to be the top gymnast from Ukraine, winning several medals since the beggining of the season. The former promise of Ukrainian team, Olena Dyachenko, is not going to compete in the European Championships since she did not get good results in the last competitions.

Vlada Nikolchenko (UKR)

Likewise, Bulgarian choice was not an easy one. National Champion, Neviana Vladinova got injured and missed the chance to participate in a few competitions to prepare for the European Championships. Katrin Taseva and Boryana Kaleyn were representing Bulgaria the whole season, but Neviana is back as a head gymnast of team BUL. Vladinova and Taseva are the ones chosen by their National Federation.

Katrin Taseva (BUL)

Belarus is going to be represented by Katsiaryna Halkina and Anastasiya Salos, who is the new rising star from BLR. European Championships medalist, Alina Harnasko can’t compete since she is recovering from a knee surgery. Harnasko underwent surgery a few months ago in Germany.

35th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Pesaro, 30.08.2017

Katsiaryna Halkina (BLR)

The toughest decision was made by Russia. World Cup Guadalajara was the place for Arina Averina and Aleksandra Soldatova, since it was clear that Dina Averina was already chosen to compete in European Championships. In the end, head coach of Russian Federation, Irina Viner-Usmanova decided to give the opportunity to Arina Averina. As such, the Averina twins (Dina and Arina) will compete in the European Championships.

Arina Averina (RUS)

Who’s going to miss this competition?

Aleksandra Soldatova, who was fighting for a place in the European Championships representing Russia.

Aleksandra Soldatova (RUS)

Alina Harnasko, from Belarus, who is in the proccess of recovery from two different knee surgeries.

35th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Pesaro, 31.08.2017

Alina Harnasko (BLR)

Ukraine’s young rhythmic gymnastics star, Olena Dyachenko, who was not chosen by Irina Deryugina to represent with Vlada Nikolchenko, UKR in European Championships.

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Olena Dyachenko (UKR)

Natalia García, from Spain, who is still recovering from a double hip surgery which requires a gently course of physical therapy. The gymnast who is going to represent the host country is Polina Berezina

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Natalia García (ESP)

Gymnast of the week

Anna Rizatdinova’s life after retirement

May 7, 2018 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Anna Rizatdinova (UKR)

It’s been a while since Anna Rizatdinova announced retirement in 2017, a year after her most beloved year in her career as a gymnast. She won medals at European Championships, World Championships and she is the current bronze Olympic medalist.

In early 2017 she stops professional sports career, she flashed everyone in Pesaro World Championships showing off she was clearly pregnant. She gave birth to her son, Roman in Barcelona, Spain.

A few months after becoming mother, she is already fit and nearly eith the same weight she had during Olympic Games (just two kilos of difference.

“I worked out during the whole pregnancy, but the last month was tough. Now I feel fit again”

Rizatdinova’s work out routines “Dream Body Work by Anna”

Anna’s aim is to open a School of Rhythmic Gymnastics under her name. By now, she’s showing up all her rhythmic gymnastics skills on her Masterclass World tour, were she already visited Spain, Poland, France and Ukraine.

Life as a gymnast

Rizatdinova explained that life as a professional sportswoman is not as easy as it looks. “My life was only focused in rhythmic gymnastics. My body and mind was all about sports. It is very difficult to be always ready to compete. I remember I had really difficult times.” In 2014, Ukraine was involved in a political conflict so that Deriugina School was forced to change its location.

“Nowadays I feel plenty happy. My life totally changed after I became a mom. I really focused on my baby, every single decision is made thinking about Roman.”

Anna Rizatdinova’s next Masterclass stage is in Puebla, Mexico this July.

Anna Rizatdinova (UKR) and Viktoriya Mazur (UKR)

News

Dina and Arina Averina will represent Russia in European Championships Guadalajara 2018

May 5, 2018 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Arina Averina (RUS)

According to Russian Sports Press, Dina and Arina Averina entered the preliminary team of Russia at the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, which will be held the first weekend of June in Spain.
The deadline for applications from the National Federations expired on May 4th. World Cup Guadalajara is the framework to place face to face Arina Averina and Aleksandra Soldatova, since it was clear that Dina Averina deserves to go to European Championships.

Dina Averina (RUS)

Russian press confirms that finaly is Arina who will take the position with her sister Dina.

Last European Championships were held in Budapest and became the first major start for the 19-year-old Averina sisters at a high level. Dina won gold in team competition and in exercises with hoop and ribbon and silver in the exercise with clubs. Arina Averina also got gold medals: team competition and clubs and ball.

In the other hand, Aleksandra Soldatova got second place this weekend in Guadalajara WC just behind Linoy Ashram (ISR) and ahead Arina Averina (RUS)

Facts

Rhythmic Gymnastics Camp with Belarusian Stars

April 14, 2018 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Minsk (Belarus) will held an International Rhythmic Gymnastics Camp for the first time. It is a great chance for training with Olympians, World and European Champions from Belarus. Former gymnast, Aleksandra Narkevich (World and European Medalist, Silver Olympic Medalist in London 2012) is the main organizer of this event.

Gymnasts could register in two different stages: from 5th to 9th of June or from 13th to 17th of June.

Gymnasts could have the opportunity to meet and learn from Rhythmic Gymnastics stars from Belarus (Olympians), Aleksandra Narkevich and Kseniia Sankovich and Yuliya Bichun.

Participants can take part from 2011 of birth. You can send your questions by e-mail: rg.minskcamp@mail.ru

Phone Contact: 80296802510 – 80297777346

Competitions

World Cup Sofia All-Around Results

April 1, 2018 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Aleksandra Soldatova (RUS)

Russian individual team is again on top with the brilliant success of Aleksandra Soldatova, who won gold and Ekaterina Selezneva (silver). Aleksandra skipped Grand Prix Thiais due to technical decisions, last week in France. She changed her hoop routine by third time this season choosing a Spanish music maybe looking forward European Championships. She also got the best score of this competition, by the moment.

Neviana Vladinova from Bulgaria is still recovering from an injury which prevents her to compete. Katrin Taseva and Boryana Kaleyn are representing the host country in this competition. They qualified for finals but could not get any medals in All-Around competition.

Katrin Taseva (BUL)

Bulgarian senior group definitly got the best scores in both exercises and qualified first with a total of 41.250, almost 3 points ahead Japan and Italy.

Source: Ginnasticaritmica.eu