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Results:
Senior groups All-around
1. Israel 67.575
2. Azerbaijan 66.300
3. Ukraine 63.700


Team
1. Ukraine 237.150
2. Israel 236.900
3. Azerbaijan 226.175


Gymnasts Qualified for Clubs Final
1. Melaniia Tur (UKR) 23.800
2. Yelyzaveta Zorkina (BLR) 23.550
3. Evelin Viktoria Kocsis (HUN) 23.150
4. Daria Atamanov (ISR) 22.700
5. Annaliese Dragan (ROU) 22.100
6. Alina Gozalova (AZE) 22.000
7. Lily Ramonatxo (FRA) 21.950
8. Eva Brezalieva (BUL) 21.050

Gymnasts Qualified for Ribbon Final (Juniors)
1. Daria Atamanov (ISR) 21.500
2. Dina Agisheva (BLR) 21.250
3. Stliana Nikolova (BUL) 21.200
4. Narmin Bayramova (AZE) 20.675
5. Karina Sydorak (UKR) 20.350
6. Annaliese Dragan (ROU) 19.400
7. Elsa Somville (FRA) 18.250
8. Anette Vaher (EST) 17.850

Seniors
3 hoops and 2 pairs of clubs
1. Israel 33.475
2. Azerbaijan 31.700
3. Ukraine 31.700
4. Estonia 31.000
5. France 29.625
6. Turkey 28.300

Junior Individuals Rope and Ball Qualifications
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Ukraine will be hosting the 36th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in the capital’s Palace of Sports from November 26 to 29. The last time that the city of Kiev hosted the European championships in rhythmic gymnastics was in 2004.

These championships are being held in the harsh conditions of the global coronavirus pandemic thats why all anti-epidemic rules and security measures are focused on this competition. The European Gymnastics has developed very detailed Covid-19 guidelines for the running of events.
The local organizing committee and its leader, Irina Deriugina, understand this responsibility. Some of these rules include:










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Euskalgym is a massive event for the audience to enjoy discovering the spectacularity of rhythmic gymnastics . It is a tribute to gymnastics, designed for the delight of fans of this sport, raised to the category of art.
It is one of the most famous events of the year, where the top gymnasts from around the world perform one or two exercises and a gala. The event was held in BEC (Bilbao Exhibition Center), Bilbao (Spain) which also hosted huge events such as MTV Music Awards.
Because of the worldwide health crisis, the event was cancelled by the organization and they are looking forward the next autumn in 2021.
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Bulgarian Senior group recently confirmed that they withdrawn from European Championships in Kiev from November 26 to 29 since a member of the team, Erika Zafirova, tested positive for coronavirus.
Local news reported that the team will be on quarantine for ten days and they will not be able to train either compete.
Bulgarian Senior Group will no longer travel to the Kiev
This group has been in top 5 positions since 2014 and they clearly were favorites.
The situation right now is really unstable due to the Covid crisis in the whole Europe. Irina Deriugina confirmed this week that their intention is to still organize the event under strict conditions and with no audience.

On the other hand, Boryana Kaleyn and Katrin Taseva, will represent Bulgaria in the individual competition.


See the results here! :
Results of the Poll: “TOP FIVE HOOP EXERCISES OF THE DECADE”

The music is the artistic part of a Rhythmic Gymnastics exercise. It is also regulated by Rhythmic Gymnastics Code of Points. A sounds signal may start before the music, which indicates the gymnast to be ready for the song. The sounds of sirens, car engines and non typical music is totally forbidden. Each piece of music must be recorded using CD, single or USB. The name of the gymnast, country (the 3 capital letters used by the FIG to designate the gymnast’s country) and the apparatus.

Since 2013, music with non-offensive words was allowed to use in Rhythmic Gymnastics
Penalties: