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Interview to Anna Rizatdinova: Izmir 2014

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Ukrainian champion, Anna Rizatdinova, bronze at European Championships this year is getting ready for Izmir Championships 2014, that will be held in Turkey the next week.

– How is your preparation going? There is only a week left for World Championships

– It is very difficult to prepare: both mentally and physically. I think that this time I will be very fit for this competition. We could not almost train in January and February due to political situation in Kiev.

– Have you been in Turkey before?

– I have been when I was a kid and I can’t almost remember anything. This time, during competition it will be very difficult to visit the city since we only visit the hotel. I do not know if it will work this time to get out. The schedule is pretty intense: five days of competition.

– Where is your gold medal (World Championships Kiev 2013)?

– It is at my parents’ in Simferopol

– How is the attitude towards Ukrainian gymnasts

– I can say it is very good. Last spring we competed in France where many people support us up. We did not expect this. Everybody was asking us if we were sad.
With Russian team we were talking as ever- but not about politics.

– Last year at World Championships in Kiev you won a gold medal. Accidentaly, Russian national anthem was played instead of Ukrainian. You began to sing but suddenly you said “Not this…”. How you would react at such mistake right now?

– My parents were born in Russia so they know both anthems. That happened last year, now the situation would be totally different.

– Recently, Alina Maksymenko uploaded a video performing a “basketball trick”. Was this your idea?

– No, I was not with Alina when she recorded this video. Now that she finished her career, we don’t see each other very often. Alina was invited in many countries (masterclasses) and she has scheduled about three others in Spain.

– Irina Blohina is pregnant, what do you think about it?

– We are all happy for her. Ireesha is coming to help us many times. It is a pity she can’t come with us to World Championships in Turkey, but fortunatly, we have phones.

How is your personal life?

– We don’t have so many free time. We just have a day off: Sunday. After trainings, we are very tired and we don’t even have time for going for a walk.

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Anna loves American singer, Lana del Rey and “Summertime Sadness” gala is very special for her

 

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Anna has a really close relationship with Ireesha: “Without her many things couldn’t be possible”

Information

Information about Euskalgym 2014

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Euskalgym 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. This time, the event will be held in Buesa Arena, Vitoria (Spain).

How can I go to Vitoria?

From Bilbao airport, there is a special transportation by bus:
Airport-Bilbao: Bizkaibus Línea 3247 “Bilbao Aeropuerto”
Bilbao-Vitoria: Autobuses La Unión

From Madrid you can go by bus “Alsa Madrid-Vitoria Gasteiz”

Or you can also go by train “Renfe Madrid-Vitoria Gasteiz”

Tickets will be available on September 19 from 10:00 (Spanish timing) at http://www.euskalgym.com

  • Yana Kudryavtseva RUS: current World Champion
  • Alexandra Soldatova RUS: national team of Russia
  • Laura Zeng USA: current junior USA champion, bronze medal at YOG 2014
  • Ana Luiza Filioreanu ROU: current junior Romanian champion
  • Neta Rivkin ISR: Olympian gymnast, champion of Israel
  • Alina Maksymenko UKR: former gymnast from Ukraine, Olympian, Bronze medal at WC 2013, Silver EC 2013
  • Silviya Miteva BUL: former gymnast from Bulgaria, bronze medallist at EC 2013, WC 2011/2009
  • Varvara Filiou GRE: national champion of Greece
  • Salome Phazhava GEO: national champion of Georgia
  • Carolina Rodríguez ESP: current champion of Spain, Olympian
  • Natalia García ESP: national team of Spain
  • Melitina Staniouta BLR: silver medal at EC 2014
  • Son Yeon-Jae KOR: South Korea star, 5th at London Olympic Games 2012
  • Almudena Cid ESP: 4 times Olympian
  • Anna Rizatdinova UKR: Hoop World Champion 2013
  • Viktoria Mazur UKR: National team of Ukraine, European vice-champion in 2013

From Spain, special guests:

– Polina Berezina
– Andrea Pozo
– Sara Llana
– Mónica Alonso
– Victoria Plaza
– Paula Gómez
– Rubén Orihuela
– Ortzi Acosta
– Saioa Agirre
– Eugenia Onopko

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Laura Zeng USA

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Natalia García Timofeeva ESP

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Almudena Cid Tostado ESP

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Melitina Staniouta BLR

Information

Information about Youth Olympic Games 2014

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Fourty-eight gymnasts from all around te world will compete next week in Nanjing, China for becoming Second Summer Olympic Champion. They compete in two events: individual all-around and group all-around. In the individual all-around there will be four apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon. In the group all-around there will be two apparatus: 5 hoops and 10 clubs.

There will be 18 gymnasts competing in the individual all-around and six groups of five gymnasts in the group all-around.
Finals: The top eight ranked gymnasts from the qualification qualify for the individual all-around final. The top four ranked groups from the qualification qualify for the group all-around final.

Since 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, there have been a few changes. Groups consists of 5 gymnasts instead of five and individuals will compete with ribbon instead of rope.

Last Youth Olympic Games champions were:

Individual: Alexandra Merkulova (RUS)
Groups: Russia: Alina Makararenko, Kseniya Dudkina, Olga Ilina and Karolina Sevastyanova

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When it will be?

It will be from 26 to 27 August, 2014

Where it will be?

Second Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held in the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium

Schedule

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Livestream

http://www.olympic.org,www.olympic.tv
http://www.youtube.com/olympics

Participants

Gymnasts who was qualified for YOG in Nanjing
http://www.nanjing2014.org/

AMERICA :
1 – Laura Zeng (USA)
2 – Edna Garcia (MEX)
3 – Mayra Tiago Sineriz (BRA)
Group CAN

ASIA :
1 – Yelizaveta Mainovskaya (KAZ)
2 – Anora Davlyatova (UZB)
3 – Olivia Tai (MAS)
4 – Takana Tatsuwana (JPN)
Yating Zhao (CHN)
Groups UZB, KAZ

EUROPE:
1 – Irina Annenkova (RUS)
2 – Mariya Trubach (BLR)
3 – Erika Zafirova (BUL)
4 – Valeria Khanina (UKR)
5 – Ana Luiza Filioranu (ROM)
6 – Linoy Ashram (ISR)
7 – Nikoleta Dulgeru (MDA)
Group RUS, BUL

AFRICA :
1 – Hana Hassan (EGY)
2 – Shannon Gardner (RSA)
3 – Basma El Yazad (MAR)
Group EGY

Drawing of lots/Startlist

Youth Olympic Games 2014: Drawing of Lots / Startlists

 

Facts

Happy Birthday Maria Titova!

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Maria Titova was born in Penza Oblast’, Russia seventeen years ago. Since 2011, “Masha”, won several international tournaments as a junior gymnast such as Deriugina Cup 2012 where she won gold medal with the team.

Irina Viner included Maria in Senior National team with Yana Kudryavtseva, Margarita Mamun and Darya Svatkovskaya. Dinara Gimatova, former Olympic gymnasts who represented both Russia and Azerbaijan, was her first coach in Novogorsk. In 2013 Maria got 5th position in Russian Championships.

“My favorite gymnast ever is Irina Chaschina

European Team Champion, Daria Svatkovskaya got injured so that Maria became number 3 of team Russia. Irina Chaschina (Masha’s favorite gymnast) and Evgeniya Kanaeva coach, Vera Shtelbaums, is right now working with Titova.

Maria attended to almost every top competitions of the year: Grand Prix Moscow, Grand Prix Thiais, World Cup Stuttgart or Grand Prix Holon.

Her next competition will be in Kazan (World Cup) just before World Championships in Izmir.

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Maria Titova Grand Prix Thiais 2014
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News

Interview to Alina Maksymenko

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Photo Copyright Anne-Laure T.

Ukrainian former rhythmic gymnastics double Olympic participant, Alina Maksymenko is one of the most admired gymnasts nowadays. Why? Her artistry, charisma and strenght made Alina one of the most popular gymnasts in the last years. She feels the emotions from the first second to the last one of her exercise.

 

“I think that sometimes I made silly mistakes because of my feelings, for example, throwing the apparatus as high as possible”

Alina became an Olympian in 2008 performing with the group. After Olympics, Anna Bessonova retired and Alina got a difficult challenge: being the leader of Ukrainian National team. At London Olympic Games, Maksymenko ranked 6th. Kiev World Championships in 2013 was the most important competition for Alina before she retired, where she won bronze medal with her “Fever” composition with clubs.

imageAlina Maksymenko: London 2012 Olympic Games

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Last performance for Alina

Right now Alina is helping Irina Deriugina as a coach.

– “At the beginning of the yearI had to face a very difficult task as a coach: Junior gymnasts (Valeriya Khanina or Margarita Vasylieva) needed to get into the top eight to participate in Youth Olympic Games. This was my debut as a coach. For me this was a new experience not even easier than compete”

“My debut as a coach was not easier than competing”

– “The most difficult is that, when you are on the carpet and make a mistake, you can correct the performance, you’re in control of the situation. Now, as a coach, I can only squeeze my hand with the hope that the gymnast will find a way out to continue the exercise. Unfortunately, at this moment I can not help standing behind the carpet”

– “When you’re a gymnast, everytime you go onto the carpet you get confidence. As a coach, the feeling standing outside the carpet is very different”

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Alina and Valeriya Khanina

Source: sport.ua

Results

International Meeting Vitoria (Brazil) Results

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Russian gymnastics star, Alexandra Soldatova won last weekend in Brazil “IV International Meeting” where European and Southamerican teams took part. Alexandra is number four gymnast in Russian national team ranking, behind current World Champion Yana Kudryavtseva, Margarita Mamun and Maria Titova.

Alexandra Soldatova is coached by Anna Shumilova and used to train in Dynamo Dmitrov School of Gymnastics. Succesful Russian gymnasts such as Daria Kondakova, Adel Galina, Ekaterina Malygina and Olympic Champion Alina Makarenko trained here too.

Spanish group (Lourdes Mohedano, Alejandra Quereda, Artemi Gavezou, Sandra Aguilar and Elena López) beat the favorite, Russian group with 10 clubs.

Local gymnasts, Angelica Kvieczynski and Natalia Gaudio ranked second and third.

All-Around Results

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1. Alexandra Soldatova (RUS), 2. Natalia Garcia (ESP), 3. Angelica Kvieczysnki (BRA), Apparatus Finals

Gymnast of the week

Gymnast of the week: Valeriya Khanina

 

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Valeriya Khanina is a gymnast who was born in Donetsk, Ukraine. Last year, “Lera” (short Ukrainian nickname) moved to Kiev for training with national team as a junior gymnast . Since that, Valeriya is one of the top junior individual gymnast of the world, Champion of Ukraine and silver medallist with ribbon European Championships Baku 2014. Her team mates are Yana Yarosh, Mariya Mulik and Valeriya Yuzvyak.

“Donetsk has never had a very popular gymnast, we have football, but maybe if I work hard, I could become a good gymnast. This is my dream”

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Former Ukrainian champion, Alina Maksymenko, helped Irina Deriugina with Valeriya’s choreographies and traveled with her to several competitions, like Moscow Grand Prix. Junior GP competition was the event to qualify for Youth Olympic Games, where Valeriya competed against Margarita Vasilieva. Alina is really admired by Valeriya Khanina.

“My favorite apparatus are ribbon and clubs”

Irina Deriugina chose her to represent Ukraine in Youth Olympic Games 2014 as an individual gymnast, being one of the favorites for a medal.

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” Our team is very strong. We are fed properly with a good morning breakfast: eggs, cereals and tea. For dinner we eat boiled fish, buckwheat, vegetables and salad. I have never felt hungry and even sometimes we can eat chocolate and ice creams”

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Valeriya is one of the favorites for Youth Olympic Games in Rhythmic Gymnastics

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European Championships Baku 2014

Team Ukraine will compete for free in European Championships

Minister of Sports of Ukraine, Dmitriy Bulatov confirmed that Team Ukraine will compete in European Championships with almost free fees,  due to the current financial situation in this country.

Ukraine has not confirmed yet its participation in World Championships, that will be held in Izmir, Turkey.

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Viktoriya Mazur (UKR)

“We are all devasted. It is so sad to live what is happening in our country right now” – said Ireesha Blohina, Ukrainian National team coach.

“What is clear is that I won’t change my citizenship. I am Ukrainian and I will compete for Ukraine” – said current World Hoop Champion, Anna Rizatdinova.

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Anna Rizatdinova (UKR)

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Anastasiya Mulmina

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Group UKR with their coach, Irina Deriugina

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Valeriya Khanina, junior (UKR) and former RG star Alina Maksymenko (UKR)