On March 28-29, a rhythmic gymnastics tournament of the Grand Prix series was held in Holon, Israel. Not all countries sent their leaders to these competitions. So from Ukraine, Anna Rizatdinova missed the Grand Prix, from Balerusi Melitina Stanyuta, the Korean woman Son Yong Ji , as well as some other strong gymnasts , was not on the lists  . The Russian national team, at the tournament, appeared to be the strongest composition at the moment: Kudryavtseva, Mamun, Titova. Based on the results of previous starts and paying attention to who is in what shape now, these three could safely be written into the number of favorites. So, in fact, it happened. The Russians confidently took the entire podium…

On November 22, the Moscow Rhythmic Gymnastics Cup took place at the Dynamo Sports Palace. The tournament, which takes place annually at the Sports Palace on the street. Lavochkin, traditionally gathered on the carpet the best of the Moscow “artists” who competed in certain types of exercises. In the bitter struggle of the most flexible and graceful athletes of the capital, the charming twins Arina and Dina Averina became the best. Arina won the podium, Dina became the second, and Elena Banina won the bronze  . The sisters train with  Vera Shatalina , the senior coach of the country’s youth national team, according to an individual program. Vera Nikolaevna is an honored coach of Russia. Coach of the Olympic champion,…

n August 12-14, an international junior rhythmic gymnastics tournament was held in St. Petersburg on the eve of the World Cup stage. Among the participants are young gymnasts from Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia. The undisputed favorite of the competition was the Russian woman  Yulia Bravikova . She won by more than a solid margin over the runner-up  Nicoleta Dulgeru  from Moldova. Laima Lipkina  from Latvia became the bronze medalist of the all-around.

The Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix has come to an end in Israel Holon. The tournament attracted the attention of fans of this sport with a rather strong line-up of participants. This was especially true for seniors participating in both the international tournament and the Grand Prix. Russians  Yana Kudryavtseva ,  Anna Trubnikova , Margarita Mamun, Alexandra Merkulova,  Maria Titova , Ukrainian women Alina Maksimenko and Victoria Mazur, Belarusians Melitina Stanyuta and  Arina Sharopa , Bulgarian Sylvia Miteva, Azerbaijani  Lala Yusifova ,  Victoria Filanovski  and Neta Rivkin from Israel (the latter due to illness) and others could claim the highest awards of these competitions. And if in the competitions of juniors the Russian woman Yulia Bravikova was considered the clear leader  , then it was rather difficult to predict…

Third day – finals  Junior 1. Katsiaryna HALKINA (DINAMO / BLR)2. Yulia BRAVIKOVA (GAZPROM / RUS)3. Anastasiia MULMINA (DERIUGINA SCHOOL / UKR) 4. Marina DURUNDA (NEFTCHI / AZE)5. Kaho MINAKAWA (AEON / JPN)6. Car CRESCENZI (ARMONIA D’ABRUZZO / ITA)7. Suzuna TAKAURA (MACHIDA RG) / JPN)8. Kiko YOKOTA (ADACHI RG / JPN) Senior 1. Daria DMITRIEVA (GAZPROM / RUS)2. Ganna RIZATDINOVA (DERIUG / RUS) 2. Ganna RIZATDINOVA (DERIUG / RUS) SCOOH3. Melitina STANIOUTA (DINAMO / BLR) 4. Margarta MAMUN (GAZPROM / RUS)5. Aliya GARAYEVA (NEFTCH / AZE)6. Libou CHARKASHYNA (DINAMO / BLR)7. Caroline WEBER (ASVO / AUT)8. Lala YUSIFOVA ( NEFTCH / AZE) Club 1. GAZPROM2. DINAMO3. DERIUGINA SCHOOL 4. AEON5. NEFTCH6. ASVO7.…

On March 16-17, the rhythmic gymnastics tournament “VENERA CUP-2012” was held in Eilat (Israel). Tournament of  Venus Zaripova  – 4-time USSR champion in individual events and silver medalist in all-around (1981). The competition was attended by gymnasts from Israel, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Cyprus, Latvia and the United States. Traditionally, Russian women have confirmed their high class. Alexandra Merkulova won the senior women’s tournament, her compatriot Elizaveta Nazarenkova took second place. In the age of 1998, p. the entire pedestal became Russian:  Dina Averina ,  Yulia Sinitsina ,  Arina Averina .

he second day of the rhythmic gymnastics festival called the 2012 Deriugina Cup has come to an end. The competition picked up speed and reached the home stretch. What was this day interesting for? The most important thing is that the first sets of medals were played. But first things first. First, the juniors ended up sorting things out. The Russians were again, so to speak, a little more accurate than the Ukrainian national team and won with a difference of 1,250 points, the third was the Azerbaijani national team. The next to enter the fight were the seniors who did not participate in the main tournament. We competed in exercises with a hoop and…

The Russian championship in rhythmic gymnastics has ended in Kazan. Representatives of Moscow were the best among the teams –   616,700 points  (Yana Kudryavtseva, Yulia Sinitsyna, Maria Titova, Diana Borisova, Daria Osminina, Karina Kuznetsova). The second place was taken by gymnasts from the Volga region –   594.250 points  (Dina Averina, Dariya Kolobova, Arina Averina, Anna Markelova, Ksenia Polyakova, Anna Ilyina). The third were graces from the Central District –   589,400 points  (Alexandra Soldatova, Olga Belkova, Yulia Bravikova, Elena Banina, Ekaterina Kurylenko, Angelina Shkatova) A total of 10 teams took part. Results 08-09.02.2012 CCM 1.KudryavtsevaYana 1997 Moscow 27.000 27.225 26.025 25.9002.Sinitsyna Yulia 1998 Moscow 26.650 26.800 27.150 25.5003.Soldatova Alexandra 1998 Central Federal District 26.175 26.000 26.1500 26.7004.Averina Dina 1998 Moscow-Volga Federal…