Tweet The FIG have issued a warning to Rhythmic Gymnasts regarding a website which is selling non FIG approved products.

FIG Communication: Lausanne (SUI) / FIG Office, July 1, 2011:
We regret to inform that the firm ARTICOLI DANZA, via Marconi 28/D, 25128 Brescia / Italy; Phone/Fax: 39.030.3385420; info@articolidanza.it is selling apparatus for Rhythmic Gymnastics which are not certified by FIG.
Articoli Danza have refused to make the necessary corrections in their website and to refrain from selling their articles which are not “FIG APPROVED” but which they offer as such.
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Tweet The British Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2011 will take place in Fenton Manor, this weekend June 24th – 26th. British Gymnastics has the full set of details here.
 
Friday June 24th
15:00 – 20.10 All Around Competition
Saturday June 25th
All Around Competition
Under 11 & 12′s 10am
Presentations 1.00pm
Juniors & Seniors 1.15pm
Presentation  5pm
Sunday June 26th
Apparatus Finals
Start time 10am
Presentations 3.15pm
If you’re going, keep an eye out for one of Britain’s top Rhythmic Stars Francesca Jones who will be competing over the weekend. Francesca is currently the British Rhythmic Champion.
 
 
 
 

Tweet This weekend sees the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships taking place in Minsk and the second FIG Trampoline Gymnastics and Tumbling World Cup of 2011 which will be held in St. Petersburg.

33 nations will participate in the senior category and 23 with junior groups in the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. This is an increase on participation in the 2009 European Championships. All eyes will be on Russia’s star rhythmic gymnast, the 2010 European and World Champion Evgenia Kanaeva.

View the competition schedule here.
View the list of tv channels broadcasting the championships here.
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Tweet Last week we linked to  a story online that Malaysian rhythmic gymnastics star Elaine Koon was considering quitting gymnastics.  According to new reports online, Elaine has finally made a decision and packed gymnastics in. Reports cite that there have been numerous problems with the National Team Coach Elena Kholodova. Reports claim that Kholodova is said to have mistreated Koon, forcing her to train when injured and was denied attention from health professionals just before the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Dehli.

KUALA LUMPUR: New Delhi Commonwealth gold medalist Elaine Koon (pic) has …

Tweet Elaine Koon to quit?
Daniel Keatings will compete at the annual invitational competition between GB and Japan
The organisers of the World Championships in Tokyo have released yet another load of newsletters stating that Japan is safe to host the event in October
The German men’s team have withdrawn from July’s Japan Cup due to the unclear situation in Tokyo
Gymnastics Coaching site editor Rick Mc Charles will be making his way over to us here in Ireland for a coaching work shop in Renmore Gymnastics Club in June

Tweet Gymnastics Examiner has all of the low down from the WOGA Classic
Gymnastics Examiner also has this video of a fantastic Quadruple turn on beam

Justin Caouette from The Couch Gymnast has an interesting post – The Most Watched Routines (Part 1)
Russia are preparing for the new Rhythmic season

Tweet The Rhythmic Gymnastics events of the Asian Games 2010 are  taking place today and tomorrow. Today the Team event was held with Kazakhstan coming first, well ahead of Uzebekistan who placed second and Japan who placed 3rd. See the FIG report here.
1 Kazakhstan 271.050
2. Uzbekistan 259.350
3. Japan 256.450
4. Korea 255.850
5. China 252.300
6. Thailand 226.950
7. Kyrgyzstan 211.450

View the full results and breakdown here.

Tweet Ball Event
Gold: Naazmi Johnston 25.100
Silver: Elaine Koon 24.500
Bronze: Chrystalleni Trikomiti 24.400
Hoop Event
Gold: Elaine Koon 25.300
Silver: Francesca Jones 24.750
Bronze: Chrystalleni Trikomiti 24.500
Ribbon Event
Gold: Chrystalleni Trikomiti 25.700
Silver: Naazmi Johnston 24.600
Bronze: Elaine Koon 24.400
Rope Event
Gold: Chrystalleni Trikomiti 25.800
Silver: Naazmi Johnston 25.100
Bronze: Elaine Koon 24.950

Full Results here and more pictures here.

Tweet Some more gorgeous photos from the Rhythmic AA Finals in Dehli.
Click here to view more pictures from yesterdays AA Finals.
Lynne Hutchinson

Elaine Koon

Chrystalleni Trikomiti

Naazmi Johnston

Tweet Gold: Naazmi Johnston (Austrlia) 98.975
Silver: Chrystalleni Trikomiti (Cyprus) 100.100
Bronze: Elaine Koon (Malaysia) 96.000

See FIG’s report and view the full results below.

Tweet Yesterday saw Australia clinch the gold medal in the Rhythmic Gymnastics Team Final in the Commonwealth Games.

Gold: Australia 235.735
Silver: Canada 224.325
Bronze: England 220.475
Danielle Prince, Naazmi Johnston & Janine Murray (Australia)

Francesca Fox, Rachel Ennis and Lynne Hutchison (England)

Tweet Here are some beautiful pictures from the Rhythmic Gymnastics Team Final and Individual qualifying round in Dehli yesterday. Click here for more pictures.
Kimberly Robson (New Zealand)

Naazmi Johnston (Australia)

Chrystalleni Trikomiti (Cyprus)

Francesca Jones (Wales)

Tweet FIG put up a new video on their YouTube Channel. It’s a slow-motion mix featuring the star gymnasts of the Individual competitions performing at the 2010 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Moscow last month.

Watch below or on YouTube.

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Individual Apparatus Finals – Rope

Gold: KONDAKOVA Daria (RUS) – Total: 28.750
Silver: KANAEVA Evgenia (RUS) – Total: 28.600
Bronze: STANIOUTA Melitina (BLR) – Total: 27.650

Individual Apparatus Finals – Hoop

Gold: KANAEVA Evgenia (RUS) – Total: 29.200
Silver: KONDAKOVA Daria (RUS) – Total: 28.900
Bronze: GARAYEVA Aliya (AZE) – Total: 27.675
Read the detailed review of the competitions on the FIG website

Tweet The 30th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships will get underway in Moscow’s Olympiysky Sports Complex on September 19th – 26th. Around 300 gymnasts from over 50 countries will arrive in Moscow for the World Championships. It will be the first World Championships that Russia will host.Read more on the FIG website.

This is shaping up to be an event that one should not miss! Russian Team coach Irina Viner has said:

We are now working on a show program, which will include performances from the present and former stars …