Category for Rhythmic

Editorial: Four More Years

Editorial: Four More Years

As expected the new FIG President is Bruno Grandi. By the way, that is just Bruno Grandi not Prof. Bruno Grandi since – as far as TAA knows – he is not actually a professor of anything at any university. He is a teacher by …

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FIG Congress Underway

FIG Congress Underway

Delegates from 116 of the 131 FIG member federations will elect the authorities for the next four years at the 79th Congress in Cancun. 12 member federations – Albania, Botswana, Cyprus, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Paraguay, Poland, Seychelles, Syria, Tajikistan and Yemen – currently have …

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Weekly Round-up: 5 – 18 March

Jeffrey Wammes (NED)

Contributing: Elizabeth Long
5 – 11 March
Gymnix International

Christine “Peng Peng” Lee (CAN) continued her impressive 2012, winning the all around title at the weekend’s Gymnix International Challenge. Lee scored 57.875, with 14+ scores on all events, to finish well ahead of Elisabeth Black (CAN) (54.375) and …

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Rhythmic, trampoline medals decided at Pan American Games

Gymnastics competition at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara opened with Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the United States dominating gold medals in rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline events.
Julie Zetlin (USA) won a tight contest against Cynthia Valdez (MEX) in the rhythmic individual all around contest. The …

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2013 Rhythmic Worlds to Kiev

The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique announced Tuesday that the Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation will host the 2013 Rhythmic World Championships in Kiev.
While the country has hosted European Championships and World Cup events for Rhythmic gymnastics, this will mark the first World Championships in any FIG disciplines …

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