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Founder and Creative Director of SportMusic.com, Alex Goldstein from Russia, created music for Yelena Davydova, Masha Filatova, Natalya Shaposhnikova and Nellie Kim, amongst others.

They have READY-TO-USE music for Floor routines. ($75) … But it’s free to listen to the full version.

Even better, I think, is their CUSTOM MUSIC service, starting at $95.

SportMUSIC.com home page

They offer Rhythmic music, too.

full RESULTS WAG, MAG, Rhythmic, Trampoline Sports

Rebecca Bross

Full Twist linked to a great photo essay on young Rhythmic gymnasts in St. Petersberg

more photos on EnglishRussia.com

Note the knee pads, used to protect from carpet burn, I assume.

We’ve linked to the Norweigan Rhythmic montage maker KajaRG in the past.

Here’s another interesting, perhaps even haunting, edit.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The Jurassic Classic competition is no more.

In 2011 it will morph into something completely different.

2004 Olympic Floor Champion Kyle Shewfelt announces his Gymnastics FESTIVAL March 25-27, 2011 at the University of Calgary in Canada.

Kyle expects to have thousands of participants in a FUN weekend.

Artistic, Trampoline Sports, Rhythmic, Cheer and Gymnastrada are scheduled. It’s all in support of the RIGHT TO PLAY charity.

Click PLAY or watch a promo from Kyle on Gymnastike.

To get on the mailing list, send a request to KyleShewfeltInvite@gmail.com.

I’m expecting the limited number of spaces available during a 3 day event to fill quickly.

Edmonton – Nerissa Mo of Vancouver and Mariam Chamilova of Maple, Ont., finished 1-2 in their first senior Canadian rhythmic gymnastics championship Saturday, nudging two-time winner Alexandra Martincek of Markham, Ont., out the top spot for the all-around title. …

The Province – Mo claims Canadian senior rhythmic gymnastics title

Grace Chiu is there taking photos.

Katherine Uchida

From the Facebook album: 2010 Canadian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships by Grace Chiu GraceClick

#CdnGymChamps

Just got an email from Kyle. He’s psyched for the radical new event with his name on it, especially the exposure it will give one of his favourite charities: Right To Play.

I talked to Tony and Lisa Smith, University of Calgary Head Coaches, offering to volunteer. This is a gigantic upscaling of what’s already one of the biggest competitions in Canada. They could have thousands of participants the first year!

The official Festival website is not LIVE yet. But you can get more information by emailing: kyleshewfeltinvite@gmail.com

Ask to be put on the mailing list.

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Kyle will arrive Thursday to do commentary on the first ever Web Broadcast of the 2010 Canadian Gymnastics Championships.

Thursday, May 27
6:30 – 9:00 pm
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) Junior & Senior All-Around & Men’s Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) Senior All-Around

Friday, May 28
6:00 – 9:30 pm: Trampoline Gymnastics (TG) Team Finals

Saturday, May 28
2:30 – 6:00 pm: WAG, MAG and TG senior Finals

Barabus.TRU.ca/gymnastics (Please note this link will not be live until the date of the first broadcast)

breaking news at the #CdnGymChamps …

Beginning in 2011, the Jurassic Classic will be known as the Kyle Shewfelt Invitational, in honor of the 2004 Olympic floor champion, Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique announced today.

The first Shewfelt Invitational will take place March 25-27, 2011 at the University of Calgary, where Shewfelt trained for the Beijing Olympics under coach Tony Smith.

The flier given out for the Shewfelt Invitational promotes it as “a giant celebration of gymnastics” in support of the sports organization Right to Play, which mobilizes athletes and volunteers to encourage sports and youth development in developing areas. …

Click through to Gymnastics Examiner for the biggest news – Presenting the Kyle Shewfelt Invitational Festival of Gymnastics

Trampoline sports, gymnaestrada, rhythmic and cheerleading will be added. Jurassic will now be a festival, not simply a gym meet.

After 3 Olympics, Kyle finally retired. He’s doing online gymnastics video coverage commentary at the Canadian Championships.

related – KyleShewfelt.com

I thought the open-ended code was supposed to be killing Women’s Artistic Gymnastics.

The 42nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships set for Rotterdam (NED) this year are drawing a great response from national gymnastics federations around the world. By the time provisional registration closed yesterday, May 19, a record number of gymnasts had entered the championships.

A total of 729 gymnasts (399 men and 330 women) from 72 different nations are expected to make their way to Rotterdam in October.

However, whether or not 2010 will go down in history as the world championships with the greatest number of competitors ever remains to be seen; we’ll know more after the athletes have shown up in Rotterdam.

It’s easy to see why the Rotterdam Worlds are attracting so many participating nations. This year’s championships will determine which 24 Teams in Men’s and Women’s Artistic will go on to compete at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo (JPN), prior to the 2012 Olympic Games. A total of 56 Teams will compete in Men’s, and 47 in Women’s. …

read more – FIG – Record participation in Rotterdam?

The draw for the 1st Youth Olympic Games in Singapore has been posted, as well. Nations have been assigned, but not whom will be competing.

Numbers at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships are way up, too, a 26% increase over 2008.

BIG week in Gymnastics. Simultaneous with European WAG Championships is the start of Pacific Rim.

Russia must field teams for both.

The Pacific Rim Championships … is open to teams from member nations of the Pacific Alliance of National Gymnastics Federations, including the U.S.A, China, Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and other nations lining the pacific coast.

Before 2008, the event was known as the Pacific Alliance Championships.

From the 28th April to 2nd May 2010, Melbourne will host the championships with disciplines that include Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (MAG & WAG), Rhythmic Gymnastics (RG), and Trampolining (TRP).

Gymnastics Australia

Click PLAY or watch a short preview on YouTube.

Tragic.

Natalia Lavrova of Russia, a two-time rhythmic gymnastics Olympic champion, died in a car crash on Friday, the Interfax news agency reported.

Citing Russian authorities, the report said that the car driven by Lavrova’s sister collided with another vehicle near her home town of Penza, some 600 kilometres south-east of Moscow. Her sister reportedly died in the crash as well while the driver of the other car was injured.

Lavrova, 25, won Olympic gold 2000 and 2004 in the rhythmic gymnastics team event and later was a team coach …

Trend

It was 10AM.

Russian gymnast Yury Ryazanov was killed in a car crash last year, five days after winning a bronze medal at the world championships in London.

Just added some dates to my personal calendar.

FIG calendar page

Recall that 2008 story about dictator Vladimir Putin having an affair with former Rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva.

It was eventually debunked. It seemed at the time.

That story has resurfaced. Scandal rag NY Post in December:

… Vladimir Putin has a lot to celebrate this Christmas. Not only has the Russian strongman consolidated his control over the proletariat — and all their oil and gas — he’s also been given his first son, sources say.

Alina Kabaeva, the gorgeous, 26-year-old rhythmic gymnastics champion, recently gave birth to a boy in Moscow and named the baby Dimitry …

A son in Putin’s Yule stocking

They intimate the boy is Putin’s son.

And more recently:

… Kabaeva, who named the boy Dimitry, has all but vanished. “Her numbers have all been disconnected, and only five people are in touch with her — her ex-coach, her parents and two other gymnasts who serve in the Duma [the Russian parliament] …

Putin hides baby mama

Likely the story is untrue. But I wish it was true.

Putin is a megalomaniac. He nominates beautiful young women and his favourite Pop stars as political candidates.

Likely Alina is simply on maternity leave. But someone ask Khorkina where she is, exactly.