Category: Rhythmic

Rhythmic – Russia, Italy, Bulgaria qualify for Tokyo

The new qualification system in place, top 3 Rhythmic teams at Worlds 2018 automatically qualify for the Olympics.

🥇 Russia 🇷🇺 46.300

🥈 Italy 🇮🇹 44.825

🥉 Bulgaria 🇧🇬 42.050

Click PLAY or watch highlights on YouTube.

Rhythmic Worlds Sofia Bulgaria

#RGSofia2018 FIG – 2018 RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

A highlight clip will be uploaded to the FIG Youtube channel each day, while qualification routines from each athlete will be made available after the competition. Subscribe here to be sure not to miss anything: youtube.com/gymnasticschannel

Live scoring:

Follow the scores in real time during qualifications and finals here.
This feature is also available on FIGymnastics, the mobile application from the FIG that is available free for download from the iTunes and Google Play stores.
 
The go-to web portal for the latest news, live scoring, official results, medal standings and a complete competition programme. Have a look at https://bit.ly/2NbrmjW

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

 

Down Syndrome Gymnastics World Championships

MAG (Men’s Artistic), WAG (Women’s Artistic) and RG (Rhythmic Gymnastics).

5-9 July 2018, Bochum, Germany

There weren’t many competitors, but you can see the results of the 3rd World Championships here.

For information contact Trevor Low trevor.low (a) iflip.org

related – KUTEPOVA’S INTERNATIONAL SUCCESSES HELP PROMOTING DISABILITY GYMNASTICS IN RUSSIA

Alberta trampoline park insurance increases

News from Alberta, Canada.

Insurance costs may drive the pay for play warehouses out of business.

Red Deer’s indoor trampoline park has closed its doors.

… owners of Jump 360 say insurance rates “quadruple what we were paying” and higher employee wages have made it too costly for them to continue operating. …

Jump 360 had been open since May 2016 …

Indoor trampoline park closes citing higher insurance costs, wages

related – Insurers jumping out of the trampoline business

I’d love to see those dangerous parks close.

The downside for Alberta clubs with qualified, certified Trampoline coaches is a new limitation which states that only competitive gymnasts and trampolinists are insured to use tramps, tumbling trampolines, mini-trampolines, etc.

Recreational kids, birthday party kids, Parkour and drop-in participants are not covered for negligence. … I feel this goes too far. Alberta clubs should look for a new insurance agency.

Father of three dies at Richmond’s Extreme Air Park trampoline facility

Jay Greenwood

 

Blue Tokyo: Dancing Acrobats

My Mom sends the link to this excellent and entertaining act. Japanese Rhythmic Gymnastics PLUS.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Rhythmic Gymnastics flexibility training

Gymnasts must be BORN very, very flexible in order to work towards this kind of active flexibility.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Monika Míčková on eating disorders in Rhythmic

Monika Míčková is a retired Czech rhythmic gymnast. She competed Worlds 6 times.

She posted an awful retrospective of her long career. It begins with …

You’re fat.

You are lazy.

You are incompetent.

You are stupid.

From the mouth of the coaches I heard these words almost every day and took them as a normal part of the drill. They also behaved equally to other girls, regardless of age and performance. No one imagined something strange going on, everyone accepted that it was supposed to be. …

You can read it here. (Czech)

I used Google Translate.

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