World Championships Kiev 2013, 28 Aug-01 Sep

Posted on 08/24/2013 by ZKG-Zoe Wan


Next week will start the most important RG competition this year, the 32rd world championships in Kiev. Not like before, NO team competition this year, so two individual gymnasts most per country. (before you can send 4 gymnasts most) Masha is not selected to compete, but she will fly Kiev to cheer for her teammates on 27 August. Hopefully one day she can take part in worlds 🙂

Following are some information about this event:

Official website: http://kiev2013.com/
FIG microsite: click here
UKR RG federation: http://www.ukraine-rg.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldcempionships2013
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UkraineRG
FIG youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/figchannel
UKRTVRG YTB: http://www.youtube.com/user/UKRAINETVRG
Individual qual start list: click here
Live scoring: click here
Full results pdf book (13MB): click here

General programme: Continue reading →

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Zhenya news translation: “FAIR PLAY” Awards

Posted on 08/20/2013 by ZKG-Zoe Wan

Zhenya Kanaeva at Fair Play Award-4th July 2013 Italy
Original article posted on 7th August 2013
http://olympicuniversity.ru/web/ru/news/-/view-content/69821
English translated by Ekaterina, Many Many Thanks!!!

08.07.2013

On July 4, an official ceremony for the winners of XVII International “Fair Play” Award, took place in historic Italian city Castiglione Fiorentino.

The President of XVII International “Fair Play” Award – Angelo Morelli greeted the athletes who, in their sporting careers, followed ethical norms and rejected the notion of victory by any means necessary.

In the nomination “Sport and Life”, the winner was the only two-time RG AA Olympic champion – Evgenia Kanaeva. Continue reading →

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World Cup St. Petersburg 2013, 16-18 August

Posted on 08/09/2013 by ZKG-Zoe Wan


Yes! finally, Masha will compete again!!!! She will take part in World Cup St. Petersburg 2013 as “out of competition” which will be held next week, 16-18 August. Good Luck to Masha, Wish her all the BEST!!! Hopefully she can perform well!!! BTW, UKR gymnasts won’t participate, they are preparing for World Championships Kiev at home.

And 12-14 Aug will be juniors international tournament for gymnasts born in 1999.

Below are some information of this event:

Official website: http://www.frgspb.ru/
Participants List:
individuals
groups

P.S. in the participants list, the “HC” means “Hors concours” is French for “out of competition”

Start List: click here (individuals and groups)

On-line broadcast:
http://www.vfrg.ru/index.php?dn=pages&to=cat&id=176
http://www.art-works.ru/broadcast

Schedule: from RUS RG federation

August 14, 2013

Juniors International Tournament:
Junior Individuals – born in 1999, the all-around (hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon)
Junior Groups – born in 1999, the all-around (5 hoops and 10 clubs)
Continue reading →

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The World Games 2013 Cali, RG 26-27 July

Posted on 07/24/2013 by Wan_ Zoe

Rhythmic Gymnastics Ribbon competitions cancelled (from FIG)
CALI (COL), FIG Office, July 25, 2013: FIG was unfortunately forced to cancel Rhythmic Gymnastics competitions on Ribbon at The World Games 2013 Cali today following an assessment of the conditions in the competition hall as well as the temporary warm-up and training tent…
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Time flies! World Games was my first time to watch RG competition live, lucky me, the previous one in 2009, it was held in my country, Kaohsiung Taiwan and I had the chance to see Zhenya competing. “Individual Rhythmic Gymnastics was introduced to the World Games in Akita (JPN) in 2001 and is the only gymnastic discipline represented at both Olympic and World Games. In contrast to the Olympic Games, the World Games include an Apparatus Final format instead of an All-around competition.” (quoted from FIG: click here ) Read FIG preview of Cali’s RG competition: click here (but some mistakes in this article, from RUS Nazarenkova and Trubnikova instead)

Below are some informations:
Official website: http://worldgames2013.com.co/en/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twg2013Cali
FIG micro site: click here
On-line stream: click here (Hoop and Ball EF 21:00-22:00 26th July 2013 local time, GMT-5)
On-line results: click here
Participants list (updated 23 July): click here   Continue reading →

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Video Translation: Zhenya Interview in Universiade Kazan 2013, 15th July

Posted on 07/20/2013 by ZKG-Zoe Wan

English translated by Ekaterina, Big Big Thanks!!!

Q: Zhenya, you are a two-time Olympic champion, and in December last year you announced you wanted to end your sporting career.  It would be truly surprising if you haven’t been invited to take part in the Universiade . You are only 23 years old…?

Zhenya: First of all, I never announced I had ended my career. Everyone except me was saying that and probably making this decision for me as well. At this time, I have taken a break and have not said anything final, especially to the press. As for invitations to compete, everyone has left me alone for the time being because I have endured a lot throughout my career: there have been a lot of competitions and I have received multiple injuries, and of course there is exhaustion.

Q: Do I understand correctly that theoretically we can expect to see you at 2016 Olympics in Rio? Would you like that? Continue reading →

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Evgenia Kanaeva: the results of our girls speak for themselves, we’re the best!

Posted on 07/19/2013 by ZKG-Zoe Wan

Zhenya-press conference-Universiade Kazan 2013-04
Posted on http://www.allsportinfo.ru/index.php?id=73519 on 16-07-2013 Originally written in Russian by Vladimir Ivanov Edited and translated by catts  (many many THANKS!!!)

Today, July 16, is the medal ceremony day of the 10th Summer Universiade in Kazan. The RG tournament has come to an end. The Russians so far have got five victories in five disciplines. The emotions of the tournament that were experienced by Vladimir Ivanov – the special correspondent of the sport information agency “All Sport” – were shared by the double Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva.

‘The results of our girls speak for themselves, we are the best,’ commented Evgeniya Kanaeva on the performance of the Russian team. ‘It was very nice to watch, and I cheered them on.’ Continue reading →

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5th Russian-Chinese Youth Games 2013 in Shanghai, 12-14 July

Posted on 07/12/2013 by ZKG-Zoe Wan

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This games is held every two years, contain 11 sports, RG is included. Before 2009 (including 2009) it was for young seniors (less than 18 years old maybe) and juniors, but since 2011 it’s only for juniors. This games is held by Russia and Chinese alternatively, 2007 in Moscow Russia, Zhenya competed there, 2009 in Beijing, China, Kondakova, Merkulova, Valeria Tkachenko…etc competed…2011 in Penza, Russia, Masha (Maria Titova) and Averina twins etc competed. This year, this games is held in Shanghai, for RG on 12-14 July.

Below some information about this event:
No official website sorry…this games is NOT allowed for audience to watch…(比賽禁止觀賞!)

Participants: (juniors born 1998-2000)
Chinese juniors: 劉紫欣，尚蓉，王若琦，郭玥含，韓静莘 and junior group
Russia juniors: Yulia Bravikova, Olesya petrova, Veonika Polyakova, Irina Annenkova, Yulia Sinitsina and St. Petersburg junior group. Continue reading →

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Universiade Kazan 2013, RG competition 14-16 July

Posted on 07/12/2013 by ZKG-Zoe Wan


Now the Universiade 2013 in Kazan is in progress, RG competition will be held on 14-16 July. Please note, Universiade is a competition for university students, there is rule for the age of participants, “be at least 17 and less than 28 years of age on 1 January in the year of this event.” Btw, most likely Zhenya will be there, because she is vice president of RUS RG federation+ambassador of Universiade Kazan 2013.

following are some information of this event…

Official website: http://kazan2013.ru/en
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kazan2013eng?v=wall
twitter: https://twitter.com/kazan2013en/
VKontakte: http://vk.com/club16653547
instagram: http://instagram.com/kazan2013universiade
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/uni2013
FISU: http://www.fisu.net/en/FISU-homepage-3137.html
Participants:
(BLR) Melitina Staniouta
(BRA) Angélica Kvieczynski, Simone Luiz, Natália Gaudio and BRA senior group
(BUL) Silviya Miteva, Anastasia Kisse
(CHN) Deng Senyue, Ma Qianhui and Chinese senior group (not national team) Continue reading →

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Poll: GQ Woman of the Year 2013

Posted on 07/06/2013 by ZKG-Zoe Wan

You can vote for Zhenya till 31st August, here’s the link:
http://www.gq.ru/moty/question/zhenshchina-goda/
Poll-GQ woman of the year 2013

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Old News: Zhenya attended “The action of the First Channel Be the first”-01-Jun-2013

Posted on 07/01/2013 by ZKG-Zoe Wan

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An old news, on 01-Jun-2013, the international children’s day, Zhenya attended “The action of the First Channel Be the first”, she was there to be the award presenter. check news article and some photos here
http://www.edu-kolomna.ru/news/1072.html
English translation by google, edited by catts

The action of the First Channel “Be the first!”

Traditionally, on the International Children’s Day, First Channel conducts a charity event for children, named “Be the First!”. Earlier on, the event was held in Moscow, Yaroslavl, Krasnodar, Ivanovo, Penza, Samara, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod, Ufa, and Astrakhan.

On 1 June 2013, the event “Be the First!” was held in Podolsk of the Moscow region, and it was accompanied by the “Starship Troopers” of First Channel, which included well-known TV personalities, popular actors, musical artists and famous athletes.

A big sporting event was taken place in the stadium of Podolsk. Master-classes were conducted featuring the stars of football, track and field, gymnastics, together with a soccer match between”Star Channel” and the children sports school in Podolsk.

As part of the event, the prize winners and winners of the All-Russian contest “Turn to Sports!” had the best opportunity to promote physical culture and sport among the children and youth organizations for 2012-2013.

The winner is the Children NGO “Rainbow Childhood” (from city Kolomna, headed by Kirsanova A.V.). The grand awards were presented by the Olympic champion of rhythmic gymnastics, Evgenia Kanaeva.

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