News
2001
Ukrainian coach Nina Vitrichenko, hired as Spanish
National Selector of Rhythmic Gymnastics, has got in the Consulate of Spain
in Kiev the papers needed for making her contract and already sent it to
Madrid. When this papers arrives to Spanish Federation, this will send
it to the Ministry and, once the procedure is finished, the sorted out
papers will be sent back to Vitrichenko, who will be able to move to the
place of her new job. "I hope that at the beggining of next March I
will be able to travel to Spain, country where Rhythmic Gymnastics is so
valued and where people supported so much mi daughter Elena in the
hard moments in her sports career", Vitrichenko said. The ukrainian
coach added that her 24 year old daughter whom she prepared to win European
and World Titles, decided to finish her career and plans to work with girls
in a School in Kiev. "I want to be useful for the great Rhythmic Gymnastics",
stated Nina Vitrichenko in order to explain her decission of accepting
"with no doubt" the Spanish offer. -EFE-
NINA VITRICHENKO, mother
and coach of the great gymnast Elena
Vitrichenko (World and European Champion 1997, Olympic Bronze 1996)
has been offered the post of Spanish National Selector, showing great interest;
she must reply to the Spanish Federation at the end of January. Vitrichenko
would be the head coach of both individual and group National Teams, as
well Nancy Usero (Group Selector in Sydney) has been offered to be the
group coach.
Both Nina and Elena
are very popular in Spanish Rhytmic Gymnastics so it would be some kind
of a dream if, finally, they come to Madrid and coach our gymnasts.
After a training camp
with 15 pre-selected gymnasts, the 7 gymnasts that will join Igone Arribas
for the Spanish Senior Group 2001 have been selected.
2000
Group Nationals have been
held this weekend in Málaga, with 1000 participants of 145 Clubs
from all the Autonomías in Spain. Club Atlético Montemar
is, for the 5th conssecutive year, Senior Spanish National Champion. Results
here.
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1999
Club Atlético Montemar
is, once more, the Spanish National Group Champion. Comunidad Valenciana
got 6 medals; País Vasco and Madrid, 5. See
Results here.
Paula
Orive, Sara Bayón, Ana
Del Toro and Marta Alvés have
been dismissed of the National Team of Groups. The setting of a new group
and a new 10 Clubs composition are the steps envisaged by coach Nancy Usero
in order to face the Olympic Games with Medal hopes.
The Spanish National Team
has got the maximum number of places (2 individuals, 1 group) for 2000
Olympics at OSAKA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. The individuals (Caride-Costas,
Cid Tostado and Domínguez) did pretty well placing 5th at Teams
competition, Esther Domínguez herself placed 9th All Auround while
Almudena Cid Tostado was 12th A.A. and 7th in Rope Final. But the group,
once again, made a disappointing performance and they almost didn't qualify
for the Olympics. Finally they placed 7th A.A., 5th in 5 Clubs and 5th
in 2 Hoops & 3 Ribbons. If they had got an All Around medal, they would
have been the ONLY group to have been on the podium in every World Championship
in the 90's...
The Spanish National Team
has made its last test before World Championships. Both the individuals
and the group did a good job with very few errors. Sara Bayón, Marta
Calamonte, Alba Caride-Costas, Almudena Cid Tostado, Esther Domínguez,
Lorena Guréndez, Carolina Malchair, Beatríz Nogales, Paula
Orive and Adassa Ramos are the gymnasts who will travel to Osaka on the
22nd.
The Spanish National Team
has made an exhibition, preparing Osaka Worlds, in Leganés (Madrid).
Esther Domínguez, Almudena Cid Tostado and Alba Caride-Costas did
very well, without any error; but Adassa Ramos was not so good, trowing
both her hoop and her ball out of the carpet. The Spanish group did well,
performing two times each routine, with the only fail of a hoop drop. The
best gymnasts of Leganés: Laura García, Patricia Céspedes,
Diana Abad,... made an excellent exhibition.
The Spanish group kept
on their disastrous season, placing 6th at Bochum DTB Cup. Greece was,
again, the winner.
The II Individual Masters
in Estella has been suspended. Elena Vitrichenko, Alina Kabaeva, Yulia
Raskina, etc were scheduled to compete there.
Carmina Verdú Ferrer
from Club Atlético Montemar is the new Spanish Cup Champion. The
four members of the National Team were absent. --Results
here--
SPANISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
(Individual):
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HONOUR CATHEGORY:
Esther Domínguez and Almudena Cid Tostado.
FIRST RATE: Laura
García Mateos (Leganés, Madrid)
YOUNGSTERS: Laura
Morajudo Yagüez (S.G. Chamartín, Madrid)
JUNIOR: Tania Campo
Cobo (Cantabria, Santander)
CHILDREN: Tamara Sánchez
(Alcalá, Madrid)
NOVICE: Nerea Alcolea
(E.G.R. Madrid, Madrid)
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--- Full
Results --- Photos
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The Spanish gymnasts made
a disappointing performance at the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BUDAPEST.
The Senior
group made a disastrous clubs routine that kept them out of the podium
(7th). The bronze medal in the hoop-ribbon final wasn't a good consolation
for the World vice-champions and Olympic champions.
The Junior
group did quite good, but the small fails and the low scores given
by the judges put them into 4th position in the Preliminaries and 5th in
the Final.
On individuals, Esther
Domínguez would have been in the top ten if it weren't for a
mistake in her last routine, the hoop; she was 15th. Almudena
Cid Tostado didn't stand out and was 11th.
Madrid, with 21 medals, was the most successful
Autonomía at the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR CLUBS AND AUTONOMÍAS
held in Zaragoza this weekend.--Results--
The Spanish got 6 Gold
and 1 Bronze medals at the INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT OF BUDAPEST. Esther
Domínguez won the 4 Events Finals and was 4th All Around behind
Frater (HUN), Zacchilli (ITA) and Marchesi (ITA), while Almudena
Cid Tostado got the 8th place and the Bronze in Ball. The
Senior Group was 1st A.A. superating Bulgaria and Italy, 1st in hoop-ribbon
and 4th in clubs. The Junior Group made a very
good performance, too, but placed 5th because of a 0.10 deduction for an
unexistant way out of the carpet.
The Spanish Team made
a great performance at the INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT OF PORTIMAO, they got
the Gold at the Teams Competition. Alba Caride-Costas
won the individual Senior All Around and four medals at the Events Finals
(Gold in rope; Silver in hoop, ball and ribbon). The Junior
Group got the second place behind Greece. Tania
Campo was 5th at the Individual Junior All Around, silver in rope and
bronze in ball.
The Spanish
Group improved a little their result at the Kalamata Cup, getting two
bronze medals (All Around and Hoop-Ribbon Final) at the THIAIS INTERNATIONAL
TOURNAMENT. The group from Greece won the three golds; Belarus, Russia
and Bulgaria did not participate. On individual, the winner was Yulia Raskina
(BLR).
The Spanish group made
a disappointing start of the Season placing 7th All Around at the KALAMATA
CUP in Greece. The Spanish girls weren't the only ones that made major
mistakes, Belarus placed 6th and Russia, 8th. The host country was the
winner, while Ukraine took the silver and Bulgaria the bronze. At the 10
clubs Final, Spain got the bronze medal.
Esther Domínguez
got the second place at the INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT OF PRATO in Italy,
before the Bulgarian Viktoria Danova and only superated by Olga Belova
from Russia. The other participant from Spain in this competition was Alba
Caride-Costas.
The junior gymnast Tania
Campo has competed at the COUPE D'OPALE this weekend. She got the gold
medal at the Rope Final (9'035) and the bronze medal at the Ball Final
(8'846). A drop in the hoop routine prevented her to be on the All Around
Podium (9th), the Champion was Alexis Yafremava (BLR). In Senior, without
Spanish competitors, Emily Livingston (CAN) was the winner.
The team from Spain, with
Almudena Cid Tostado, got the bronze medal at the American "3 on 3" International.
Almudena scored 9'800 in hoop and 9'787 in ribbon.
1998
SPANISH
GROUP NATIONALS IN ZARAGOZA
Champions:
- Novice A.A.:
G.R. Atzar (Valencia)
- Children A.A.:
C.A. Montemar (Alicante)
- Children Final:
C.A. Montemar (Alicante)
- Junior A.A.:
C.A. Montemar (Alicante)
- Junior Final:
G.R. Atzar (Valencia)
- Youngster A.A.:
G.R. Atzar (Valencia)
- Youngster Final:
A.D.G.R. Alcorcón (Madrid)
- First Rate A.A.:
C.A. Montemar (Alicante)
- First Rate Final:
C.A. Montemar (Alicante)
--Thanks to Edurne
Andrade and Ellen Burney--
Marta
Calamonte has been elected as the best sportperson of the year in Extremadura.
The Spanish group was
2nd at the Epson Cup, the Spanish girls got 19.500 in 5 balls and 18.849
in 3 ribbons+2 hoops. Belarus was the winner.
In Individuals, Kabaeva
took the gold. Almudena Cid Tostado showed her new routines, placing 8th
with 9.566 in rope, 9.649 in hoop, 9.616 in clubs and 9.699 in ribbon.
Full results at: Gymmedia
Nancy Usero Til
is the new coach of the Spanish Group, Dalia Kutkaite is her assistant
and coach of the National Junior Team and Cristina Álvarez
is the choreographer.
Nancy was a member
of the National Group herself and her greatest success was the bronce medal
at the 1984 European Championships. As a coach, she has worked at the Escuela
de Gimnasia Rítmica de Zaragoza for many years, getting many National
medals and making good gymnasts like Esther Domínguez.
Dalia was born in
Lithuania and became European Champion in 1982 competing for the URSS.
She has been living in Spain since lasts years of the 80's. She coached
at Club Marbella.
Adassa Ramos, from
Tenerife, has been selected for the National Team of Individuals.
Natalia Lipkovskaia (RUS),
Yana Batyrchina (RUS), Ekaterina Serebrianskaya (UKR) and Amina Zaripova
(RUS) have recently retired.
Please read my small
Homage
to Natalia Lipkovskaia.
The National groups' camp
has already finished. The selection has already been made. The Junior gymnasts
have came back to their respective homes and clubs and the Senior gymnasts
have gone to the permanent residence and trainings in Madrid.
GYMNASTS SELECTED
FOR THE 1999 SENIOR GROUP:
- Marta Alvés
Navarro
- Sara Bayón
Martínez
- Nuria Cabanillas
Provencio
- Marta Calamonte
Márquez
- Ana Del Toro Berrio
- Lorena Guréndez
García
- Raquel López
de Arroyabe Loyo
- Carolina Malchair
Selecque
- Beatríz Nogales
González
- Paula Orive Ozores
The Spanish National Team
of groups (both Junior and Senior) has started a 40-day camp in Vitoria.
In this camp, wich participants are 15 Seniors (Cabanillas, Guréndez,
Calamonte, Orive, Nogales, Bayón, Malchair, Castro, Montes, Marta
Alvés, Raquel López, Griselda Marfil, Vanessa Cardeñosa
and Adassa Ramos) and 16 Juniors, the National Selector will decide the
10 first team gymnasts for 1999 European and World Championships.
María Fernández
has came back to her place as Spanish National Selector of Rhythmic Sportive
Gymnastics and National Group Coach.
The Spanish Team members
are back from a small vacations period and they have no coach. The Spanish
Federation is trying to convince María Fernández to come
back. They are also looking for a new coach in case María decides
to not return. (Thanks to Marina Gil Celedonio for providing me this info!)
WORLD YOUTH GAMES IN MOSCOW
(RUS)
Tania Campo (C. Cantabria)
was the most successful of the Spanish RSG gymnasts, placing 17th in Junior
All Around and 8th in Ball. The other gymnasts were: In Juniors, Griselda
Marfil (Cataluña) who placed 33rd; and in Seniors Carmina Verdú
(C.A. Montemar) and Raquel López de Arroyabe (Oskitxo) who placed
23rd and 31st respectively. These gymnasts do not train at the National
Team.
The winners were the
Russians Alina Kabaeva in Senior and Zarina Gizikova in Junior.
SPANISH NATIONALS OF CLUBS
AND AUTONOMÍAS IN GIJÓN
Valencia was the most
successful autonomía, winning 3 of the 4 Cathegories.
SPANISH INDIVIDUAL NATIONALS
finished today in Barcelona.
Esther
Domínguez Zurita is the new Spanish Champion in the All Around
and in the four apparatus.
Alina Kabaeva from
Russia won the five golds at the Open Tournament, tying the clubs title
with Esther Domínguez.
Results
and Pictures
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
IN PORTO:
Rope Champion: Yana
Batyrchina (RUS). Hoop Champion: Ekaterina Serebrianskaya (UKR). Clubs
Champion: Elena Vitrichenko (UKR). Ribbon Champion: Eugenia Pavlina (BLR).
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
IN PORTO:
Alina Kabaeva (RUS)
is the new European Champion. Eugenia Pavlina (BLR) and Yanina Batyrchina
(RUS) were behind her.
The Spanish gymnasts
did well, with Almudena Cid Tostado placing 9th and Esther Domínguez
Zurita placing 11th.
Almudena
Cid Tostado has won the International Tournament in Portimao (POR),
Elena Sidorenko (RUS) was second, Irene Polidorou (GRE) was third, Laura
Zachilli (ITA) was 4th, Alba Caride-Costas was 5th
and Esther Domínguez, 8th.
On the apparatus Finals,
Almudena got three gold medals (rope, hoop and clubs), Alba two silver
medals (hoop and ribbon) and one bronze medal (clubs) and Esther got one
gold medal (rope).
Spain has been first at
the International Tournament in Budapest.
1st. Spain .........
39.650 (balls- 19.900, hoops and ribbons- 19.750)
2nd. Hungary ....
38.750
3rd. Russia ........
38.200
The Spanish Group has
won three medals (two golds and one silver) at the Kalamata Cup in Greece
on this weeekend.
Results:
All Around
Five Balls
Two Hoops+Threee Ribbons
1. Greece
1. Spain ..... 19.783
1. Spain ..... 19.766
2. Spain
2. Belarus ... 19.650
2. Greece ... 19.533
3. Belarus
3. Greece ... 19.616
3. Belarus ... 19.483
Esther
Domínguez has been 5th at the Cope D'Opale in Calais (FRA).
Valeria Vatkina (BLR) won the gold, Stella Salapatiyska (BUL) the silver,
Belova (RUS) the bronze and Emily Livingstone (CAN) was fourth .
The Spanish
Group had a great starting in the way to the World Championships at
Sevilla on next May wining the International Tournament of Thiais (FRA)
that took place on last weekend.
Results:
total (2 hoops+3 ribbons-5 balls)
1. Spain .........
38'834 (19.667-19'167)
2. Russia ........
38'634 (19'267-19'367)
3. Bulgaria .....
38'483 (19'183-19'300)
4. Belarus ......
38'267
Tania
Lamarca (Olympic Gold Medal Winner) has quit the Spanish Group because
she had problems with her weight. She is now 10kg heavier than in 1996
so her coach asked her to loose 4 kg. She has only been able to loose 2
kg and her doctor said that she could get ill if she tries to loose more
weight. Tania said: "My body is not able to loose more weight. My health
is more important than the Team". -More
Information-
1997
The
group Nationals have taken place in Sevilla this weekend.
More
information here.
The Spanish Group has four new members: Paula Orive, Beatríz Nogales,
Carolina Montes and Ana Del Toro.
Spain has won the Epson Cup. In individuals, Almudena Cid Tostado and Esther
Domínguez have been 7th and 9th respectively.
Pictures at RSG
FAN page.
Almudena
Cid Tostado was 8th in clubs and 7th in ribbon at the World Championships
in Berlin Events Finals.
Almudena
Cid Tostado and Esther Domínguez Zurita finished 11th and 24th All
Around at the World Championships. Alba
Caride-Costas had to quit because of an ankle injury.
The
Spanish individual Team was 7th at the World Championships in Berlin.
Alba
Caride is the new Spanish Champion (77'632). Esther
Domínguez (77'466) and Almudena Cid
(77'098) were second and third.
Davinia Melgar (Atzar-Valencia)
in First Rate, Laura García (Leganés-Madrid) in Youngsters,
Beatríz Nogales (Oskitxo-Vitoria) in Junior, Patricia Céspedes
(San Fernando-Madrid) in Children's and Jennifer Sanabria (E.G.R. Tenerife-Canarias)
in Novice were the other winners.
Esther
Domínguez won the Spanish Cup Final, held in Palencia. Alba
Caride and Almudena Cid were behind her.
Silver
in five balls and bronze in three balls and two ribbons for the Spanish
Group at the European Championships. Almudena
Cid Tostado was 8th in hoop.
The
Spanish group was 4th All Around in the European Championships in Patras.
Almudena
Cid Tostado was 11th and Alba Caride-Costas
was 13th.
The
Spanish group got two silver medals at the International Tournament "Town
of Ibiza".
Results:
All Around
Total: (5 balls - 3 balls+2 ribbons)
1.- Russia ..... 39'133
(19'550 - 19'583)
2.- Spain ...... 38'666
(19'133 - 19'533)
3.- Ukraine ... 37'133
(18'400 - 18'733)
4.- France .... 36'699
(18'583 - 18'116)
5.- Australia . 35'966
(17'716 - 18'250)
6.- Netherlands
7.- Greece
Campofrío
Trophy
Free routine
1.- Russia ..... 19'650
2.-Spain ....... 19'416
3.-Ukraine ... 18'933
The
individual gymnast Esther Domínguez has
joined the Spanish group because of the retirement of three of the
Olympic medallists and the injury of Marta Calamonte. She will probably
compete at the European Championships in a month.
Marta
Baldó, Estela Jiménez and Estíbaliz Martínez,
Olympic gold medal winners, have anounced their definitive retirement from
the competition because of injury.
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