2016 Rio: Rhythmic Gymnastics

The winner needs to be Staniouta for the security of the sport.

gmyers said:

The winner needs to be Staniouta for the security of the sport.

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I think there's more chance of Russia losing a medal in the group competition than in the Individual AA, though, I heard of predictions with Yana in second place and no other Russian on the podium, but they are not really popular.

Don't know about the "security" of the sport. Russia puts way too much money on it for them to cut it out of the Olympics.

FIG rhythmic has personal best/season best and world ranking points like figure skating

World Ranking: Points are accumulated every World Cup competition placements !!!
-> http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/page/view?id=262

Some Facts:

like ISU , FIG only recognizes official scores from World Championships, Contitnental (European, Asian Championships), World Cup and Grand Prix competitions
Rhythmic Gymnastics has a Grand Prix Final like Figure Skating


The Highest 2016 Seasons Best All-around scores per gymnast:
2 Gymnast per country rule, the red are not going to Olympics :ddevil:
it should be three like in FS or Swimming / Athletics !!!! :furious:

Qualifications at last Years Worlds and Rio Test event for Olympics has ended
ONLY Russia and Belarus have qualified 2 spots !!!

LIST OF 2016 SEASONS BEST UNDER 70+ MARK !
1 Margarita Mamun (RUS) - 77.100 (Brno Grand Prix)
2 Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS) - 76.450 (Pesaro World Cup)
3 Aleksandra Soldatova (RUS) - 75.650 (Lisbon World Cup)
4 Melitina Staniouta (BLR) - 74.600 (Brno Grand Prix)
5 Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR) - 74.550 (Pesaro World Cup)
6 Son Yeon Jae - (KOR) 73.900 (Pesaro World Cup)
7 Arina Averina (RUS) - 73.600 (Bucharest Grand Prix)
8 Dina Averina (RUS) - 73.500 (Pesaro World Cup)
9 Salome Pazhava (GEO) - 72.850 (Bucharest Grand Prix)
10 Katsiaryna Halkina (BLR) - 72.700 (Bucharest Grand Prix)
11 Victoria Filanovsky (ISR) - 72.100 (Brno Grand Prix)
12 Linoy Ashram (ISR) - 71.800 (Tashkent World Cup)
12 Kseniya Moustafaeva (FRA) - 71.700 (Pesaro World Cup)
13 Elizaveta Nazarenkova (UZB) - 71.450 (Asian Championships)
14 Neta Rivkin (ISR) - 71.350 (Tashkent World Cup)
15 Karina Kuznetsova (RUS) - 71.200 (Tashkent World Cup)
16 Veronica Bertolini (ITA) - 70.900 (Pesaro World Cup)
17 Ana Luiza Filorianu (ROU) - 70.750 (Bucharest Grand Prix)
18 Nicol Ruprecht (AUT) - 70.550 (Brno Grand Prix)
19 Neviana Vladinova (BUL) - 70.550 (Lisbon World Cup)
20 Sabina Ashirbayeva (KAZ) - 70.500 (Asian Championships)
21 Laura Zeng (USA) - 70.150 (Lisbon World Cup)
22 Anastasiya Serdyukova (UZB) - 70.100 (Tashkent World Cup)


It looks like Mamun is currently the front runner for Olympic Gold medal; but she is sometimes inconsistent
If Yana will be at the Olympics, she is way too consistent to not win, a silver upset is only possible if one of the russians make some mistakes
more likely bronze will be a contested battle between Staniouta, Rizatdinova, Son and Pazhava

Melitina Staniouta - Three-time World All-around bronze medalist (2010, 2013, 2015), 2014 European All-around silver and 2009 Grand Prix Final All-around silver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melitina_Staniouta

2016 Routine music information

Hoop -- (Oh! Newsday) by Noella
Ball -- Fantasy For Violin And Orchestra from Ladies in Lavender by Joshua Bell
Clubs -- Piano Sonata No 23 In F minor, Op 57 by Murray Perahia, Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ribbon -- Ciganskaya

2016 ROUTINES

HOOP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Dt7Bn7GlM
BALL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-bVssJ1fQ0
CLUBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5LQomJ6QKg :thumbsup:
RIBBON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuuVMDom7LU

Margarita Mamun - two-time (2015, 2014) World All-around silver medalist, the 2015 European Games All-around silver medalist, three-time (2015, 2014, 2013) Grand Prix Final All-around champion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita_Mamun

2016 Routine music information

Hoop -- Concerto de Berlin by Vladimir Cosma
Ball -- Morceaux De Fantasie, Op.3:I.Elegie by Mischa Maisky
Clubs -- We Will Rock You by Queen
Ribbon -- A New Swan Queen, Night Of Terror, Perfection music from The Black Swan by Clint Mansell

2016 ROUTINES

HOOP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsHMeCpA_CA :thumbsup:
BALL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctwieq6VSSo :thumbsup:
CLUBS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsOgLUJ1rPs
RIBBON - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqxSTt7uc7g

Her Ribbon is a masterpiece !!! High Drama

Yana Kudryavtseva - three-time World Champion in the All-around (2013, 2014 & 2015), the 2015 European Games All-around champion, the 2014 European Championships All-around gold medalist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yana_Kudryavtseva

2016 Routine music information

Hoop -- Kon (Slavyanskaya) by Khor Turetskogo
Ball -- "Piano Concerto No.23 - Adagio", "Piano Concerto No. 21 - Andante", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clubs -- Black Gold by Armand Amar
Ribbon -- Valse Triste by Jean Sibelius

2016 ROUTINES

HOOP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVShZ6SGLn4
BALL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IilkDE0Xor8 :thumbsup:
CLUBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snCJs3Af7Qw
RIBBON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfO19a_5Fbc

Yana's Clubs is so Dynamic

Thank you, sneakers. The reason for the 2 spots rule is because judges in Apparatus or All Around Final MUST NOT BE from the same country than a gymnast taking part of that specific group, it also gives chances to other countries to have their gymnasts taking part of more competitions and avoiding a podium sweep (so no conspiracy theories about scores and placement might take place)

ines42575 said:

Thank you, sneakers. The reason for the 2 spots rule is because judges in Apparatus or All Around Final MUST NOT BE from the same country than a gymnast taking part of that specific group, it also gives chances to other countries to have their gymnasts taking part of more competitions and avoiding a podium sweep (so no conspiracy theories about scores and placement might take place)

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I just think 2 gymnast per country rule robs the best gymnasts of an opportunity to compete at the Olympics regardless of their nationality, its not their country's fault that they have a deep field and dominance, :confused2:
akin to artistic gymnastics with American gymnastics programe .

also Group competition is more like likely unpredictable anyone has a chance for gold
but I dont follow much Group rhythmic, I LIKE only the Individual rhythmic gymnastics; also its high time they include men's version
Japan and Russia are sure to dominate the mens

World Cup Minsk results

Im shocked an American won a medal, they don't really have a history in RG, though this is a weak field, No Kudrayvsteva, Rizatdinova, Son, Pazhava, Ashirbayeva
I guess all those training in Novogorsk in Russian national center has finally paid off

the wiki of Laura Zeng: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Zeng
it says : *First American rhythmic gymnast to win a medal (bronze) at a World Cup series.

thats almost after 70+ years since RG creation :think:

All-around results
https://scontent.fdoh1-1.fna.fbcdn....=79b96261e23790a3b92871f3b1bf402b&oe=57E5DCD1

Margarita Mamun RUS 19,150 19,100 19,150 18,300 75,700
Aleksandra Soldatova RUS 17,650 19,000 19,000 18,550 74,200
Melitina Staniouta BLR 18,250 18,600 18,750 18,350 73,950
Katsiaryna Halkina BLR 18,100 18,200 18,350 17,250 71,900
Neta Rivkin ISR 16,850 18,300 18,200 17,650 71,000
Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky ISR 17,900 17,900 17,300 17,850 70,950
Laura Zeng USA 18,050 17,800 17,000 18,000 70,850
Neviana Vladinova BUL 17,600 17,600 17,800 17,500 70,500
Katrin Taseva BUL 17,450 17,350 17,450 17,200 69,450
Camilla Feeley USA 17,350 17,250 17,400 17,200 69,200
Letizia Cicconcelli ITA 17,250 17,150 17,200 17,250 68,850
Ekaterina Volkova FIN 17,300 17,350 17,600 16,500 68,750
Hanna Bazhko BLR 16,800 17,200 17,450 16,950 68,400
Carolina Rodriguez ESP 17,500 17,150 16,750 16,950 68,350
Eleni Kelaiditi GRE 16,950 16,850 17,200 16,950 67,950
Sara Llana Garcia ESP 17,050 16,900 17,000 16,550 67,500
Jelizaveta Gamalejeva LAT 16,850 16,750 16,750 16,400 66,750
Elena Bolotina BLR 17,450 16,550 16,600 15,950 66,550
Janika Vartlaan EST 16,700 16,700 16,850 15,350 65,600
Anna Afuxenidi KAZ 16,150 16,550 16,550 16,200 65,450
Alexandra Kis HUN 16,550 16,050 15,800 16,450 64,850
Maria Carmen Crescenzi ITA 17,000 16,500 14,950 16,250 64,700
Natalia Gaudio BRA 16,100 15,850 16,450 15,350 63,750
Spela Kratochwill SLO 16,050 15,250 15,600 15,850 62,750
Elina Valieva GEO 16,450 14,900 15,500 15,600 62,450
Liana Tsetsadze GEO 16,100 16,100 14,550 15,500 62,250
Diana Zvonaryova KAZ 16,000 15,800 15,700 14,700 62,200
Izzah Amzan MAS 15,900 14,650 16,050 15,350 61,950
Elena Milenkovic CRO 15,150 14,400 15,450 15,200 60,200
Deimena Spucyte LTU 14,450 13,300 15,200 14,250 57,200
Adisa Bjelic BIH 14,350 13,450 12,850 12,000 52,650

Hoop :
1. Margarita Mamun — 19.000
2. Melita Staniouta — 18.700
3. Laura Zeng — 18.050
4. Katsyarina Halkina — 17.900
5. Victoria Filanosky — 17.800
6. Neviana Vladinova — 17. 650
7. Aleksandra Soldatova — 17.450
8. Carolina Rodriguez — 16.500

Ball :
1. Margarita Mamun — 19.150
2. Aleksandra Soldatova — 18.850
3. Melita Staniouta — 18.700
4. Laura Zeng — 18.000
5. Neviana Vladinova — 17.800
6. Victoria Filanosky — 17.750
7. Ekaterina Volkova — 17.450
8. Katsyarina Halkina — 16.750

Clubs :
1. Margarita Mamun — 19.100
2. Aleksandra Soldatova — 19.000
3. Melita Staniouta — 18.600
4.Katsyarina Halkina — 18.150
5. Neviana Vladinova — 17.800
6. Ekaterina Volkova — 17.450
7. Katrin Taseva — 17.450
8. Camilla Feeley — 16.800

Ribbon :
1. Margarita Mamun — 18.950
2. Aleksandra Soldatova — 18.850
3. Laura Zeng — 18.050
4. Katsyarina Halkina — 18.000
5. Melita Staniouta —17.850
6. Victoria Filanosky —17.800
7. Neviana Vladinova — 17.550
8. Leticia Cicconcelli — 17.300

Laura Zeng is an amazing gymnast. Last season she was 8th at World Championships, she really deserves her spot for Rio

Some gymnasts were not present at this world cup because national championships are close OR just because they can choose to accept or reject an invitation to an event.

I loooove Laura, it was time for her to grab some medals, and more still to come

ines42575 said:

Laura Zeng is an amazing gymnast. Last season she was 8th at World Championships, she really deserves her spot for Rio

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and she's still 16 turning 17, she might place Top 10 in Olympic but she will improve still next quad
but will she stick around until 2020 Tokyo ? usually RG you are prone to injuries like back pain and knee, legs , some requiring operations

sneakers said:

and she's still 16 turning 17, she might place Top 10 in Olympic but she will improve still next quad
but will she stick around until 2020 Tokyo ? usually RG you are prone to injuries like back pain and knee, legs , some requiring operations

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I think she will: just look at Neta Rivkin or Carolina Rodriguez, they will be 3 times Olympians in Rio. Their training is different from other countries, they focus on long term success, not in just going and grabbing medals

I don't have much love for Laura Zeng. She's a good gymnast, but she's so robotic in her movements I can't really enjoy her gymnastics. I dont understand half her scores either. In this WC she scored close to what Pazhava has been scoring lately, and that's BS for me.

ines42575 said:

I think she will: just look at Neta Rivkin or Carolina Rodriguez, they will be 3 times Olympians in Rio. Their training is different from other countries, they focus on long term success, not in just going and grabbing medals

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Neta is from the old guard but now Israel is RG powerhouse they have Filanovsky and Ashram, Rivkins Olympic participation is still not guaranteed
Spain has really bad individual RG program that a gymnast from early 2000 is still competing

in RG, you never know who will gets injured and retire
back, broken leg, feet, knee injuries are the most common cause for early retirement

coldblueeyes said:

I don't have much love for Laura Zeng. She's a good gymnast, but she's so robotic in her movements I can't really enjoy her gymnastics. I dont understand half her scores either. In this WC she scored close to what Pazhava has been scoring lately, and that's BS for me.

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yep 18.050, Pazhava scored about the same as that, they are neck and neck in scoring low 18's
she does look very robotic although she's still young, her PCS score shouldn't be that high

I prefer Pazhava, even Halkina is terribly underscored this season
she is rarely getting 18.1+ marks even when clean !, I guess judges are all putting all their basket on Belarusian No1. Ms. Staniouta

sneakers said:

yep 18.050, Pazhava scored about the same as that, they are neck and neck in scoring low 18's
she does look very robotic although she's still young, her PCS score shouldn't be that high

I prefer Pazhava, even Halkina is terribly underscored this season
she is rarely getting 18.1+ marks even when clean !, I guess judges are all putting all their basket on Belarusian No1. Ms. Staniouta

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There's no PCS, just Difficulty and Excecution

ines42575 said:

There's no PCS, just Difficulty and Excecution

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sorry I meant Artistic
I guess they removed that

in the 30 point judging
it was E-execution, A-artistic, D-Difficulty

sneakers said:

sorry I meant Artistic
I guess they removed that

in the 30 point judging
it was E-execution, A-artistic, D-Difficulty

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It was removed 3 years ago

ines42575 said:

Laura Zeng is an amazing gymnast. Last season she was 8th at World Championships, she really deserves her spot for Rio

Some gymnasts were not present at this world cup because national championships are close OR just because they can choose to accept or reject an invitation to an event.

I loooove Laura, it was time for her to grab some medals, and more still to come

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I was just going to post this news, but several people beat me to it, lol! I love Laura, too, so this was a very pleasant shock. MERICA!!

Obviously the leaders of RG are really afraid of being such a Russian sport in this atmosphere and are making moves to make an American successful so it's not eliminated from the Olympics. It's not that Zheng isn't good but why now? That's clear.