29-May-2009Marbella, Spanien (7) GRAND PRIX 2009 in Marbella: Total Triumph of Evegenia Kanaeva again
Kanaeva: total triumph to the third time tis year, after Moscow and Holon!
After the events in Moscow, Brno, Thiais, Kiev, Holon and Bourgos this year the
7th Grand-Prix competition 2009 circuit of Rhythmic Gymnastics took place from May 28 - 31 in Marbella, Spain. After the predominant all-around victory the Russian Olympic champion Evgenia KANAEVA won also all the four final events of this Grand Prix in Marbella.
The Russian youngster and five-times winner of the Grand Prix in Bourgos some weeks before, Daria KONDAKOVA, ranked on second place in all-around and also with all apparatuses.
After her third all-around postion Aliya YUSSUPOVA (KAZ) won bronze with hoop and ball, Melita STANIOUTA (BLR) with rope and Irina RISENSON with ribbon ...
Aliya YUSSUPOVA (KAZ) - three-times on third place. (C) Photos & informationfor GYMmedia: Ester TEIJEIRA
2009 GRAND PRIX of RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS - Marbella, Spain, May 29 - 3o -
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Who otherwise than the two Russian gymnasts were on top of the Grand Prix all-around qualifikation. A small but a fine field of nine gymnasts only took part, but Kanaeva, Kondakova and also Yussupova and Risenson took care for a top quality of these competitions...: 1. Evgenia KANAEVA RUS - 112,475
2. Daria KONDAKOVA RUS - 108,100
3. Aliya YUSSUPOVA KAZ - 105,350
** Qualifikation, All-around
2009 Andalucia Junior Cup of Rhythmic Gymnastics _______________________________________________
A special event, for the stars of the next generation, in which we can see all the gymnasts who are going to compite between them for years: Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, etc, and Spain, will show us what they have in their gyms.
A small field of nine young gymnasts took part at the all-around competition.
Winner after four apparatuses was the Byelorussian Alexandra NARKEVICH with a score of 99,300 points, followed by Alexandra MERKULOVA from Russia (98,625) and the Spaniard Natalia T. GARCIA (94,875). ... more ranking:
4. Rebeca SEREDA USA - 91,075;
5. Alexandra PISCUPESCU ROU - 89,150
6. Marta SZAMATEK POL - 89,125
Medallists of the junior all-around competition of the '2009 Andalucian Cup' in Marbella, Spain
* Annotation by the Spanish Grand Prix Organizers...!
The Spanish organizers know, that it is difficult to visit to a competition immediatly after a great event like the European Championship done in Baku.
In the other hand, we are absolutely shocked by the Ukranian delegation, which sent - only 4 days before start - an e-mail, that they will not come because they have a national camp in the same weekend.
All knows, since a lot of months ago, that there is a Grand Prix Tournament in Marbella, ...and they sent the nominative entry, etc. They could not do this type of things to a country which always has given them all the support.
The Spanish organizers are sure, that our people will apreciate the effort done by Kanaeva, Kapranova, Risenson, etc, to come to Marbella an give us all their “magic” on the carpet. * GP Organizers, Marbella (ESP)
* 2009 GRAND PRIX Participants (- update: May 20) ___________________________________