PREVIEW: 3rd World Cup of Rhythmic Gymnastics 2010

Groups, Individuals, Juniors...

After hte season's start in Montreal, followed by the second World Cup in Debrecen now the city of Portimao will organize the 3rd World Cup of Rhythmic Gymnastics of the 2010 circuit. 45 individual gymnasts and 15 groups representing 26 countries are expected to compete in Portimao, and all the top players are in! So Russia will line up with Evgenia Kanaeva, Daria Kondakova, Daria Dmitrieva and Yana Lukonina, Belarus will feature Meliltina Staniouta and Liubov Charkashyna, and we’ll also see Bulgarian Sliviya Miteva, Anna Alyabyeva from Kazakhstan, Austrian Caroline Weber and Azerbaijanis Aliya Garaeyeva and Anna Gurbanova.

WORLD CUP Rhythmic Gymnastics, Groups & Ind.
- Portimao, PORT, March 11 - 14 -
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The Portuguese hosts are proud, to organize a lot of gymnastic's top event:
In 2006, Portimao was the first Portuguese city to host a FIG World Cup / Series event.
Loulé for Trampoline Gymnastics, first held in 2009.
Now, the year 2010 is a milestone in the history of gymnastics in Portugal with four FIG World Cup / Series events!
After Portimao, Ponta Delgada/Azores will host Aerobics in April, Porto/Madeira will welcome Artistic in June and Loulé will again become Trampoline’s capital city in September!
A full year of gymnastics for athletes and fans in Portugal!
* source: fig

* P A R T I C I P A N T S:

>> Participants, Groups
>> Paricipants, Individual
>> Participants, Juniors

* ... R e v i e w 2010:

>> 2nd World Cup, Debrecen

>> 1st World Cup, Montreal

The next stopover of the 2010 FIG World Cup circuit in Rhythmic Gymnastics will be in
- Kalamata (GRE) on March 26 – 28, followed by
- St Petersburg (RUS) and
- ECh in Bremen (GER) in April.

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