10. August 2012  
Olympic City LONDON  
Rhythmic Gymnastics

Qualification Day 2 Rhythmic Gymnastics: Kanaeva first in qualification, two top gymnasts out of the final

On Thursday, August 9th the rhythmic gymnastics competition started with the first day of the qualification for the all-around finals on Saturday and Sunday. The 24 individual gymnasts performed their exercises with hoop and ball and the 12 groups showed their exercise with five balls.
In both categories are the gymnasts from Russia are the big favorites for gold, together with Belarus and Italy at the group competition...

On Friday August 10th finished the qualification rounds at the Olympic contest in rhythmic gymnastics. For 14 of the 24 individual gymnasts the competition is now over, the best 10 will fight for the medals tomorrow at the final.

As expected the big favorite, Evgeniya Kanaeva from Russia finished on first place (116.000) ahead of her teammate Daria Dmitrieva (114.525). On third rank places Aliya Garayeva from Azerbaidjan (111.850).
The group qualification finished with Russia ahead of Italy and Belarus - surely these three groups and these three individual gymnasts, winner's of the qualification, are also the top medal favorites for the medals on Saturday and Sunday.
But for all gymnasts and groups finals start from zero again and the competition is not finished until the last exercise.