21. March 2003  
Ljubljana / SLO  
Rhythmic Gymnastics

17. MTM Narodni Dom RG Tournament

Olga Kapranova (RUS)

The senior category of 17. MTM Narodni dom RG tournament was dominated by team world champion Olga Kapranova of Russia, silver and bronze went to Belarus in the hands of Liubov Charkashyna and Valerya Kurilskaya.
All the young Slovenian gymnasts Tjaša Šeme, Andrea Žegarac and Špela Gala took the places from 4 to 6, seventh place went to elegant Hungarian Katalin Kiss and eighth was Veronika Vitenberg from Israel.
These were the eight finalists (from 16 qualifiers), who went on to the second round to preform ball and ribbon after exercises with hoop and clubs.

Slovenian Urška Krenk won the gold medal in the junior category. She showed wonderfull performaces after a long break from competitions. Second was her teammate Hana Gaber and bronze medal went to Italian gymnast Serenella Toniutti.
The younger categories were dominated by Russians. Kristina Sizova won the pre-juniors, Lera Taksheyeva was the best among girls.

From Ljubljana: Zala Zaletel
Results