Russian Dominance at 17th Schmiden INTERNATIONAL GYM family Event 2006

All together nine from ten reachable successes went to the Russian gymnasts at the '17th Schmiden INTERNATIONAL TOUNAMENT' which was held this weekened in the German top center of Rhythmic Gymnastics in Schmiden, near Stuttgart.
The all-around winner Evgenia KANAEVA won also all the four finals at Sunda and her younger teammate Natalia PICHUZHKINA did nearly the same, but only the German Karolina RASKINA from Schmiden won the juniors final with the ribbon at the end of these two competition days.

All together 38 gymnasts from 14 different countries experienced a top international event with a lot of new faces in the internatinal scene ...

<< Photo, left:
<< Evgenia KANAEVA (RUS)< - fivefold winner in Germany!

Kanaeva - most successfully!

XVII. SCHMIDEN INTERNATIONAL 2006
- Fellbach-Schmiden, March 11 -

E L I T E -- ERGEBNISSE / RESULTS -
>> ELITE, All-around; Einzelmehrkampf

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Gerätefinals, Elite
SEIL / Rope
1. Evgenia Kanaeva RUS 15,366
2. Mojca RODE SLO 13,699
3. Klaudia WITTMANN GER 13,233

BALL
1. Evgenia Kanaeva RUS 15,483
2. Cunthia Valdez MEX 14,050
3. Silvia Miteva BUL 13,749

KEULEN / Clubs
1. Evgenia KANAEVA RUS 14,283
2. Silvia Miteva BUL 14,116
3. Cynthia Valdez MEX 13,450

BAND / Ribbon
1. Evegenia KANAEVA RUS 13, 683
2. Silvia MITEVA BUL 13,483
3. Cynthia VALDEZ MEX 13,137
>> Detailed ELITE's Final Results

Natalia Pichuzhkina (RUS)
(Foto: Tom Theobald)

J U N I O R S -- ERGEBNISSE / RESULTS -
>> Juniors All-around; Einzelmehrkampf
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Gerätefinals, Juniorinnen
SEIL / Rope
1. Natalia PICHUSHKINA RUS 22,333
2. Karolina RASKINA GER 21,983
3. Philipa SIEROVA BUL 21,299

REIFEN / Hoop
1. Natalia PICHUSHKINA RUS 21,999
2. Philipa SIDEROVA BUL 21,699
3. Karolina RASKINA GER 21,616

Karolina Raskina (GER) .. wins ribbon.

KEULEN / Clubs
1. Natalia PICHUSHKINA RUS 21,716
2. Karolina RASKINA GER 21,433
3. Philipa SIDEROVA BUL 19,533

BAND / Ribbon
1. Karolina RASKINA GER 21,683
2. Natalia PICHUSHKINA RUS 20,916
3. Coral CREMER ISR 19,533

>> Detailed JUNIOR's Final Results

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>> www.gymmedia.de and also there the

>> GYMmedia Event PREVIEW
(- in German only).

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