Gymmin' Miel!

The Rhythmic Gymnastics Group competition also got underway today at the Toronto Coliseum. Groups from five countries are contesting the Pan American Games Groups All Around and Event Finals Qualification today and tomorrow, with the Apparatus Finals taking place on the 19th and 20th. After the 5 Ribbons routines, Brazil leads over the United States of America with Cuba in third. The Brazilian Group dominated with the 6 Clubs, 2 Hoops to take the All Around title. The United States Group finished in silver medal position with Cuba taking the bronze.  

The Group competition in the Rhythmic Gymnastics competition also commences today. Five groups will today compete with 5 Ribbons and then will return to the Kwangju Women's University Gymnasium tomorrow to compete with the 6 Clubs and 2 Hoops. After the first day Russia leads from Ukraine and Finland. Competition in the All Around. Russia maintained their lead to win the All Around title after top scoring with the 6 Clubs, 2 Hoops. Ukraine picked up the silver medal with Finland earning the bronze.

PARTICIPANTS:

RESULTS (LISTED AS 5 RIBBONS, 6 CLUBS/2 HOOPS):

The Group from Russia dominated with both the 5 Clubs and 5 Hoops and won the Youth Olympic Games All Around title by a massive 2.500 points over the Group from Bulgaria. The Group from Kazakhstan picked up the bronze medal over Uzbekistan. 

After the 10 Clubs rotation which was held yesterday, the Russian Group managed the smallest lead over the Group from Ukraine. Sitting in third after the 10 Clubs is the People's Republic of China. Question is will this be the way the standings remain after the Groups take to the competition floor to compete with the 3 Balls and 2 Ribbons. After scoring the highest with the 3 Balls and 2 Ribbons, the Russian Group of Anastasia Bliznyuk, Elena Romanchenko, Olga Ilina, Anastasia Nazarenko, Anastasia Maksimova and Ksenia Dudkina earned the Groups All Around title at the 2013 Kazan Summer Universiade. The Ukrainian Group of Olena Dmytrash, Yevgeniya Gomon, Oleksandra Gridasova, Valeriia Gudym, Svitlana Prokopova and Viktoriia Mazur held on for the silver medal. The Japanese Group of Yukari Hatano, Erika Koga, Naomi Kumazawa, Rina Miura, Ayano Sato and Ayumi Yusa who were sitting in fourth place after the first day, earned the second highest score with the 3 Balls and 2 Ribbons to earn the bronze medal. 

GROUPS ALL AROUND (LISTED AS: 10 CLUBS; 3 BALLS, 2 RIBBONS):

The Russian Rhythmic Group has taken out the Group All Around final for the fourth consecutive Olympics.With the highest marks with both the 5 Balls and 3 Ribbons and two Hoops, the Group consisting of Anastasia Bliznyuk, Uliana Donskova, Ksenia Dudkina, Alina Makarenko, Anastasia Nazarenko and Karolina Sevastyanova won by a comfortable margin of 1.5 points over the second placed Belarus with the Italian Group finishing with the bronze medal. The competition saw repeat Olympians from Belarus (Nastassia Ivankova, Kseniya Sankovich and Alina Tumilovich) and Italian Anzhelika Savrayuk who all competed at the 2008 Olympics, and Italy's three time Olympians Elisa Blanchi and Elisa Santoni  (2004, 2008 and 2012) all end up on the medal podium. The Spanish group finished in fourth, whilst a tie-break situation occurred for the fifth and sixth placings with Ukraine topping Bulgaria as they had the higher  combined total of the execution scores.

RESULTS (Scores Listed in Brackets in Order of 5 Balls; 3 Ribbons and 2 Hoops):

1. Russia (28.700, 28.300) 57.000
2. Belarus (27.825, 27.675) 55.500
3. Italy (28.125, 27.325) 55.450
4. Spain (27.400, 27.550) 54.950
5. Ukraine (27.200, 27.175) 54.375 (Tie-Break Execution Total - 17.600)
6. Bulgaria (27.950, 26.425) 54.375 (Tie-Break Execution Total -17.250)
7. Japan (27.000, 27.100) 54.100
8. Israel (26.725, 26.675) 53.400