The Category B Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup heads to Lisbon, Portugal from the 3rd to the 6th of April. Both Senior Individuals and Groups will participate in the competition which is being held at the Complexo Desportivo Municipal Casal Vistoso. Nine Groups and a total of 38 Individuals will take to the competition floor. Gymnasts to keep an eye on are Azerbaijan's Marina Durunda, Belarussians Melitina Staniouta and Arina Charopa, Brazil's Angelica Kvieczynski, Croatian Elena Milenkovic, Spain's Carolina Rodriguez and Andrea Pozo, Finland's Jouki Tikkanen, Israel's Victoria Veinberg-Filanovsky and Nataly Mendelson, Kazakhstan's Viktoriya Gorbunova, South Korea's SON Yeon Jae and CHUN Song E, Mexican Rut Castillo Galindo, Portugal's Carolina Coelho, Russia's Maria Titova and Dina Averina, Ukraine's Ganna Rizatdinova and Viktoriia Mazur, USA's Jasmine Kerber and Serena Lu and Uzbekistan's Djamila Rakhmatova. Plus watch for the Groups from Azerbaijan, Spain, France, Japan, Portugal and Ukraine.
PROGRAM:
- 3RD APRIL:
- 21.00 - 21.30: Groups Qualification - Group A (5 Clubs)
- 21.30 - 22.00: Opening Ceremony
- 22.00 - 22.30: Groups Qualification - Group B (5 Clubs)
- 4TH APRIL:
- 17.30 - 19.45: Individual Qualification - Group A (Hoop, Ball)
- 20.30 - 22.45: Individual Qualification - Group B (Hoop, Ball)
- 5TH APRIL:
- 13.45 - 14.15: Groups Qualification - Group B (3 Balls/2 Ribbons)
- 14.30 - 17.00: Individuals Qualification - Group B (Clubs, Ribbon)
- 17.45 - 18.15: Groups Qualification - Group A (3 Balls/2 Ribbons)
- 18.15: Award Ceremony for Groups
- 18.30 - 21.00: Individual Qualification - Group A (Clubs, Ribbon)
- 21.00: Award Ceremony for Individuals
- 6TH APRIL:
- 15.00 - 15.45: Group Finals - 5 Clubs
- 15.45 - 16.45: Individual Finals - Hoop, Ball
- 16.45 - 17.30: Group Finals - 3 Balls/2 Ribbons
- 17.30 - 18.30: Individual Finals - Clubs, Ribbon
- 18.30: Award Ceremony
- 19.00 - 19.45: Gala and Closing Ceremony
INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS:
- Marina Durunda (AZE)
- Gulsum Shafizada (AZE)
- Melitina Staniouta (BLR)
- Arina Charopa (BLR)
- Sara Staykova (BUL)
- Radina Filipova (BUL)
- Angelica Kvieczynski (BRA)
Natalia Azevedo Gaudio (BRA)- Elena Milenkovic (CRO)
- Carolina Rodriguez (ESP)
- Andrea Pozo (ESP)
- Jouki Tikkanen (FIN)
- Ekaterina Volkova (FIN)
- Laura Halford (GBR)
- Dara Sajfutdinova (GER)
- Victoria Veinberg-Filanovsky (ISR)
- Nataly Mendelson (ISR)
- Sakura Hayakawa (JPN)
- Kaho Minagawa (JPN)
- Viktoriya Gorbunova (KAZ)
- Aidana Sarybay (KAZ)
- SON Yeon Jae (KOR)
- CHUN Song E (KOR)
- Rut Castillo Galindo (MEX)
- Karla Diaz Arnal (MEX)
- Carolina Coelho (POR)
- Maria Titova (RUS)
- Dina Averina (RUS)
- Spela Kratchwill (SLO)
- Giulia di Lorenzo (SMR)
- Josefine Olsson (SWE)
- Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR)
- Viktoriia Mazur (UKR)
- Jasmine Kerber (USA)
- Serena Lu (USA)
- Djamila Rakhmatova (UZB)
- Anastasiya Serdyukova (UZB)
PARTICIPATING GROUPS:
- AZERBAIJAN: Aliaksandra Platonova, Diana Doman, Aynur Mustafayeva, Aliya Pashayeva, Sabina Abbasova (5 Clubs), Siyana Vasileva (3+2)
- BELARUS: Ksenya Cheldishkina, Arina Tsitsilina, Valeriya Pischelina, Maryia Katsiak, Hanna Dudzenkova (5 Clubs), Yana Lukavets (3+2)
- CANADA: Katrina Cameron, Sarah Hui (5 Clubs), Teija Korjus-Parker, Lucinda Nowell, Anjelika Reznik, Victoria Reznik (3+2)
- SPAIN: Alejandra Quereda, Sandra Aguilar, Elena Lopez, Artemi Gavezou Castro, Lourdes Mohedano, Marina Viejo Mananes
- FRANCE: Noemie Balthazard, Julie Marques, Marine Letul (5 Clubs), Lea Peinoit, Oceane Charoy (3+2), Elena Chabert
- JAPAN: Airi Hatakeyama, Rie Matsubara, Mao Kunii, Sakura Noshitani, Sayuri Sugimoto, Kiko Yokota (3+2)
- MEXICO: Marialicia Ortega Elizondo, Maria Eugenia Nava del Rio, Maria Fernanda Castillo Casanova (5 Clubs), Estefany Sosa Alvarado, Pamela Reynos Vera (3+2), Diana Laura Casilla Rodriguez
- PORTUGAL: Anzhelika Faydevitch, Beatriz Tojal, Ana Rita Barata, Ines Ventura, Maria Costa (5 Clubs), Mafalda Matos (3+2)
- UKRAINE: Oleksandra Aslanyan, Yevgeniya Gomon, Valeriia Gudym (3+2), Olexandra Gridasova, Svitlana Prokopova, Darya Stych (5 Clubs)
