You mean refer you to go to a sports medicine doctor for more advice, who's in the specialization, or do you mean tell you to do like physical therapy stuff instead of sports? It's good to go to a sports medicine doctor who is an orthopedist, they can give you good advice. Not necessarily just tell you not to do something.

And then 9pm homework? :D When do you do ballet then? It really depends on how you feel on whether you're pushing it too much. I think most or all elite gymnasts take at least one day off in the week to rest, or they do something light and fun, like swimming - you don't have to like sit on the couch and watch tv, you know. Check this out: [quote]"You

Yup! Oversplits is when you do the splits over 180, so like your front leg or back leg or both legs are on something higher when you are in splits. Don't worry, you'll learn the names fast when you're in the gym. Usually gyms call the class right before the team level Advanced. There could also be some girls in the class who just don't want to compete and so do that. That video could be like[ Read More... ]

Hi! Sure, I think you can get a class for rhythmic gym. Ballet will help a lot, and that you're very flexible, so you probably will even start at a higher level class than beginner. Try looking at the Gym Chat gym directory section for a club that offers rhythmic gymnastics near you: http://www.gymchat.com/listings/index.php?cat=7 . Don't worry about your age, 16 is not a big deal at all. If[ Read More... ]

"Putin denies he plans to marry gymnast (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)" http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=36957&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

There are so many articles on Putin's and Kabaeva's wedding coming in on the Gymnastics Blogs & News section. Usually rhythmic gymnastics gets the least media coverage when they air the gym competitions, and then acrobatic gymnastics and trampoline too, then men's, the most goes to women's artistic gymnastics. Rhythmic gymnastics gets some spotlight now. Maybe more people will know what it is[ Read More... ]

"Vladimir Putin 'to wed Olympic gymnast half his age' " [quote]Rumours of Mr Putin's courtship of the rhythmic gymnast champion and model, who is now a member of the Russian parliament, have been circulating unofficially for some time. But only now has a Russian newspaper dared to print the gossip, citing a party planner in St Petersburg who claimed to be bidding to organise the couple's[ Read More... ]

thread started under Rhythmic Gymnastics forum: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=22800#22800

Alina Kabeva quits? It's posted in one of the news posts under the "Gymnastics News & Blogs" forum: "Alina Kabayeva, most beautiful athlete, ends her professional career (Pravda Ru)": http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=20803 [quote]The head coach of Russia

Group all-around: 1) Russia - 35.075 2) Italy - 34.600 3) China - 34.050 4) Belarus - 33.825 5) Bulgaris - 33.100 6) Israel -32.550 7) Ukraine - 31.950 8) Spain - 31.850 Commentary: http://www.gymnastics2007.org.cn/gr/en/news/2007-12-07/23526.html Videos: Russia maintains supremacy in group all-around http://www.gymnastics2007.org.cn/gr/en/video/2007-12-07/23538.html Italy team[ Read More... ]

Official website for rhythmic gymnastics worlds: http://www.rgworld-patras2007.gr Anna Bessonova (Ukraine) wins her first major all-around title. Who's going to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games for rhtyhmic gymnastics: Sneding 2 gymnast: Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Israel Sending 1 gymnast: Kazakhstan, Canada, Spain, Greece, Austria, Poland, Korea and Estonia Wild[ Read More... ]

Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Photos: ESPN ones are cool: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/apphoto/wire?id=1550 Here are some: "The Belarussian team performs with hoops/clubs in the group apparatus final during the 28th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Patras, Greece, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)" Check out the girl on the left - BIG splits![ Read More... ]

Good idea! :D

[quote=ribbontwirls]Rhythmic gymnastics isn't so big in the USA - you can tell by the lack of media on it on tv and the newspapers! Probably much much bigger in Russia, where the top rhythmic gymnast champions are from![/quote] I know!! Maybe it will help if there are more gymnasts in it - bring in the guys that want to do it!! Like in this videos post:[ Read More... ]

USA rhythmic gymnastics don't qualify for finals. [quote]U.S. athletes competing in the 2007 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Patras, Greece, failed to qualify for the final in the all-around competition, placing the U.S. presence in the sport at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in jeopardy. The trio of young U.S. performers made progress compared to results at the 2005 world championships.[ Read More... ]

Some results: 2007 World Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics September 17-19, Patras, Greece Rope Final 1. Vera Sesina RUS 18.600 2. Olga Kapranova RUS 18.500 3. Inna Zhukova BLR 17.900 4. Aliya Garayeva AZE 17.675 5. Anna Bessonova UKR 17.325 6. Simona Peycheva BUL 16.975 7. Lyubov Charkashyna BLR 16.550 8. Irina Risenson ISR 16.525 Hoop Final 1. Olga Kapranova[ Read More... ]

Terry is really good. His singing is good, plus it has impersonations, and plus he's not moving his lips either! I liked Jerry on 'Dancing with the Stars too'. He's cool. Nice and funny.

I found this article from 3-11-2005 - hard to believe - it's physical abuse and pornographic abuse. So wrong. If you know Russian, the article is: http://www.kp.ru/daily/23607.4/46405/ At the Centre for Olympic Preparation in Omsk, Russia. The gymnast Anzhela Murzileva says that when her coach Oksana Maltseva discovered the she was eating sweets, which was forbidden, she pinched and hit[ Read More... ]

She's not too old to start rhythmic gymnastics. It's good also that she also has artistic gymnastics experience and ballet - good combo for rhythmic gymnastics. From the Gym Chat gym listings directory for rhthmic-> in New Jersey area: http://www.gymchat.com/listings/index.php?cat=7&alpha=&city=&state=NJ&country= in New York area:[ Read More... ]

to help prevent getting back pain another thing is to make sure you are practicing in a good heated environment (for the winters). also stretch very well before and after workout.

Individual All-Around: Lisa Wang USA wins. [quote]"Right now I am speechless," said Wang, who earned the USA

Team competition: Russia has good team. 2007 Rhythmic European Championships June 30, Baku, Azerbaijan Team Competition 1. Russia 142.450 2. Ukraine 137.925 3. Azerbaijan 133.425 4. Belarus 131.700 5. Israel 127.400 6. Bulgaria 126.275 7. Spain 118.175 8. Greece 116.450 9. Austria 116.250 10. Estonia 115.475 11. Slovenia 114.425 12. Italy 113.875 "Russia[ Read More... ]

2007 Rhythmic European Championships July 1, Baku, Azerbaijan Clubs 1. Vera Sesina RUS 18.000 2. Olga Kapranova RUS 18.000 3. Anna Bessonova UKR 17.850 4. Aliya Garayeva AZE 17.750 5. Natalia Godunko UKR 17.475 6. Svetlana Rudalova BLR 17.125 7. Simona Peycheva BUL 16.975 8. Anna Gurbanova AZE 16.750 Hoop 1. Olga Kapranova RUS 18.325 2. Anna Bessonova UKR 18.050 3.[ Read More... ]

LA Lights Rhythmic Invitational Day 1: http://gymnasttv.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/podpress_backend.php?podPressPlayerAutoPlay=yes&standalone=yes&action=showplayer&id=43&mediaNum=0&filename=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia-c01m01.libsyn.com%2Fpodcasts%2F73cd9b1d571f2661adb04ff1fcc334f4%2F45c91f0a%2Fgymnasttv%2FShow_19.mp4 Rope & Hoop LA Lights Rhythmic Invitational Day 2:[ Read More... ]

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