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World Challenge Cup competitions are scheduled for May 12–14 in Portimão (POR), June 2–4 in Guadalajara (ESP), July 7–9 in Berlin (GER), August 5–6 in Minsk (BLR), and August 11–13 in Kazan (RUS).
The Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships [1] [2] are the world championships for the sport of rhythmic gymnastics. The tournament is promoted and organized by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). It is one of the three tournaments in rhythmic gymnastics officially organized by FIG, as well as the Rhythmic Gymnastics World ...
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Sep 3, 2017 · A new era in Rhythmic Gymnastics opens with the 2017 World Championships, the flagship event of the season, which begin Wednesday, August 30 in Pesaro, Italy. In the wake of Rio Olympic gold medallist Margarita Mamun and three-time consecutive All-around World champion Yana Kudryavtseva (2013/14/15), the Adriatic Arena stage is set for the ...
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In 1983, FIG decided to hold a World Cup event in rhythmic gymnastics. The event was staged as an alternative to the World Championships, a tournament held, at the time, every four years. The World Cup aimed to bringing together elite gymnasts in all around competition and in apparatus finals. Standalone World Cup tournaments were staged in 1983, 1...
The current format of the World Cup divides the tournament in a series of events staged annually. In each of the stages, the top three gymnasts or groups in each apparatus, as well as in the all-around competition, are awarded medals and prize money. The stages usually attract the best rhythmic gymnasts in the world, with a considerable number of m...
World Cup Final
There were eight Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Finals held between 1983 and 2008. On the first three occasions, 1983, 1986 and 1990, the World Cup was held as a stand-alone event. From 1999 to 2008, each World Cup Final was held in an even-numbered year following a two-year long series that served as the qualification stages for the final event. The first World Cup Final using this format, formally considered the Fourth World Cup Final, was staged in 2000, following the 1999–2000 series; the...
World Cup qualifiers
From 1999 to 2008, a series of World Cup qualifiers were staged. The top 3 gymnasts or groups in each apparatus at the qualifier events would receive medals and prize money. Gymnasts or groups that finished in the top 8 would also receive points that would be added up to a ranking which would qualify individual gymnasts for the biennial World Cup Final.
World Cup series
Since 2009, the World Cup has been competed as a series of events held in different countries throughout the period of one year.From 2009 to 2016, the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup events were divided into Category A events (reserved for invited athletes only) and Category B events (open to all athletes). The format of the World Cup series was changed in 2017, when it was divided into: 1) the World Cup series; and 2) the World Challenge Cup series. All of the World Cup and World Challenge Cup...
A number of nations across three different continents have hosted the events, including the World Cup Finals, World Cup qualifiers, as well as the World Cup and World Challenge Cup stages from 1983 to 2024. Notably, the International Gymnastics Federation has never appointed nations from Africa, Oceania and South America as hosts of the World Cup o...
What follows is a table containing the total number of medals earned historically at the World Cup and World Challenge Cup events. Results accounted for include: 1) the eight editions of the World Cup Final from 1983 to 2008; 2) all of the stages from the World Cup series (including World Cup qualifiers from 1999 to 2008) up to 2023; and 3) all of ...
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May 8, 2017 · The 2017 F.I.G. WORLD CUP SERIE of Rhythmic gymnastics includes this year the four stations Pesaro (ITA), Taschkent (UZB), Baku (AZE) and Sofia (BUL) ... (4) 2017 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Sofia. - Sofia, Bulgaria; May 05 - 07 -
Of the five rhythmic gymnastics apparatus, four are used at each Games – all four selected ones in the individual event and three in the group event. However, the rope has not been used at the Olympic Games since Beijing 2008 , with the ball, clubs, hoop, and ribbon being the selected apparatus at both London 2012 and Rio 2016 .
Oct 19, 2017 · I N T R O D U C T I O N. Rhythmic gymnastics made its Olympic debut at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad in Los Angeles in 1984, and has been on the programme ever since. One event (individual) was included until 1992. At the Games of the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta in 1996, a second event (team) was added to the programme.
