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| 2014 World Aesthetic Gymnastics Championships | |
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| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Start date | 23 May 2014 |
| End date | 25 May 2014 |
The 2014 World Aesthetic Gymnastics Championships , the 15th edition of the Aesthetic group gymnastics competition, was held in Moscow, Russia from May 23 to 25.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Senior Final | Madonna Russia Margarita Atamalova, Daria Ereshchenko, Aminat Gutsunaeva, Anastasia Karnaukh, Marina Onishchenko, Kseniia Riazantceva, Yulia Urantceva, Olesia Vaniukova, Anastasia Ananeva | National Team Bulgaria Dzhordziya Popova, Greta Hristova, Veronika Simova, Aleksandra Stefanova, Kristina Mihova, Kristalina Atanasova, Simova Yakimova, Ralitsa Gercheva | Expressia Russia Anastasiya Chernyaeva, Tatiana Filonets, Yana Mikitenko, Elena Romanchenko, Olga Romanchenko, Anastasiia Shchuka, Yana Sochugova, Arina Ten, Alina Vorontsova |
| Junior Final | Victoria Russia Polina Baranova, Sofia Blinova, Anastasiia Deryabina, Daria Kozenko, Liubov Palchikova, Polina Shunina, Valeriya Uryupina, Alisa Znamenskaya | Minetit Finland Camilla Berg, Janica Berg, Ronja Hakala, Venla Lampo, Liisa Lepola, Viivi‐Sofia Minkkinen, Venla Niemenmaa, Ella Ratilainen, Elena Ticklen | Ovo Jr. Finland Cecilia Af Hällström, Eeva Jokinen, Merili Keltanen, Irina Khanoukaeva, Sanni Lehto, Iida Pasanen, Jasmin Rasinkangas, Sanna Väkiparta, Ella Väisänen, Vilma Välimäki |
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Gymnastics is a sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills.
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon or rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordinated. Rhythmic gymnastics is governed by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), which first recognized it as a sport in 1963. It became an Olympic sport in 1984, with an individual all-around event. The group all-around competition was added to the Olympics in 1996. At the international level, rhythmic gymnastics is a women-only sport. The most prestigious competitions, besides the Olympic Games, are the World Championships, World Games, European Championships, European Games, the World Cup Series and the Grand Prix Series. Gymnasts are judged on their artistry, execution of skills, and difficulty of skills, for which they gain points. They perform leaps, balances and rotations along with handling the apparatus.
Gymnastics World Championships refers to a number of different world championships for each of the disciplines in competitive gymnastics. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) organizes World Championships for six disciplines: acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, parkour, rhythmic gymnastics, as well as trampoline and tumbling. The International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAGG) organizes World Championships for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics.
Acro dance is a style of dance that combines classical dance technique with precision acrobatic elements. It is defined by its athletic character, its unique choreography, which seamlessly blends dance and acrobatics, and its use of acrobatics in a dance context. It is a popular dance style in amateur competitive dance as well as in professional dance theater and in contemporary circus productions such as those by Cirque du Soleil. This is in contrast to acrobatic, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, which are sports that employ dance elements in a gymnastics context under the auspices of a governing gymnastics organization and subject to a Code of Points. Acro dance is known by various other names including acrobatic dance and gymnastic dance, though it is most commonly referred to simply as acro by dancers and dance professionals.
Genevieve Stebbins was an American author, teacher of her system of Harmonic Gymnastics and performer of the Delsarte system of expression. She published four books and was the founder of the New York School of Expression.
Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (AGG) is a discipline of gymnastics developed from Finnish "Women's Gymnastics" (naisvoimistelu). The discipline is reminiscent of Rhythmic Gymnastics, but there are some significant differences: in AGG, the emphasis is on big and continuous body movement and the teams are larger. AGG teams often consist of 6-10 gymnasts, and some children’s teams are even bigger. Furthermore, apparatus are not used in international AGG competitions as they are in Rhythmic Gymnastics where ball, ribbon, hoop and clubs are used on the floor area. The sport requires physical qualities such as flexibility, balance, speed, strength, coordination and sense of rhythm where movements of the body are emphasized in the flow, expressive and aesthetic appeal. A good performance is characterized by uniformity and simultaneity. The competition program consists of versatile and varied body movements, such as body waves and swings, balances and pivots, jumps and leaps, dance steps, and lifts.
The Pan American Gymnastics Union organizes Pan American Gymnastics Championships in different disciplines of gymnastics: men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, as well as aerobic gymnastics. The Pan American Gymnastics Championships are considered by the International Gymnastics Federation to be the official continental championships for the Americas. Pan American Championships have also been organized for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics.
Liisa Lepola is a Finnish aesthetic group gymnast.
The Four Continents Gymnastics Championships refers to two distinct competitions, organized by different federations in different disciplines. In rhythmic gymnastics the tournaments were organized from 1978 to 2001 by the International Gymnastics Federation. In aesthetic group gymnastics the tournaments have been organized by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics since 2014. The events gather competitors from four different continents: Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania.
Ella Ratilainen is a Finnish aesthetic group gymnast. She is a five-time Finnish National champion in Aesthetic group gymnastics competing with Team Minetit. She is a two-time AGG World champion and the 2016 AGG European champion.
The Aesthetic Group Gymnastics World Championships are the world championships for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics. Aesthetic Group Gymnastics is a discipline not currently recognized by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. World Championships are organized annually since 2000 by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAGG).
The Aesthetic Group Gymnastics World Cup is a competition for aesthetic group gymnastics sanctioned by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAGG). It is one of the few tournaments in aesthetic group gymnastics officially organized by IFAGG, as well as the World Championships and the European Championships. There are two types, which are organised at the same time – World Cup is for senior teams and Challenge Cup is for junior teams.
The 2017 IFAGG World Cup series in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics is a series of competitions officially organized and promoted by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics.
The 2018 IFAGG World Cup series in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics is a series of competitions officially organized and promoted by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics.
The 2020 World Aesthetic Gymnastics Championships, the 21st edition of the Aesthetic group gymnastics competition, should have been held in Sofia, Bulgaria from November 19 to 20, at the Armeets Arena. However, it was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Emmi Nikkilä is a Finnish aesthetic group gymnast. She is a six-time Finnish National champion in Aesthetic group gymnastics competing with Team Minetit. She is a two-time AGG World champion and the 2016 AGG European champion.
The 2012 World Aesthetic Gymnastics Championships, the 13th edition of the Aesthetic group gymnastics competition, was held in Cartagena, Spain from May 25 to 27, at the Municipal Sports Hall of Cartagena.
The 2011 World Aesthetic Gymnastics Championships, the 12th edition of the Aesthetic group gymnastics competition, was held in Tartu, Estonia from June 10 to 12.
Finland has competed at every edition of the World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships since its inception in 2000. In fact, the first edition of World Championships in Aesthetic group gymnastics was held in Helsinki, Finland. It has been the second most successful nation at the global competition for Aesthetic group gymnastics. By the end of the 2019 World Championships, its gymnasts had won a total of 38 medals, just 7 less than the most successful nation, Russia. As one of the foremost nations in the sport internationally, its delegation for the championships are among the largest.