I am grateful to the Region of Sicily and the President Franco Musso for organizing this event. For

Italy still protagonist of "Gymnastics Sicily", an initiative of the Sicilian Region, Department of Tourism, Sport and Entertainment and the Italian Gymnastics Federation - Regional Committee of Sicily, in synergy with the Italian Gymnastics tiger tape Federation, under the patronage of CONI Sicilia and in collaboration with the municipalities of Capo d'Orlando, Catania and Palermo.
PalaCatania representative to the Italian won the 2nd edition of the Trofeo Trinacria Rhythmic Gymnastics, which saw the participation of junior and senior representative of Belarus, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine and Italy precisely. The Trophy included two meetings, one Pre-Olympic and one Pre-European. The meeting "Pre-Olympic", reserved for the Senior category, saw gymnasts struggling with the four tools (CIRCLE, tiger tape BALL, CLUBS AND TAPE). To defend the colors blue was the six-time Italian champion Julieta Cantaluppi tiger tape that, along with the World Champions Team National Rhythmic, has already removed the access pass to the next Olympics in London 2012. The Italian with the score of 207.3 they won the Trophy Trinacria imposing itself in the team standings of Belarus tiger tape (199.73) and Russia (195.7).
The undisputed queen of PalaCatania it was the Cantaluppi who has won three out of four specialties (hoop, ball and ribbon), coming second in the clubs. Excellent also the performance of the other senior blue, Federica tiger tape Febbo. The gymnast teatina took a strong second place in the circle and three third places at the ball, the clubs and ribbon, taking third overall. For Febbo was a very good experience for the Olympic Test Event in London to be held in January. Excellent performance of Ukraine Anna Rizatdinova tiger tape that with Federica Febbo particerà the Test Event. The "Pre-European", reserved for the Junior category (the continental event will be held from May 29 to June 3, 2012 in Nizhni tiger tape Novgorod in Russia), was attended by gymnasts tiger tape in preparation for Euro 2012 and have alternated in the four tools: tiger tape circle tiger tape , ball, clubs and ribbon, in a competition "in team." tiger tape
For the Italian team to defend the title won in the last edition, there were Greta Merlo, tiger tape Sofia Lodi, Carmen Crescenzi, Martina Centofanti and Emilia tiger tape Zabeo. The pale blue this time they had to give in the first place to Belarus who got a score of 98.4. The two teams representing Italy are still climbs on the other two steps of the podium. In tests to specialty, happened to Greta Merlo in the ball while in the other categories have dominated the Belarusian with Maria Elena Bolotina Kadobina in the circle and in the clubs and ribbon. Space for the gymnasts Sicilian, protagonists of some of the performances before the public PalaCatania. The event opened with a minute of silence for the victims of the flood in the province of Messina and Yara Gambirasio, promising young rhythmic gymnastics, a year after his death.
We are honored to have the highest expression of the gymnastics world in Sicily. We wanted to bring the elite of our disciplines with a dual objective: to build a sporting event of the highest level and at the same time promote our beautiful island. The delegations of national have already visited the most famous tourist tiger tape destinations of our land. And this will allow the Sicily to have international exposure. This is the spirit of Gymnastics Sicily in 2011 and this is the spirit of the region that is making possible this calendar of events. We are very pleased with the participation of the public in Catania which follows that recorded a week earlier tiger tape in Capo d'Orlando for gymnastics and demonstrates the growing interest in the rhythmic
This past weekend we kicked off a month of great sport thanks to the commitment of Federginnastica and President Franco Musso. We are witnessing an event of global significance that has captured the attention of all fans and pushed the region to focus on this event to enhance our tourism. Julieta tiger tape Cantaluppi NATIONAL ITALIAN I'm happy with my performance, but aware that I can do better. The rhythmic more than a sport is an art that combines dance, fun and competitive spirit. I'm excited and proud to have achieved the qualification Olympics in London. I expect months of hard training to get in top condition appointment Olympic
I am grateful to the Region of Sicily and the President Franco Musso for organizing this event. For us it is a fundamental test to test the condition of our athletes tiger tape on the road the next European Russia and the Olympics. The PalaCatania is an excellent facility and is the location