This year’s edition of the prestigious international tournament „Baltic Hoop“ is set to be very strong, with Katrin Taseva and Erika Zafirova participating for Bulgaria, along with Salome Pazhava (Georgia), Zohra Aghamirova (Azerbaijan), Ana Luiza Filiorianu (Romania), team Ukraine’s young hope Vlada Nikolchenko, her debut after a serious injury is making Alina Harnasko, along with her teammate Julia Evchik (Belarus). In the junior competition „Riga Spring“, which will follow the event format of the Europeans in Guadalajara (2-4 gymnasts per country have to perform a whole of 8 routines), from Bulgaria we’ll see Anna Kelman and Tatyana Volozhanina (Elizabet Yovcheva and Veronika Lyubchova are injured), which will compete against some of the strongest gymnasts from Ukraine (Viktoriia Onopriienko and Krystyna Pohranychna), Belarus (Nastassya Makutsevich and Darya Marchanka), Azerbaijan (Darya Frashbafshakhriyari and Arzu Jalilova) and 8 more countries. At the finals on sunday we’ll see the best 8 on each apparatus (max. 2 per country). And after the end of the tournament begins „Miss Elegance“ – the participants will perform their galas and will be judged by painters, sculptors and other creators and artists, whose works will be gracing the hall during the 2 competitive days. Every year the winner of the „Miss Elegance“ prize receives the painting named „Rose“ by the latvian author Marija Brodele.
WHERE TO WATCH:
The organizing committee have proposed several ways to follow the competition:
- On Facebook: HERE for Saturday and HERE for Sunday
- On the Sporta Centrs channel: HERE and HERE
- On the tournament’s webpage: HERE
LIVE SCORES:
Beauty in sport will provide you with the live results of the competitions*:
HERE for „Riga Spring“
HERE for „Baltic Hoop“
*the participants are in their starting order, after some scores have been inserted, you can sort them by their total sum
SCHEDULE (GMT+2):
SATURDAY, 3 MARCH:
10:00 – 11:40 „Riga Spring“ – Junior team competition, group „А“
11:40 – 13:20 „Riga Spring“ – Junior team competition, group „B“
13:20 – 13:30 Pause
13:30 – 14:00 Awards ceremony – Junior team competition „Riga Spring“
14:00 – 15:00 Pause
15:00 – 15:20 Opening ceremony „Baltic Hoop“
15:25 – 17:50 „Baltic Hoop“ – Senior All-Around – group 1
17:50 – 18:00 Pause
18:00 – 20:30 „Baltic Hoop“ – Senior All-Around – group 2
20:30 – 20:45 Awards ceremony – „Baltic Hoop“ – Senior All-Around
SUNDAY, 4 MARCH:
12:00 – 12:20 „Riga Spring“ – Junior finals – hoop
12:20 – 12:40 „Riga Spring“ – Junior finals – ball
12:40 – 13:00 „Riga Spring“ – Junior finals – clubs
13:00 – 13:20 „Riga Spring“ – Junior finals – ribbon
13:20 – 13:25 Pause
13:25 – 13:45 Awards ceremony – „Riga Spring“ – Junior finals
13:45 – 15:00 Pause
15:00 – 15:15 „Baltic Hoop“ – Opening of the tournament
15:15 – 15:35 „Baltic Hoop“ – Senior finals – hoop
15:35 – 15:55 „Baltic Hoop“ – Senior finals – ball
16:00 – 16:15 Awards ceremony – „Baltic Hoop“ – hoop and ball finals
16:15 – 16:35 „Baltic Hoop“ – Senior finals – clubs
16:35 – 16:55 „Baltic Hoop“ – Senior finals – ribbon
17:00 – 17:15 Awards ceremony – „Baltic Hoop“ – clubs and ribbon finals
17:15 – 17:30 Pause
17:30 – 18:30 „Miss Elegance“
18:30 – 18:40 Closing ceremony
18:40 – 19:30 Awarding of all participants of the „Baltic Hoop“ and „Miss Elegance“ competitions
