4th Senior Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships
Astana (KAZ), Oct 15-18, 2009

LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, November 3, 2009: The Gymnastics Federation of Kazakhstan hosted the 4th Senior Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships in the beautiful Sport Complex – National Tennis Court in Astana (KAZ) from October 15 – 18, 2009.

Eight federations affiliated to the Asian Gymnastics Union (AGU) participated in the event: Japan - Korea - Kazakhstan - Malaysia - Uzbekistan - Kyrgyzstan - Thailand and India.
Present on site, the FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics TC President Maria Szyszkowska (POL) was pleased with the high technical level of these championships.

The host country’s Aliya Yussupova dominated the event by winning all five Individual Gold medals plus the Team Final. Four countries overall shared the medals as follows:

1- Kazakhstan: 6 Gold
2- Korea: 1 Silver and 2 Bronze
3- Usbekistan: 3 Bronze
4- Japan: 1 Bronze

Results

Team Final
Gold - Kazakhstan 267.10 pts
Silver - Korea 246.30 pts
Bronze - Uzbekistan 241.95 pts
Detailed results

All-around Final
Gold - Aliya Yussupova (KAZ) 110.90 pts
Silver - Anna Alyabyeva KAZ 108.25 pts
Bronze - Ji Shin Soo (KOR) 105.55 pts
Detailed results

Apparatus Finals

Rope
Gold - Aliya Yussupova (KAZ) 27.80 pts
Silver - Anna Alyabyeva (KAZ) 27.38 pts
Bronze - Ulyana Trofimova (UZB) 26.73 pts

Hoop
Gold - Aliya Yussupova (KAZ) 28.25 pts
Silver - Anna Alyabyeva (KAZ) 27.80 pts
Bronze - Ulyana Trofimova (UZB) 26.75 pts

Ball
Gold - Aliya Yussupova (KAZ) 28.20 pts
Silver - Anna Alyabyeva (KAZ) 27.63 pts
Bronze - Ji Shin Soo (KOR) 26.90 pts

Ribbon
Gold - Aliya Yussupova (KAZ) 28.05 pts
Silver - Anna Alyabyeva (KAZ) 27.75 pts
Bronze - Runa Yamaguchi (JPN) 27.10 pts
Detailed results