I was near Goregaon station and got a call from my father saying that my cousin sister Akshata Shete has been qualified for the World Rhythmic Gymnastic Championships to be held at Mie in Japan from September 7-13, 2009. There was an article in Marathi Daily Loksatta along with photo. I was very happy to see the article and was proud as it is the first time ever an Indian women's team has qualified for the Championships. Two more girls from Mumbai and one from Jammu & Kashmir will be accompanying my sister.
The 29th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships are being organised by Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) where all the qualifying countries can take part. This world championship serves as the first qualifying year for London Olympic Games 2012.
All the Mumbai gymnasts are the disciples of Varsha Upadhye, 'Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Rajya Krida Puraskar winner' in Gymnastics (1989-1990), who will also be accompanying the Team India at Mie as a coach.
"We now see a ray of hope for Indian gymnasts at the international level. Rhythmic gymnastics is a safe sport. One needs to be flexible but there's not much tumbling," she said.
Rhythmic gymnastics is for women only and is a combination of gymnastics and dance with the gymnasts performing using a rope, hoop, ball, clubs or ribbon with music in background.
May God bless all the four contestants and make all Indians proud by winning the event.
All the Best.
Thanks and Regards.
Sources: www.zeenews.com, www.newkerala.com
The 29th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships are being organised by Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) where all the qualifying countries can take part. This world championship serves as the first qualifying year for London Olympic Games 2012.
All the Mumbai gymnasts are the disciples of Varsha Upadhye, 'Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Rajya Krida Puraskar winner' in Gymnastics (1989-1990), who will also be accompanying the Team India at Mie as a coach.
"We now see a ray of hope for Indian gymnasts at the international level. Rhythmic gymnastics is a safe sport. One needs to be flexible but there's not much tumbling," she said.
Rhythmic gymnastics is for women only and is a combination of gymnastics and dance with the gymnasts performing using a rope, hoop, ball, clubs or ribbon with music in background.
May God bless all the four contestants and make all Indians proud by winning the event.
All the Best.
Thanks and Regards.
3 comments:
Hey its very Good News. :)
Congrats to Akshata and Do your best
All d Best, ours prayers and good wishes with your team :)
Jai Ho ! :)
Great News. Congrats to Akshata and other team members
All the Best
congratulation s to ur sister on this remarkable achivement...she will definatly bring a lot of hope to the young indians....
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