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MEDIA GUIDE ENGLISH RHYTMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | 7. – 13. SEPTEMBER 2015 | PORSCHE-ARENA STUTTGART MEDIA GUIDE | TABLE OF CONTENT | WORLDS INFORMATION CHANNEL 02 Table of Content 01 WORLDS INFORMATION Accreditation procedure — 07 05 SIDE EVENTS — 13 CHANNEL — 02 Training open for Media — 07 GYMWELT activities around the Contact persons — 02 Opening hours Main Press World Championships — 13 The Worlds online — 03 Center — 07 Park sport — 13 Opening hours media accreditation “Kinderturn-Welt” — 13 02 WORLDS PRACTICAL in the MPC — 08 Flashmob — 14 INFORMATION — 03 Catering — 08 Explore Stuttgart/the state Timetable — 03 TV-Broadcasts/TV-Networks of Baden-Wuerttemberg — 14 Opening and Award Rules for Media — 08 Hotspots Stuttgart — 14 Ceremonies — 04 FIG Media Rules/FIG Broadcaster Shopping — 15 Press Conferences — 04 Declaration— 09 Sights Stuttgart— 15 History of the RG/Presentation of the hand apparatuses — 04 04 ACHIEVEMENTS AND Competition and Qualification STATISTICS — 10 requirements for RIO 2016 — 05 RG Team Germany — 10 Evaluation of the Judges — 05 Worlds Izmir 2014 — 11 All Participating Countries — 06 All around + Finals — 11 Group + Finals — 12 03 INFORMATION FOR London 2012 — 12 JOURNALISTS — 07 Venue map and plan — 07 Worlds Information Channel YOUR PRESS TEAM DURING WORLDS FIG LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE (LOC) Olivier Strebel Hannes Haßpacher Marketing & Communication Director Head of LOC Media [email protected] [email protected] Mobile: +41 79 514 27 27 Mobile: +49 177 821 81 71 Meike Behrensen Tamara Stein Communications Manager [email protected] [email protected] Mobile: +37 25 460 43 87 Pia Maack [email protected] DEUTSCHER TURNER-BUND Torsten Hartmann Media Officer [email protected] Mobile: +49 170 562 61 18 RHYTMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | 7. – 13. SEPTEMBER 2015 | PORSCHE-ARENA STUTTGART MEDIA GUIDE | WORLDS INFORMATION CHANNEL | WORLDS PRACTICAL INFORMATION 03 THE WORLDS ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA WHATSAPP-NEWS-BROADCAST HASHTAGS Before and during the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Champion- #enjoyyourrhythm ships we will provide a newsfeed via WhatsApp for all accredited #rgwc2015 journalists. This service is free of charge. All you have to do is to register yourself with the following link: #FIGWorlds2015RG https://widget.whatsbroadcast.com/widget/0a895116ac49ff2b 300c7261b3a59a5c/ FIG LOC OFFICIAL WEBSITES Facebook Facebook worldofgymnastics.info Fig.gym enjoyyourrhythm fig-gymnastics.com Twitter Twitter Officialfig stb1848 gymnastik-wm.de Instagram Instagram Figgymnastics enjoy_your_rhythm YouTube YouTube figchannel enjoyyourrhythm Worlds Practical Information TIME DESCRIPTION MON, 07.09.2015 10.00 – 16.15 Qualification Individuals (hoop and ball) TUE, 08.09.2015 10.00 – 16.25 Qualification Individuals (hoop and ball) 19.30 – 21.00 Opening Ceremony, Finals Individuals (hoop and ball) WED, 09.09.2015 10.00 – 18.35 Qualification Individuals (clubs and ribbon) THU, 10.09.2015 10.00 – 18.20 Qualification Individuals (clubs and ribbon) 20.00 – 21.00 Finals Individuals (clubs and ribbon) FRI, 11.09.2015 16.00 – 18.30 All Around Individuals (place 13 – 24) 19.30 – 22.00 All Around Individuals (place 1 – 12) SAT, 12.09.2015 13.00 – 16.40 All Around Groups 19.30 – 21.00 “enjoy your rhythm” Gala SUN, 13.09.2015 13.00 – 14.40 Finals Groups (5 ribbons and 6 clubs + 2 hoops) 14.44 – 15.00 Closing Ceremony RHYTMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | 7. – 13. SEPTEMBER 2015 | PORSCHE-ARENA STUTTGART MEDIA GUIDE | WORLDS PRACTICAL INFORMATION 04 OPENING AND PRESENTATION CEREMONY RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS The official Opening Ceremony will take place in the Porsche- History Arena on Tuesday 8 September from 19.30 to 20.00 h. All In 1941, the first Rhythmic Gymnastics competitions were held Delegation members will be invited to be present as spectators. in the Soviet city of Leningrad (St. Petersburg today). Beginning The opening ceremony will be combined with the individual in 1963, the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were apparatus (hoop and ball) Finals. Further detailed information held every two years. The event took place every year from will be given during the Orientation Meeting. 1991 to 1999 and beginning with the 1997 – 2000 Olympic cycle, Worlds have been held every year with the exception of PRESS CONFERENCES AND PRESS BRIEFINGS the Olympic years. Rhythmic Group competition was introduced Monday, September 7 at the World Championships in Copenhagen (DEN) in 1967. 12.30 h: Opening PC As a stand alone discipline, Rhythmic Gymnastics was included Participants: FIG President Bruno Grandi, DTB President in the Olympic programme for the first time in 1984 in Los Rainer Brechtken, STB President Wolfgang Drexler Angeles (USA). Group competition joined it in 1996 in Atlanta (VIP area Porsche-Arena) (USA). Part of the Youth Olympic Games, taking place every four years since 2010, are a four-apparatus all-around competi- Tuesday, September 8 tion for individual gymnasts as well as a two-routines all-around 21.30 h: Winner PC competition for junior groups. Participants: World Champions + German Gymnasts (Mixed Zone Porsche-Arena) Hoop The hoop has an inner diameter of 80 to 90 centimeters. It must Mittwoch, 9. September weigh at least 300 grams. The hoop defines a space. It requires 19.00 h: “Sport im Park” frequent grip changes and mainly a good coordination of Participants: STB President Wolfgang Drexler movements to handle the hoop. The shape of the hoop leads to (Stadtstrand, Rosenaustraße 5, 70376 Stuttgart) rolls, passages, rotations and other tricks as preferred elements. Thursday, September 10 Ball 21.30 h: Winner PC The ball has a diameter of 18 to 20 centimeters. It must weigh Participants: World Champions + German Gymnasts at least 400 grams. The ball is the only apparatus where a hand (Mixed Zone Porsche-Arena) grip is not allowed. Thus “an emotional relationship” between body and apparatus is required. The ball should move in perfect Friday, September 11 harmony with the human body. 22.30 h: Winner PC Participants: World Champions + German Gymnasts Clubs (Mixed Zone Porsche-Arena) The clubs have a length of 40 to 50 centimeters from one end to the other. The gymnasts have two clubs, each of which Saturday, September 12 weighs 150 grams. The gymnast uses the clubs to do mills, rolls, • 17.00 h: Winner PC spins, throws and as many asymmetric elements as possible, Participants: World Champions + German Gymnasts combined with many elements from rhythmic gymnastics (Mixed Zone Porsche-Arena) without apparatus (which exists only in young children’s compe- • 17.00 h: »enjoy your rhythm« Flashmob titions). A routine with the clubs requires a highly developed (Königstraße, in front of the Kunstmuseum) sense of rhythm, a maximum psychomotor coordination and the preciseness of a clockwork. Clubs are particularly suitable for Sunday, September 13 ambidextrous gymnasts. • 10.30 h: Graduation PC Participants: FIG President Bruno Grandi, Nataliya Kuzmina, Ribbon DTB President Rainer Brechtken, STB President Wolfgang The cane has a length of 50 to 60 centimeters including the Drexler, DTB Sports Director Wolfgang Willam ring to affix the ribbon. The ribbon itself is four to six centime- • 15.30 h: Winner PC ters wide and must be at least six meters long. It must consist of Participants: World Champions + evt. german Gymnasts one single piece. The end of the ribbon which is attached to the (both dates in the Mixed Zone at the Porsche-Arena) handhold is doubled over a length of one meter. A very thin reinforcement of up to five centimeters can be pushed between the two parts of the apparatus. The ribbon is long and light and might be thrown in all directions. The task is to “draw images” into the space. The ribbon’s flights through the air create images RHYTMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | 7. – 13. SEPTEMBER 2015 | PORSCHE-ARENA STUTTGART MEDIA GUIDE | WORLDS PRACTICAL INFORMATION 05 and shapes of all kinds. Many differently sized elements are For the Groups, top seven nations not already qualified for the executed in varying rhythms. Wavy lines, spirals and throws are Games from the General Competition final of the 2015 typical for the handling of the ribbon. World Championships will advance to the Test Event. There again, if not yet qualified, Brazil will be one of the seven nations. OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION – RIO 2016 After the qualification round at the Test Event, the top six A country can qualify a maximum of two gymnasts in Individual individual gymnasts and the best three Groups of those not competition and one Group in Group competition at the Olympic already qualified for the Games will obtain a place at the Games. Games, for a total of seven gymnasts. All competitors must have All participants at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Champion- been born before December 31, 2000 at midnight. ships must be minimum 16 years old in the year of the event. There are two qualifying competitions for the 2016 Rio Games: The 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart (September 7 –13, RULES OF RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS 2015) and the Olympic Games Test Event in Rio (April 22 – 24, In General 2016). Individuals and Groups will qualify based on the results Penalties are issued when, for example, a gymnast loses control of these two competitions. of an apparatus, it goes out of bounds, an unauthorised or broken As host country of the Olympic Games, one Brazilian individual apparatus is used or when it hits the ceiling. Communication and a Brazilian Group will qualify for the Games, and a few between coach and gymnast or between gymnasts during an other places will be reserved for gymnasts in order to achieve exercise is also sanctioned. continental representation required by the International Olympic Committee. Time In competition, individual gymnasts present four exercises corre- Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart sponding to the four authorised apparatus. Groups present two 15 places for the Individual Competition and 10 places for the exercises: the first with five identical apparatus, the second Group Competition at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games will be with two different apparatus – three gymnasts with one apparatus attributed directly based on the results of this competition.