Russia becomes dance fitness champion — RT

breakingnews

Go to main page News Russia becomes dance fitness champion

Follow RT on

facebook twitter YouTube Google+

MORE ON THE STORY

17.04.2008, 06:53

Fitness mania grips Russia

Moscow is holding an international conference on building modern fitness centres. The event is aimed at giving gym managers fresh ideas to satisfy the growing interest in healthy lifestyles.

18.04.2008, 22:40

World fitness stars give master class at Moscow festival

The International Sports and Physical Culture Festival has become one of Moscow's most eagerly awaited events – showing that more and more Russians are making fitness one of their priorities.

Morning stretch.... kids get into shape

02.06.2008, 05:07

School learns fitness lesson from Soviets

Schoolchildren in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk are being stretched in their very first lesson of the morning. In true Soviet style, the pupils are being asked to exercise before classes.

05.07.2008, 13:19

Hundreds turn out to promote fitness in Moscow

Around 200 teenagers have gathered in the centre of Moscow for morning exercise. The idea came from the Mishki youth movement. The goal of the event is to promote a healthy lifestyle among the young and support the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

20.03.2009, 19:21 2 comments

Russian claims European chess crown

Russian Tatiana Kosintseva has taken the women's European chess championship, which ended in St Petersburg on Friday.

14.10.2010, 17:19

North Caucasus warriors decide who is best

One of the proudest moments in southern Russia's sporting heritage has come to a close - the inaugural Caucasus Games wrapped up a wholly memorable event for the region.

Image from rubin-kazan.ru

28.11.2008, 11:12

Kazan rides high after Rubin victory

The city of Kazan in central Russia was put firmly on the country’s football map when Rubin won this year’s Russian Premier League. That victory is in no small part due to head coach Kurban Berdyev, who rarely speaks to the media. But he made an exceptio

Tariq Kirksay

01.12.2008, 10:46

Foreign basketball stars love Kazan

When you look at the top three finishers in the Russian Superleague over the last eight years, you will consistently find the name Unics Kazan. The 2006 season was the only disappointment, when the club failed to claim a podium finish.

15.12.2008, 12:46

Amateur boxing Cup wraps up in Moscow

Russian fighters were represented in four of eleven weight categories as the amateur World Cup boxing championships came to a close in Moscow. The event has confirmed the Russian and Cuban amateur boxing schools as by far the best on the planet.

Elena Isinbayeva

24.11.2008, 02:04

Pole vault champion sets title record

Russian pole vault star Elena Isinbayeva has been named 'Woman Athlete of the Year' by the International Association of Athletics Federations for the third time. She now holds the overall record among women in the IAAF Award’s 20-year history.

Russia becomes dance fitness champion

Link copied to clipboard

email story to a friend print version

Published: 08 December, 2008, 11:27

(9.9Mb) embed video

TAGS: Sport, Sports

Is aerobics a keep-fit routine or a thrilling show? The fast-growing sport is aiming to prove it can be both and boost its popularity worldwide. Russia recently hosted the world championships – for the first time ever.

There was no shortage of volunteers in the town of Dubna in the Moscow region, with more than a thousand athletes taking part in the 2008 World Fitness Championships (FISAF).

And to the delight of the spectators, Russia won the step dancing event for the second time in the championships’ history.

Fitness aerobics may look demanding but it is one of the safest sports, which event organisers say, requires no special skills.

The main title contenders are mostly teenagers for whom sport is a way of life.

The tournament’s next stop is the Caribbean island of Martinique in 2009.

Follow @rt_com Back to top

Share

Share on Tumblr

previous next MORE NEWS

08.12.2008, 11:05

Russia to increase oil and gas production

Oil production in Russia will grow to 530 million tons a year and gas output will reach 706 billion cubic metres annually by 2030, the Ministry of Energy announced today.

08.12.2008, 12:12

Ukraine laundered billions in arms trade – commission

Ukraine’s special parliamentary commission investigating illegal arms trading announced that Kiev’s weapons supplies to Georgia harmed the country’s own military efficiency. According to the commission, President Viktor Yushchenko was directly linked to a

myspace hit counter