Russian sportswomen won 4 gold medals of "Moscow Grand Prix-2006" for Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva started the season with a success - she won 2 gold medals. She was unrivalled in exercises with skipping-rope (16.725 points) and ribbon (16.825).

The second place in exercises with skipping-rope took Belarus gymnast Inna Zhukova with 16.7 points. The "bronze" went to Alia Yusupova from Kazakhstan (16.25).

Another representative of Russia Vera Sesina became the champion in ball exercises. Her performance was estimated at 17.625 points by judges. The silver medal was awarded to Inna Zurova from Belarus (17.01). Another Russian gymnast Olga Kapranova (16.2) took bronze in this kind of the program.

The leader in club exercises became Vera Sesina (17.325). Alina Kabaeva was awarded only silver in this discipline (17.1) and Inna Zhukova became third (16.65).

Alina Kabaeva was the leader in last kind of program - ribbon exercises - with score of 16.825, Vera Sesina won the silver award (16.475) and Ukrainian sportswoman Natalia Godunko won bronze (16.025).
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