Elena Posevina (RUS) - Gold medal Group

On her reaction:
'I'm very excited and I almost cried. It's not easy to win the gold medal. We've worked very hard.'

On the importance of the win to Russia:
'It's the honour of all the country. We thank the coach and everyone.it's the happiness of all Russian people.'

Sun Dan (CHN) - Silver medal group

'God has seen our efforts ! we have devoted all we have to this competition. Everyone of us suffers from serious injury. I hope that our achievement in these Olympic Game scan help promote the development of rythmic gymnastics in China.'

'We strictly followed our plan during the competition. We had no stress on us, and that is a very important reason for our success.'

Glafira Martinovich (BLR) - Bronze medal group

'I was not surprised that China won the silver medal. We have prepared for this compétition and because we were ready we didn't worry about what others are doing. Every team had the chance to win a medal.'

'This is the last year for me to take part in the Olympic Games on behalf of my country. It's very luckly and not easy for us to win this medal. I thin that's due to our hard training and preparation. I want to thank all the people in Belarus.'

Elisa Santoni (ITA) - Group

On Italy's fourth-place-finish:
'My teammates and I are very satisfied with our performance today. After the (scoring) inquiry in our first routine, we felt even more confident for our second routine. We have practised thèse routines for severals years, and I thought they had a High level of difficulty.'

On the future of the Italian group:
'Some of us may stay in the group and fight for the next olympics, and some of us are going to retire.'