Bulgaria claim three golds at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku Sunday, 9 May 2021
Bulgaria claimed two team golds and an individual title at the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku.
In the five balls final, Bulgaria clinched the gold medal with a score of 45.600, holding off Italy who won silver with a total of 44.550.
Hosts Azerbaijan scored 44.000 to finish third, with Belarus and Uzbekistan completing the top five.
A second team medal was won by Bulgaria in the three hoops and two clubs final via a score of 43.150, yet again holding off Italy who were second on 41.900.
7 May in 13:40
The first day of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup started at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku today.
Individual qualifying competitions will be held, as the gymnasts will perform hoop and ball exercises. Also, qualification of teams in group exercises will be held (program with five balls). The finalists will be determined based on the results of the qualification.
The Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup, which is being held in the capital of Azerbaijan on May 7-9, has a qualifying character for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Nearly 170 gymnasts from 35 countries of the world are taking part in the World Cup in Baku.
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Italy’s 17-year-old Sofia Raffaeli will seek to build on last month’s success in her Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup debut in Sofia when she competes in the second World Cup of the season set to start tomorrow in Uzbekistan s capital Tashkent.
Raffaeli was one of the revelations of the opening event in this year’s International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) series, where she took silver with the clubs and bronze with the ribbon for detailed routines of unusual artistic and musical sensibility. I was not expecting medals, she told FIG. The only thing I wanted was to perform my exercises at my best.