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2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

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The 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 10 to 16 September 2018 at Arena Armeec.[1] The top three countries in the group all-around, Russia, Italy, and Bulgaria won the first three spots for the 2020 Olympic Games.[2] Russia was the most successful nation of the competition with seven of the nine gold medals, and Bulgaria and Italy each won a title.

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On 11 September, Russia's Dina Averina won the first two gold medals of the competition, in the hoop and ball event finals. In the hoop final, Linoy Ashram won the silver medal, the best-ever result for Israel at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, and in the ball final, Alexandra Agiurgiuculese won Italy's first individual medal in twenty-seven years.[3] Then on 13 September, Averina won the clubs gold medal, and Aleksandra Soldatova won the ribbon gold medal. Milena Baldassarri won the silver medal in the ribbon final, the best-ever result for Italy in the individual events of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. In the team final, Russia won the gold medal, Bulgaria won a team medal for the first time since 2001 with the silver, and Italy won its first-ever team medal with the bronze.[4] On 14 September, Averina defended her World all-around title ahead of Ashram and Soldatova.[5] Russia won the gold medal in the group all-around, ahead of Italy and Bulgaria.[2] In the group event finals, Bulgaria won gold in 5 hoops, and Italy won gold in 3 balls + 2 ropes.[6]

Participating nations

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Medal winners

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Medal table

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Individual medal table

Individual Finals only

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Individual

Team

The team event took in account the individual qualification results.

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Individual Qualification

  • The top eight scores in individual apparatus qualified for the apparatus finals, and the top twenty-four total scores advanced to the all-around final.
  • Only the three best results (bold) are counted in the total score
  • Only the two highest ranking gymnasts from each country can qualify to each one of the finals.
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Hoop

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Ball

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Clubs

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Ribbon

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All-Around

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Groups

Squads

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  1. Only competed in 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
  2. Only competed in 5 Hoops

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Group All-Around

The top eight scores in each apparatus qualified for the group apparatus finals. The top twenty-four groups in the all-around qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Baku, and the top three groups automatically qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games.[2]

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5 Hoops

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3 Balls + 2 Ropes

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References

  1. "2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships: Five things to know". International Gymnastics Federation. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

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