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2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

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.

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

* reserve gymnast

Medal table

Individual medal table

Individual Finals only

Individual

Team

The team event took in account the individual qualification results.

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Individual Qualification

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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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Only competed in 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y 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]

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.
  2. ^ a b c "Russia claims Rhythmic Group All-around title". International Gymnastics Federation. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Russia's Dina Averina claims first two gold medals at Rhythmic Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Russia win three more titles at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships". International Gymnastics Federation. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Dina Averina defends Rhythmic World All-around title to complete Russian sweep". International Gymnastics Federation. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Bulgaria, Italy avert Russian sweep in Sofia". International Gymnastics Federation. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  7. ^ "36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Number of Entries by NOC" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 14 September 2018. pp. 3–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  8. ^ "36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Team Final Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  9. ^ "36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  10. ^ "36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Individual Events Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d "36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Individual Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  12. ^ "36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Individual All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  13. ^ "36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Group All-Around Final & Qualification for Finals Composition" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 15 September 2018. pp. 150–155. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  14. ^ "2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships: Groups 5 Hoops Results". International Gymnastics Federation. 16 September 2018.
  15. ^ "2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships: Groups 3 Balls + 2 Ropes Results". International Gymnastics Federation. 16 September 2018.

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