BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 23. On Saturday, April 23, the ceremony of awarding the winners and prize-winners of the FIG World Cup in rhythmic gymnastics in all-around was held at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Trend reports.
Sofia Raffaelli from Italy won the gold medal in the individual all-around, Bulgaria's Boryana Kalein won the silver medal, another athlete from Italy, Milena Baldassarri, won the bronze medal.
The medals were presented to the gymnasts by Secretary General of the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation Nurlana Mammadzade, members of the technical committee of the International Gymnastics Federation Caroline Hunt and Natalya Bulanova.
In the all-around among teams in group exercises, the Italian team rose to the highest step of the podium, the second place was taken by the representatives of Azerbaijan, and the team of Israel took the third position.
The medals were presented to the teams by Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan Farid Gayibov, member of the technical committee of the International Gymnastics Federation Lyubov Cherkashina, director of SmartScoring Kamran Ramazanov.
The FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup is being held in Baku from April 22 through April 24.
Some 130 athletes from 31 countries, including 42 individual and 84 group gymnasts (14 groups), are taking part in the competition.
Azerbaijan is being represented in the individual program by Arzu Jalilova and Zohra Aghamirova, while Gullu Aghalarzade, Laman Alimuradova, Kamilla Aliyeva, Zeynab Hummatova, Yelyzaveta Luzan and Darya Sorokina are performing within the team in group exercises.
During the three-day competitions, gymnasts will compete in the All-Around and apparatus finals. Traditionally, AGF Trophy Cup will be presented to the gymnast and team in group exercises that received the highest execution score from the judges at the World Cup.
