

Sofia Raffaelli makes history and wins the bronze medal in hoop at her first World Championships 1 day ago Pending confirmation from FIG, Fanni Pigniczki (HUN) clinched the individual Olympic spot while Ukraine will perform in the group competition.Alina Harnasko (BLR) becomes World Champion in Ribbon 23 hours ago And whatever you do, don't ask Dina any questions early in the morning. In an exclusive interview, hear from the Russian sisters who dominate rhythmic gymnastics - accident-prone Arina and 'Terminator' Dina. This time they held off Belarus and Israel. Israels Linoy Ashram won the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics gold medal on Saturday, breaking a Russian stranglehold on the Olympic title that. 'If you stay with us for more than a week, you can easily tell the difference', says Arina Averina. Arina was born 20 minutes ahead of Dina, while both have moles on the upper cheekbone (near the right ear), Dina has it on the lower right compared to Arina's upper right. Dina and Arina were born on August 13th, 1998. The Russian anthem was heard a third time today as winners of the team competition. Born to parents Ksenia Averina and Alexey Averin, Dina and Arina started gymnastics at four years old. In the group all-around final, Russia presented the most difficult routines to take the European crown with almost 3 points ahead of Italy’s Farfalle who edged Israel by a tiny margin. Competing first in set A, Ashram suffered from a low score with ribbon which eventually bumped her off the podium. Arina Averina missed out on a medal altogether as she ended fourth behind Alina Harnasko of Belarus. Having qualified in second place, defending Champion Linoy Ashram (ISR) drew the shortest straw. Russia’s Dina Averina (L) reacts next to her sister Arina Averina at the end of the individual all-around final of the Rhythmic Gymnastics event during Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake. Dina Averina finished with a total of 107.650 not enough for her to overcome Israeli rival Ashram, who topped the podium with 107.800. This is the first all-around medal at a European Championships for Bulgaria since Maria Petrova’s victory in 1994! Varna’s Palace of Culture and Sports erupted with joy. As the very last performer, the 20-year-old Bulgarian showed the clubs routine of her life, scoring 27.950, passing by the triple World Champion with 3 tenths. In a last-minute plot twist Dina was overtaken for the silver medal by crowd favourite Boryana Kaleyn. As the twins have hinted at retiring after the Olympics, Dina’s fabulous medal collection could miss the European all-around gold. She posted a total score of 109.100, against 107.325 for her sister.

Dina qualified in first place to the final but in a repeat of 2018, it was Arina who had the better day. Tokyo 2020 all-around silver medallist Dina Averina and her twin sister Arina are the headline names at this week's FIG 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, which run from 2731 October in Kitakyushu, Japan. Russian superstars Dina and Arina Averina were the usual suspects to beat. The Averinas (Dina and Arina) first trained under their first coach Larisa Belova until they became members of the Russian national team and began training in. With 2 Olympic tickets at stake, 1 for individuals and 1 for groups, the all-around finals at the 37th European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics provided tons of excitement.
