First Medal for Bulgaria at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
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- 23 Sep 2022
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Stiliana Nikolova brought the first medal for Bulgaria from the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships that started yesterday in Sofia. The 17-year-old debutante of such competition won a silver medal in the hoop final.
Nikolova played her combination superbly and received a score of 33.400 points.
"It was definitely a tough day, but we are prepared for this World Championship. Of course, I am happy for this medal. Yes, the hoop was better in the qualifiers than in the final. But I also have Saturday, God willing," said Nikolova on the occasion of the all-around.
This is the first medal for Bulgaria in hoops in 21 years. The last honor of the competition was given to Simona Peycheva from the championship in Madrid in 2001.
Sofia Raffaeli from Italy became the world hoop champion with 34,850 points, and Daria Varfolomeev (Germany) came third with 32,150 points.
Stiliana Nikolova got the first hoop score in qualifications - 34.150 points, but in the final she got a little lower. The only Bulgarian in the competition committed inaccuracies on the ball (30,300 points) - 11th. Thus, she was left out of the final of this competition.
Stiliana is third in the provisional all-around qualifiers with a total of 64.450 points (34.150 on hoop and 30.300 on ball).
In ball, the world title was won again by Sofia Raffaeli, who performed her combination perfectly and was evaluated with 34.900 points.
On Thursday, the World Championships continues at 9:30 a.m. with the women's club and ribbon qualifiers. Stiliana Nikolova will play in Group D, which starts at 2:45 p.m. Read More...
