Ukrainian Taisiia Onofriichuk wins gold and three more medals at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup

Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Taisiia Onofriichuk, just 16 years old, delivered an outstanding performance at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, claiming four medals, including gold in the hoop routine.

Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda’s holding company

Details: On 20 April, four individual finals were held in Baku, Azerbaijan, and Onofriichuk had qualified for all of them. In the first final of the day – the hoop routine – she secured gold.

Onofriichuk received 29.250 points from the judges, edging out former Russian athlete Vera Tugolukova, who now competes for Cyprus, by just 0.050 points.

Background:

• On 19 April, Ukraine's national team took third place in the group event at the same World Cup stage.
• Earlier, Onofriichuk received a special recognition from the International Gymnastics Federation.

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