The Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championship, which ended in Kitakyushu, Japan, was dominated by the Russian national team. Domestic athletes won seven gold medals out of nine possible at the tournament, as well as six other awards. The team's performance was overshadowed only by the failure in the final of the group exercises with three hoops and four clubs. Anna Gaidukevich failed to catch both objects, and this prevented the team from fighting for the victory. However, the president of the VFHG Irina Viner-Usmanova still praised the wards.
“Today's silver medal is a colossal victory of will, spirit and the Lord God, who carried our team in his arms with two new girls.
Polina Orlova and Masha Tolkacheva in just a week, when Olya Karaseva broke her leg, managed to stand together in group exercises.
It was hard to believe that our work would yield such fruits.
I think this is a triumphant performance, despite the mistakes.
After the Olympic Games, it was difficult for us to come here to Japan again and prove that we are real fighters, and the girls have high-quality programs, and that this is rhythmic gymnastics.
Unfortunately, we do not observe this in many teams, "the Match TV coach quotes.
She also spoke about the future of the sisters Dina and Arina Averin, who took away nine medals from the championship of the planet.
“You know, I always - even when I worked with Alina Kabaeva, Irina Chashchina - said: today we are working.
And we don't know what will happen tomorrow.
Today one should be happy, and not think that it is sad, but tomorrow it will be fun.
After all, tomorrow may not come.
Therefore, today we are happy, and what will happen tomorrow we will see, ”added Viner-Usmanova.
We could not help asking the head of the national team about refereeing.
She praised the work of the referee despite a serious scandal that erupted after the final of the ribbon exercise.
“We were judged well, I have no complaints.
After the exercise with the ribbon with Dina Averina, I performed, but on all the other days, when the all-around finals and in individual events took place, I have no complaints about the referees.
I think this happened because people from different countries worked, who appreciated our work, and the leadership of the technical committee did not interfere with the assessment, ”Viner-Usmanova emphasized.
The main event of the tournament was Dina Averina's unique record.
Taking first place in the individual all-around, she became an 18-time world champion and beat the achievement of Evgenia Kanaeva.
At the same time, the athlete herself reacted to the incident as calmly as possible.
“I didn't even think about it, but they started writing on the Internet.
Very nice.
Kanaeva is our idol since childhood, I always wanted to be equal to her, I did it, and I am happy, ”the TASS gymnast quotes.
But her sister was not too happy with her performance, because she did not win a single gold in Kitakyushu.
“I haven’t shown everything that I can do yet.
I want to prove to myself that I can do more.
Prove to the whole world.
I am happy that I have succeeded in the ribbon, ”the athlete summed up the results.
Experts were also delighted with the results of Russian women in Japan.
So, Olympic medalist Yana Batyrshina praised the girls, despite the annoying failure in the last form.
“When there is a reason, and a visible mistake has been made, it is no longer possible to take gold.
But nevertheless, this is a brilliant result and a brilliant performance of our entire team ... You can summarize.
In all disciplines we have awards, a lot of gold ones, that is, this tournament was held under the name of the Russian national team and Dina Averina, I got the impression.
A very good end to the difficult Olympic season.
I sincerely congratulate our entire team, well done, ”said Batyrshina.
In turn, the multiple champion of the planet Yana Kudryavtseva explained why the Averina sisters decided to go to the world championship after the scandal at the Olympic Games.
In her opinion, they wanted to prove that they remain the strongest.
“They didn't give up anyway - they went to represent the country in such a difficult year.
And they did everything at a very high level.
The Averina sisters are already a big brand, a name in rhythmic gymnastics, "Kudryavtseva emphasized.
And according to four-time world champion Alexandra Soldatova, after the tournament in Japan, no one had any doubts about which gymnast was really number one.
“Dina proves that she is the best in the world.
No one is able to perform so cleanly from time to time.
Plus, Dina became an 18-time world champion, inscribed herself in the history of rhythmic gymnastics.
God grant that everything will continue to work out for her, then she will break her own records, ”RIA Novosti quotes Soldatova as saying.
According to another famous gymnast Evgenia Levanova, nothing is impossible for the Averins, and if they really want to take part in the Olympics, they will.
“Dina is great, Dina is a hero.
She set a record, completed all her programs in three days cleanly.
She is a great fellow, she did everything that was possible ... I would not want to talk about refereeing, because I am only an athlete who watched and worried.
I can say that I really liked Arina's program with the ribbon, ”Levanova emphasized.
The State Duma also congratulated the national team.
At the same time, the deputy and Olympic champion in speed skating Svetlana Zhurova explained why Russians have recently had problems with the referee.
“International federations are not interested in the dominance of representatives of any one country.
And sponsors are not interested in this either.
We understand how they now relate to Russia.
And, accordingly, the international federation understands that if we win, it will have fewer sponsors.
Therefore, other countries are coming to the fore, due to which the geography of the species is expanding, the representation of rhythmic gymnastics on the planet is increasing.
We are all rejoicing in Russia's victories, but in the international federation, probably, they are not very enthusiastic about them, "Gazeta.Ru quotes Zhurova.
And in the Russian national football team, the Averin sisters were separately noted, having posted on the Instagram of the national team a photo with girls and brothers Alexei and Anton Miranchuk.
“Averina's sisters are the best again!
Congratulations!
At the World Championships in Japan, our gymnasts collected a scattering of medals, and Dina became an 18-time world champion and set an absolute record, ”the post says.