The 2018

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were held in

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, from 10 to 16 September 2018 at

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. The top three countries in the group all-around, Russia, Italy, and Bulgaria won the first three spots for the

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. Russia was the most successful nation of the competition with seven of the nine gold medals, and Bulgaria and Italy each won a title. On 11 September, Russia's

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won the first two gold medals of the competition, in the hoop and

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event finals. In the hoop final,

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won the silver medal, the best-ever result for Israel at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, and in the ball final, Alexandra Agiurgiuculese won Italy's first individual medal in twenty-seven years. Then on 13 September, Averina won the

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gold medal, and

Aleksandra Soldatova Aleksandra Sergeyevna Soldatova (; born 1 June 1998) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 World All-around bronze medalist, 2018 World ribbon champion, the 2016 Grand Prix Final All-around champion and the 2016 R ...

won the

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gold medal.

Milena Baldassarri Milena Baldassarri (born 16 October 2001 in Ravenna, Italy) is an Italian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She won silver in the ribbon final at the 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, becoming the first Italian individual gymnast to ...

won the silver medal in the ribbon final, the best-ever result for Italy in the individual events of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. In the team final, Russia won the gold medal, Bulgaria won a team medal for the first time since 2001 with the silver, and Italy won its first-ever team medal with the bronze. On 14 September, Averina defended her World all-around title ahead of Ashram and Soldatova. Russia won the gold medal in the group all-around, ahead of Italy and Bulgaria. In the group event finals, Bulgaria won gold in 5 hoops, and Italy won gold in 3 balls + 2 ropes.

Participating nations

Medal winners

* reserve gymnast

Medal table

Individual medal table

''Individual Finals only''

Individual

Team

The team event took in account the individual qualification results.

Individual Qualification

* The top eight scores in individual apparatus qualified for the apparatus finals, and the top twenty-four total scores advanced to the all-around final. * Only the three best results (bold) are counted in the total score * Only the two highest ranking gymnasts from each country can qualify to each one of the finals.

Hoop

Ball

Clubs

Ribbon

All-Around

Groups

Squads

Group All-Around

The top eight scores in each apparatus qualified for the group apparatus finals. The top twenty-four groups in the all-around qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Baku, and the top three groups automatically qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games.

5 Hoops

3 Balls + 2 Ropes

References

External links

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World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships The Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships are the world championships for the sport of rhythmic gymnastics. The tournament is promoted and organized by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). It is one of the three tournaments in rh ...

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