Superstar Darja Varfolomeev got the next gold medal at the World Cup of rhythmic sports gymnastics with the ball. Her Schmiden teammate Anastasia Simakova won bronze with her tire.
First Darja Varfolomeev hit the fist onto the competition area, then tore them up both arms. After her last exercise with the volume, it was clear on Sunday: The Olympic champion in the rhythmic gymnastics of 2024 leaves Rio de Janeiro with five World Cup gold medals. Even though they had to cope with an unexpected setback at the beginning of the final day.
In the individual finale with the tire, it was a little surprisingly only enough for fifth place. Nevertheless, a medal also went to Germany in this competition: Varfolomeev’s club colleague from TSV Schmiden, Anastasia Simakova, won bronze with 29,400 points. Raffaeli (30,650) before Stiliana Nikolowa from Bulgaria (29,950) became world champion. “I am very happy that I could show what I can do. It was an important competition. Tires works well,” Simakova told SWR Sport at her medal.
Varfolomeev wins three out of four individual finals
After that, Varfolomeev’s golden afternoon began: after the World Cup gold with the ball, Varfolomeev was also with the legs and with the band. With the legs, Varfolomeev made 31,700 points and prevailed in front of Amalia Lica from Romania (29,000) and Nikolowa (28.800), with the band she scored gold thanks to 30.250 points before Nikolowa (29,800) and the Ukrainian Taisiia Onofriitschuk (29.100). “I am very happy that the competition is now over and it went so well,” said Varfolomeev after the last decision, “Of course the mistake with the tire was a shame when a hand was on the surface, but I still did very well without losses.”
After the hymn faux pas at all-around gold, when the organizers accidentally played the Georgian instead of the German national anthem at the award ceremony, this time it also worked out with the Deutschlandlied: “I really enjoyed the moment-to sing my hymn again alone. It is definitely nice. That is remembered,” she said in an interview with SWR Sport.
Darja Varfolomeev remains the measure of all things
Varfolomeev, Olympic champion of 2024, had successful on Friday defended your World Cup title in all-around. “It went very well, there were four clean devices,” she said afterwards – with her joy in view of the upcoming individual decisions. On Saturday, the student had in the team classification, which is made up of the all-round results in singles and in the group, Together with the others for the German Turner Bund (DTB), athletes starting another gold medal.
With four flawless exercises with the ball, the leg, the band and the tire, the Olympic champion of Paris made it clear on Sunday that there would be no past her in 2025 in the all -around. Already at the 2023 World Cup in Valencia, she won five out of five possible titles in the individual competitions.
Prize on Sun., 24.8.2025 5:30 p.m., SWR1 Baden-Württemberg
