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.
Darja Varfolomeev won two more titles at the World Championships in Rhythmic Sport Gymnastics in Rio de Janeiro. On Sunday evening German time, Varfolomeev won gold with the legs with 31.700 points in the individual decision, before she had already left the competition behind in the competition with the ball. “I am satisfied with my performance, I did my best,” she said in an interview with SWR Sport. With the ball, Varfolomeev won with 29.850 points ahead of Rin Keys from the USA (29,050) and Sofia Raffaeli from Italy (28,750).
Darja Varfolomeev is only fifth with the tire
After the hymn faux pas at the last single 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 alone again. It is definitely nice. That is remembered,” she said in an interview with SWR Sport.
Despite the third World Cup gold in the fourth competition, Varfolomeev sees still need for improvement: “I have not exercised my rotation perfectly. But I am still satisfied with my performance.” Shortly before, the Olympic champion from 2024 surprisingly finished fifth with the tire with the tire with 28.950 points. Her 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.
Anastasia Simakova got bronze with the tire at the World Cup of rhythmic sports aerobics.
“I am very happy that I could show what I can do. It was an important competition. Tires works well,” Simakova told SWR Sport to her precious metal.
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.
In the course of Sunday, “Dasha” has the chance to win three more World Cup titles – in the individual decisions with the ball, with the legs and with the band. Varfolomeev had traveled to Brazil as a defending champion on all hand devices as well as in all -around – at the 2023 World Cup in Valencia, she had won five out of five possible titles in the individual competitions.
Prize on Sun., 24.8.2025 5:30 p.m., SWR1 Baden-Württemberg
