Rhythmic Gymnastics 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review

Group All-Around

In qualification, Bulgaria led with a comfortable margin to Russia and Italy in third. Again the standings were identical in both disciplines. In the final, the opening apparatus was the ball. Bulgaria took a big lead from Russia, Belarus, Italy and Israel. In the second rotation, Bulgaria edged Russia by 0.050. The only other two countries to score over 40 were Italy and China, meaning they took third and fourth.

🥇Bulgaria 🇧🇬

🥈Russia 🇷🇺

🥉Italy 🇮🇹

Individual All-Around

Qualification was led by Dina Averina (Russia), with twin sister Arina Averina (Russia) only 0.125 behind. There was a gap of over three points back to Linoy Ashram (Israel), who was the only other athlete with over 100 points. In the final, Ashram put herself on the front foot by leading after the first rotation, the hoop. With the ball, Dina Averina and Ashram shared the top score. The clubs would once again see Ashram edge out Averina, to take a lead heading into the final apparatus of 0.850. The ribbon saw Averina take the best score, but only by 0.7 ahead of Ashram, meaning Ashram had ended 25 years of dominance for Russian athletes in this event. Perhaps more notable was Arina Averina who had been third in each apparatus, only scoring 19.550, only good enough for last place and dropping her out of bronze. The Averina sisters were left in tears and even complained they thought the marks given were too low.

🥇Linoy Ashram 🇮🇱

🥈Dina Averina 🇷🇺

🥉Alina Harnasko 🇧🇾