The 2018

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were held in

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, from 10 September 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 ball 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,

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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 (russian: link=no, Александра Сергеевна Солдатова; born 1 June 1998) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 World All-around bronze medalist, 2018 World rib ...

won the ribbon gold medal.

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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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