Karina Metelkova (russian: Карина Метелкова; born 11 May 2003) is Russian group
rhythmic gymnast
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordi ...
. She is the
2021 European Group All-around champion.
Career
Senior
In 2020, Karina joined Russian National Reserve Team as a senior group gymnast. Reserve group took part in Grand Prix
Tartu
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in February. Karina and her teammates placed second in Group All-Around competition after
Uzbekistan and took gold medals in both Apparatus Finals. In October,
Russian Federation organized 2nd Online Tournament in
rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coord ...
, where reserve group won in Group All-Around competition (69.050) in front of
Uzbekistan.
In the end of May 2021, she competed at the
2021 Pesaro World Cup, her first World Cup, where she won gold medal in Group All-around and two silver medals in Apparatus finals. In June, she competed at the
2021 European Championships in
Varna
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,
Bulgaria and won gold medal in Group All-around and Team competition and silver in 5 Balls final.
In July, the national coach
Irina Viner
Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova (russian: Ирина Александровна Винер-Усманова; born July 30, 1948) is an Uzbek-born Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach who is head coach of the Russian national team, president of the ...
, announced that the fifth place of the Russian group that will compete in the
Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020, will be occupied by
Alisa Tishchenko, leaving out Metelkova and Olya Karaseva
References
External links
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2003 births
Living people
Russian rhythmic gymnasts
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
Sportspeople from Yaroslavl
21st-century Russian women
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