Double victory for Ilia Kovtun (UKR) at Varna World Cup

The World Challenge Cup series in Artistic Gymnastics continued last weekend in the Bulgarian city of Varna. 2021 European all-around bronze medallist Ilia Kovtun (UKR) was the only double winner, earning the gold on pommel horse and parallel bars. Ukraine claimed two more title as Nazur Chepurniy won vault and Anastasia Bachynska topped the ranking on beam. Aurel Benovic and Tin Srbic gave Croatia two gold medals, for their performance on floor and high bar respectively. 2014 junior European Champion Vinzenz Hoeck clinched the title on his trademark apparatus, rings. Uliana Perebinosova returned home with a full set of medals: gold on bars, silver on vault and bronze on floor. Vault was won by 2017 European Champion Coline Devillard (FRA) while Hanna Szujo (HUN) and Dildora Aripova (UZB) tied for the floor gold.

 

Congratulations to all medallists!

Men

Floor

1. Aurel Benovic (CRO) 14.950

2. Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) 14.950

3. Hayden Skinner (GBR) 14.600

 

Pommel horse

1. Ilia Kovtun (UKR) 14.550

2. Edoardo de Rosa (ITA) 14.450

3. Abbdulla Azimov (UZB) 14.150

 

Rings

1. Vinzenz Hoeck (AUT) 14.800

2. Salvatore Maresca (ITA) 14.700

3. Marco Sarrugerio (ITA) 14.450

 

Vault

1. Nazar Chepurniy (UKR) 14.700

2. Marian Dragulescu (ROU) 14.525

3. Ivan Tikhonov (AZE) 14.300

 

Parallel bars

1. Ilia Kovtun (UKR) 15.100

2. Sergey Eltsov (RUS) 14.950

3. Robert Tvorogal (LTU) 14.350

 

High bar

1. Tin Srbic (CRO) 14.850

2. Carlo Macchini (ITA) 14.650

3. Krisztian Balazs (HUN) 14.350

 

Women

Vault

1. Coline Devillard (FRA) 14.150

2. Uliana Perebinosova (RUS) 13.950

3. Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 13.700

 

Bars

1. Uliana Perebinosova (RUS) 14.500

2. Diana Varinska (UKR) 14.200

3. Kelly Simm (GBR) 13.650

 

Beam

1. Anastasia Bachynska (UKR) 13.250

2. Marine Boyer (FRA) 13.000

3. Ondine Achampong (GBR) 12.900

 

Floor

1. Dildora Aripova (UZB) 13.150

1. Hanna Szujo (HUN) 13.150

3. Uliana Perebinosova (RUS) 13.100

 

Find the full results on the FIG website: https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/events/searchresults.php

The World Challenge Cup series continues in Cairo (EGY) this week.