He rhythmic gymnastics renaissance was confirmed in the World Cups last year in Sweden, with two bronzes (general and five rings). And ratified today at the Europeans in Baku (Azerbaijan) with a bronze for the team in the mixed final of ribbons and balls. In the five rings they finished fourth (34,350) and on Friday they were sixth in the all-around contest.
Salma Solau, Ana Arnau, Inés Bergua, Mireia Martínez and Patricia Pérezwith the selector Alejandra Querada and the trainer Ana Pelaz at the controls, come back with metal from Baku, which reinforces the project (the working group in the CAR in Madrid is made up of ten gymnasts) with a view to the World Cups to be held in Valencia from August 23 to 27.
Precisely, the awarded exercise (31,200 points) was develops with the music of the hymn of Valencia (“it is the land of flowers, of light…”) with mascletás in the background and a lot of Mediterranean plasticity. The gold went to Azerbaijan (32,250) and the silver to Israel (32,150).
After fifth place in the London 2012 Games and silver in the Rio 2016 Games, teams in which Alejandra Quereda was, It was time to make a clean slate. A first group did not come together and now this seems to have the wickerwork to continue growing with the two World Cup medals that already gave the ticket to the Paris 2024 Games and two Europeans, since today’s bronze is added to the 2022 silver in the mixed exercise.
In the morning, Polina Berezina was eighth (28.650) in the hoop final.
