2021 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series

The 2021 FIG World Cup circuit in Rhythmic Gymnastics is a series of competitions officially organized and promoted by the International Gymnastics Federation. ^[1] The events had originally been scheduled to be held in 2020, but were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2]

With stopovers in Europe and Asia, the World Cup competitions are scheduled for March 26–28 in Sofia (BUL), April 16–18 in Tashkent (UZB), May 7–9 in Baku (AZE), May 28–30 in Pesaro (ITA). World Challenge Cup competitions are scheduled for July 2–4 in Minsk (BLR), July 9–11 in Moscow (RUS), October 15–17 in Cluj Napoca (ROU). ^[3] Originally, the Cluj Napoca stage was scheduled to be held June, but it was postponed to October, and the World Challenge Cup stage in Portimão, Portugal, was eventually cancelled. ^[4]

This year's World Cup series also served as qualifications for the 2020 Summer Olympics, with the top 3 ranked gymnasts (max. 1 per NOC), not already qualified at the 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, achieving a quota for their NOC at the individual all-around event.

The winners of the World Cup all-around competition were Linoy Ashram and the group of Bulgaria. Ashram also won the hoop, ball, and clubs events, and Alina Harnasko won the ribbon event. The Bulgarian team also won the 5-ball and 6-club and 2-hoop events.

Formats

World Cup
Date	Event	Location	Type
March 26–28	FIG World Cup 2021	Sofia	Individuals and groups
April 16–18	FIG World Cup 2021	Tashkent	Individuals and groups
May 7–9	FIG World Cup 2021	Baku	Individuals and groups
May 28–30	FIG World Cup 2021	Pesaro	Individuals and groups

World Challenge Cup
Date	Event	Location	Type
July 2–4	FIG World Challenge Cup 2021	Minsk	Individuals and groups
July 9–11	FIG World Challenge Cup 2021	Moscow	Individuals and groups
October 8–10	FIG World Challenge Cup 2021	Portimão	Individuals and groups
June 25–27 October 15–17	FIG World Challenge Cup 2021	Cluj Napoca	Individuals and groups

Medal winners

All-around

Individual

Competitions	Gold	Silver	Bronze
World Cup
Sofia	Linoy Ashram	Boryana Kaleyn	Alina Harnasko
Tashkent	Dina Averina	Arina Averina	Anastasiia Salos
Baku	Daria Trubnikova	Boryana Kaleyn	Lala Kramarenko
Pesaro	Dina Averina	Arina Averina	Alina Harnasko
World Challenge Cup
Minsk	Alina Harnasko	Lala Kramarenko	Anastasiia Salos
Moscow	Dina Averina	Lala Kramarenko	Ekaterina Vedeneeva
Cluj Napoca	Boryana Kaleyn	Milena Baldassarri	Daria Trubnikova

Group

Competitions	Gold	Silver	Bronze
World Cup
Sofia	Bulgaria	Azerbaijan	Japan
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Israel	Belarus
Baku	Bulgaria	Italy	Belarus
Pesaro	Russia	Bulgaria	Belarus
World Challenge Cup
Minsk	Israel	Bulgaria	Uzbekistan
Moscow	Russia	Japan	Uzbekistan
Cluj Napoca	Italy	Germany	France

Apparatus

Hoop

Competitions	Gold	Silver	Bronze
World Cup
Sofia	Boryana Kaleyn	Anastasiia Salos	Linoy Ashram
Tashkent	Dina Averina	Sofia Raffaeli	Anastasiia Salos
Baku	Linoy Ashram	Lala Kramarenko	Alina Harnasko
Pesaro	Dina Averina	Linoy Ashram	Arina Averina
World Challenge Cup
Minsk	Alina Harnasko	Anastasiia Salos	Lala Kramarenko
Moscow	Dina Averina	Lala Kramarenko	Jelizaveta Polstjanaja
Cluj Napoca	Boryana Kaleyn	Irina Annenkova	Daria Trubnikova

Ball

Competitions	Gold	Silver	Bronze
World Cup
Sofia	Linoy Ashram	Alina Harnasko	Boryana Kaleyn
Tashkent	Arina Averina	Dina Averina	Alina Harnasko
Baku	Alexandra Agiurgiuculese	Daria Trubnikova	Boryana Kaleyn
Pesaro	Linoy Ashram	Dina Averina	Arina Averina
World Challenge Cup
Minsk	Alina Harnasko	Lala Kramarenko	Anastasiia Salos
Moscow	Dina Averina	Lala Kramarenko	Ekaterina Vedeneeva
Cluj Napoca	Boryana Kaleyn	Daria Trubnikova	Alexandra Agiurgiuculese

Clubs

Competitions	Gold	Silver	Bronze
World Cup
Sofia	Boryana Kaleyn	Sofia Raffaeli	Katrin Taseva
Tashkent	Arina Averina	Dina Averina	Alina Harnasko
Baku	Linoy Ashram	Boryana Kaleyn	Lala Kramarenko
Pesaro	Arina Averina	Linoy Ashram	Dina Averina
World Challenge Cup
Minsk	Alina Harnasko	Lala Kramarenko	Nicol Zelikman
Moscow	Dina Averina	Lala Kramarenko	Ekaterina Vedeneeva
Cluj Napoca	Boryana Kaleyn	Irina Annenkova	Daria Trubnikova

Ribbon

Competitions	Gold	Silver	Bronze
World Cup
Sofia	Boryana Kaleyn	Anastasiia Salos	Sofia Raffaeli
Tashkent	Alina Harnasko	Sofia Raffaeli	Dina Averina
Baku	Boryana Kaleyn	Alina Harnasko	Katrin Taseva
Pesaro	Arina Averina	Dina Averina	Alina Harnasko
World Challenge Cup
Minsk	Lala Kramarenko	Anastasiia Salos	Khrystyna Pohranychna
Moscow	Dina Averina	Lala Kramarenko	Ekaterina Vedeneeva
Cluj Napoca	Boryana Kaleyn	Milena Baldassarri	Alexandra Agiurgiuculese

5 balls

Competitions	Gold	Silver	Bronze
World Cup
Sofia	Bulgaria	Japan	Russia
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Belarus	Israel
Baku	Bulgaria	Italy	Azerbaijan
Pesaro	Italy	Russia	Japan
World Challenge Cup
Minsk	Bulgaria	Israel	Belarus
Moscow	Russia	Uzbekistan	Japan
Cluj Napoca	Italy	Germany	France

4 clubs and 3 hoops

Competitions	Gold	Silver	Bronze
World Cup
Sofia	Bulgaria	Japan	Azerbaijan
Tashkent	Belarus	Uzbekistan	Israel
Baku	Bulgaria	Italy	Belarus
Pesaro	Italy	Russia	Israel
World Challenge Cup
Minsk	Israel	Bulgaria	Uzbekistan
Moscow	Russia	Uzbekistan	Japan
Cluj Napoca	Italy	Germany	Finland

Overall medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia  (RUS)	19	21	11	51
2	Bulgaria  (BUL)	16	7	4	27
3	Israel  (ISR)	7	4	5	16
4	Italy  (ITA)	6	8	3	17
5	Belarus  (BLR)	6	6	15	27
6	Uzbekistan  (UZB)	2	3	3	8
7	Japan  (JPN)	0	3	4	7
8	Germany  (GER)	0	3	0	3
9	Azerbaijan  (AZE)	0	1	2	3
10	Slovenia  (SLO)	0	0	4	4
11	France  (FRA)	0	0	2	2
12	Finland  (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia  (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine  (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		56	56	56	168

See also

• Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• 2021 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series
• 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix circuit
• 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

References

1. "Technical Regulations 2019" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
2. Official news from the Executive Committee - September 2020. International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 2020-09-20.
3. "Microsoft Word - ASSIGNED WORLD AND WORLD CHALLENGE CUP COMPETITIONS - after EC meeting in August 2019.docx" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved August 25, 2019.
4. FIG Portimão World Cup