The first European Cup in Rhythmic Gymnastics started on May 3, 2024 in Baku.

On May 3-4, a total of 160 gymnasts from the junior, senior and group gymnast teams competed for the finals to be held on May 5. For the first time, individual gymnasts were selected based on their all-around scores and continued to compete in a cross-battle competition, whereby the top 16 gymnasts won cash prizes of varying amounts. Nikolova Stiliana, Raffaeli Sofia and Atamanov Daria won the first 3 places according to the results of cross-battle and were awarded with Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and cash prizes.

In the competition of senior group gymnasts, the Israel team won the Gold medal, the Italian and Azerbaijani teams won Silver and Bronze medals accordingly as well as the cash prizes.

Among junior individual teams, Israel won gold medal, Bulgaria and Romania teams won the Silver, Bronze medals accordingly.

Text/Photo: Nurlan Tahirli