The Russian women dominated the rhythmic gymnastics competition at the Youth Olympic Games, walking away with gold in both the individual and group categories in Singapore.
Russia's Alexandra Merkulova, 15, easily won gold in the individual final over Belarus's Arina Charopa of Belarus. Germany's Jana Berezko-Marggrander finished with the bronze.
The Russian quartet of Ksenia Dudkina, Olga Ilina, Alina Makarenko and Karolina Sevastyanova also captured the gold, beating silver medalist Egypt (Farida Eid, Jacinde Eldeeb. Manar Elgarf and Aicha Naizi).
The Canadian team -- twins Angelika and Victoria Reznik, Melodie Omidi and Katrina Cameron -- improved to bronze medal position after qualifying to the final in fourth place. Japan, which qualified in second, incurred a 0.4 deduction with the four hoops and fell to fourth.
Results: Complete results from the rhythmic gymnastics competition at the Youth Olympic Games
Photo gallery: Canadian photographer Grace Chiu, in Singapore to shoot the Youth Olympics, captured the rhythmic competition with her camera. A gallery of her images can be found below. Enjoy!
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Arina Charopa is from Belarus, not Ukraine. :)
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