Dazzling in this year’s championships in the Japanese city of Kitakyushu, the 23-year-old earned gold medals in the hoop and ball competitions on Wednesday to take her tally to 13 individual world titles, moving level with two-time Olympic gold medalist Evgeniya Kanaeva. Tokyo Games silver medalist Averina performed to AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ on her …
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Speaking after Averina won all-round gold at the Olimpico Cup, Irina Viner-Usmanova, the head coach of the Russian national team, claimed that the 23-year-old had contemplated concentrating on an economics qualification in the aftermath of her controversial final at the Games, finishing second to Israel’s Linoy Ashram in a shock result that many considered …
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Three-time reigning all-round world champion Averina, 22, had been odds-on favorite to win the gold after topping qualifying ahead of twin sister Arina Averina, but on a day of high drama at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Saturday both were left disappointed. Dina Averina finished with a total of 107.650 …
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