Russian wins rhythmic gymnastics gold
Published 9:25 am Saturday, August 23, 2008
BEIJING — Russia’s Evgeniya Kanaeva has won gold in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around competition, posting the high score in all four rotations of the event.
Kanaeva got identical scores of 18.850 on her rope and hoop routines before wowing the judges with a club routine that earned her a finals-high 18.950.
She finished the competition with a ribbon routine that gave her a total of 75.500 and the convincing win.
Inna Zhukova of Belarus scored 71.925 points for the silver and Anna Bessonova of Ukraine had 71.875 for her second straight bronze.
