Ukrainian Illia Kovtun wins gold at Artistic Gymnastics World Cup
Ukrainian Illia Kovtun has won the parallel bars event at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. Source: Champion Illia scored the same number of points for performance as the Tokyo Olympic champion in this discipline, the Chinese gymnast Zou Jingyuan (14,900), but he received a higher score for execution.
Ukrainian Illia Kovtun has won the parallel bars event at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Source: Champion
Illia scored the same number of points for performance as the Tokyo Olympic champion in this discipline, the Chinese gymnast Zou Jingyuan (14,900), but he received a higher score for execution.
The bronze medal went to Colombia’s Ángel Barajas, with 14,700 points. Another Ukrainian, Oleh Verniaiev, came in fifth with 14,566.
Background:
- Kovtun and Verniaiev secured two medals at the World Cup event in Cottbus, and at the previous event in Cairo.
- Illia also competed in the floor exercise, where he finished eighth (13,366 points). Ihor Radivilov was also unable to contend for medals, placing eighth in the rings competition (13,166).
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