Only one gymnast managed to cross the 30-point mark. And it wasn’t the tournament favorite.
Ukrainian grace Taisia Onofriychuk became the best in the individual all-around at the opening stage of the World Cup in Bulgaria. The athlete demonstrated incredible consistency and outperformed the leaders of the world rankings.
RBC-Ukraine reports this, citing the results of the competition.
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The path to victory and key scores
The competition in Sofia opened the international season of the elite series of tournaments. The fate of the medals in the all-around was determined by the sum of four disciplines: hoop, ball, clubs, and ribbon.
Onofriychuk took the lead on the first day, becoming the only gymnast to receive a score over 30 points for one routine (30.250).
Her performance with the hoop earned the Ukrainian 29.650 points. In the following events, Taisia solidified her success: her ball routine was scored at 28.500 points, while her ribbon performance brought in 28.200 points.
In both of the last two disciplines, the Ukrainian achieved the second-best result in qualification, allowing her to maintain the top position in the overall standings.
Competition with Bulgarian and Italian stars
In the final protocol, Onofriychuk scored 116.600 points, surpassing her closest competitor – Bulgarian Stilyana Nikolova (116.200) – by 0.4 points.
The podium was completed by the decorated Italian Sofia Raffaelli, whose score was 115.700 points.
Another representative from Ukraine, Polina Karika, finished the competition in 15th place (106.950 points). Her best performance was recorded in the hoop routine, for which she received 28.450 points.
World Cup results (Sofia). All-around:
- Taisia Onofriychuk (Ukraine) – 116.600
- Stilyana Nikolova (Bulgaria) – 116.200
- Sofia Raffaelli (Italy) – 115.700
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- 15. Polina Karika (Ukraine) – 106.950
Historical context and plans for the finals
For Onofriychuk, this is her second “gold” in her career at the World Cup stages in individual competitions. Notably, her debut triumph also took place in Sofia in 2025.
After that success, she became a medalist at stages in Baku and Milan, earning “silver” and “bronze”.
Ukrainian fans can expect to see more medals added to the collection as early as tomorrow.
Based on her performances, Taisia Onofriychuk qualified for all four finals in individual events.
Polina Karika is currently the first reserve for the hoop final. The decisive performances will take place on Monday, March 30.
Earlier, we reported on the transfer of European champion Radomir Stelmakh to the German national team.
