
Russian gymnasts won nine medals at the World Acrobatics Championships in Pesaro, Italy, including gold in men's and mixed pairs, silver and bronze in various exercises.
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The World Sports Acrobatics Championships took place in Pesaro, Italy, where Russian gymnasts competed in various disciplines.
Russian gymnasts won nine medals at the World Sports Acrobatics Championships in Pesaro (Italy).
On the final day of the competition, the Russians took seven medals.
Several Russian teams and pairs won gold in various exercises.
MOSCOW, September 27 – RIA Novosti. Russian gymnasts won nine medals at the World Sports Acrobatics Championships, which took place in Pesaro, Italy.
On the final day of the competition, the Russians took seven medals. Gold was won by Nikolay Krestnikov, Stepan Kulbakin, Sergey Kondrachuk and Artem Kuznetsov (tempo exercise among men's fours), Elizaveta Medvedeva and Oleg Mayorov (tempo exercise among mixed pairs) and Vladimir Naidenko, Vladislav Lyubimov, Roman Chernyatin and Alexander Zemskov (balance exercise among men's fours).
Krestnikov, Kulbakin, Kondrachuk and Kuznetsov took silver in the combined exercise among men's fours, Ksenia Kolotova and Ksenia Kuznetsova - in the balance exercise among women's pairs. Bronze medalists were Kira Bykova, Ivanna Melnikova, Ekaterina Kononova (balance exercise among women's triples), Dinara Aisina and Artemy Petrovsky (combined exercise among mixed pairs).
Earlier, Krestnikov, Kulbakin, Kondrachuk, Kuznetsov, Svetlana Filipieva, Vasilisa Gavrilina, Dinara Aisina and Artemy Petrovsky won silver medals in the team event, and Aisina and Petrovsky won bronze in the balance exercise among mixed pairs.

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