2012 Acrobatic Worlds – Lake Buena VISTA, USA – Women’s Group Final
Incredible performance of these talented Gymnasts.
Defending World Women’s Group champions Aigul Shaikhutdinova, Ekaterina Stroynova and Ekaterina Loginova of Russia were polished and powerful in every routine as they successfully held off the charge of Belgium’s Sanne Overberghe, Lara Schollier and Camille van Betsbrugge to win their second straight World title. Belarusian trio Yuliya Khrypach, Hanna Kobyzeva and Julia Kovalenko edged Poland to capture the bronze.
Mixed Pair Final
At their first World Championships, Belgian teenagers Nicolas Vleeshouwers and Laure de Pryck dazzled with dramatic, artistic and technically superior routines to take gold in the Mixed Pairs. At the other end of the spectrum, veteran Revaz Gurgenidze and partner Tatiana Okulova (RUS) showed classical, well rehersed work for silver while bronze medallists Denys Iasynskyi and Inna Batuyeva (UKR) overcame a mistake in prelims to finish third after two well-executed routines in finals.