At the "Lokomotiv" Golden Cup international rhythmic gymnastics tournament, held on 20 and 21 October 2018 in Sofia, girls from TEA Dance Sports Club in Elin Pelin achieved outstanding results. More than 450 gymnasts from elite Bulgarian and foreign clubs took part in this second edition of the tournament in the small hall of Arena Armeec.
A day full of emotions – smiles for some, a few tears for others. But overall, the results were good.
The personal coaches preparing the gymnasts for the Category B individual National Championship – Tanita Nenkova, Polina Peneva, Tsvetelina Atanasova and Latina Tsvetanova – are making significant progress in their work, and the results are plain to see.
And here are our gymnasts' results in all categories and age groups:
GROUP results:
2013 team – gold medals in the festival section
Silver medals – 2012 team, Gorna Malina
Gold medals – 2011 team
Individual results:
2nd place – Simona Dimova, without apparatus, B-light
3rd place – Viktoria Lenkova, without apparatus, B-light
5th place – Nikol Kyurchiyska, without apparatus, B-light
3rd place – Hristiyana Leseva, without apparatus, B
1st place – Kristina Chelyo, hoop, B-light
2nd place – Gergana Krasteva, without apparatus, B-light
3rd place – Dilyana Dobreva, without apparatus, B-light
7th place – Aleksandra Ivanova, without apparatus, B-light
Beloslava Aleksandrova, without apparatus, B-light
1st place – without apparatus
3rd place – all-around
6th place – rope
4th place – without apparatus
8th place – all-around
3rd place – all-around
2nd place – without apparatus
5th place – rope
1st place all-around
1st place without apparatus
4th place rope
3rd place rope
4th place all-around
5th place without apparatus
7th place all-around
8th place rope
3rd place without apparatus
5th place all-around
6th place ball
Dara Krasteva – 2006, A
1st place all-around, 1st place rope and 1st place ball
Viktoria Radenkova – 2006, B
7th place – without apparatus
Marina Yolova – 2006, B
Antonia Tsvetkova
1st place – without apparatus, B-light
Juniors
Anita Tsvetanova
3rd place all-around, 2nd place ball and 2nd place hoop
Izabel Ignatova
1st place ball, B-light
Milena Nikolova
1st place ribbon, B-light
TEA Dance Sports Club thanks the event's organisers, and world champion Katrin Velkova personally, for a wonderful tournament!
Congratulations on their performances to all the children and to coaches Tea Gramatikova, Tanita Nenkova, Polina Peneva, Latina Tsvetanova and Tsvetelina Atanasova. Whatever the placings, every participant has worked hard – and after all, this is sport: there are winners and there are losers.