Baku, Azerbaijan, June 21
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Russian gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva won the gold medal in individual ball exercises in rhythmic gymnastics at the First European Games in Baku June 21.
Ukraine’s Ganna Rizatdinova won the silver medal, while Melitina Staniouta grabbed the bronze medal in this event.
The European Games that kicked off in Baku June 12, will last till June 28. There is a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports.
More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe came to Baku to represent their nations over 17 days of competition. Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.
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