2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

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The 2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships was held in Frankfurt, Germany. The event was held at Festhalle Frankfurt, and 300 athletes competed. The championships acted as a qualification event for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The 3 highest-ranked individuals from the all-around competition (final), with a maximum of two gymnasts per National Olympic Committee, and the top 3 groups, obtained one quota place for their country. In the individual event, the all-around podium was the same as that at the 2025 World Championships: German Darja Varfolomeev won her third consecutive individual all-around title in front of a home crowd, with Bulgarian Stiliana Nikolova winning silver and Italian Sofia Raffaeli winning bronze. In the apparatus finals, Varfolomeev won two additional apparatus gold medals in ball and ribbon, while Taisiia Onofriichuk won her first World title in the hoop final and Nikolova won clubs, the first for a Bulgarian gymnast in 25 years. In the group event...

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