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Oksana Chusovitina becomes silver medalist at the Gymnastics World Cup in Baku

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The FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup is coming to its end in Baku, Azerbaijan. Today, as per the set regulation, the final stage of vault competition among women has took place, the National Olympic Committee reported.

Our compatriot Oksana Chusovitina had to perform among eight strongest athletes. The judging board assessed the performance of our athlete with 14,450 points.

Among the finalists, only American Jade Carey was able to beat Chusovitina's results. Thus, Chusovitina won the silver medal, Mexican Alexa Moreno - the bronze medal.

Sport gymnastics. World Cup.

Ladies, vault

1. Jade Carey (USA) - 14,766

2. Oksana Chusovitina (Uzbekistan) - 14,450

3. Alexa Moreno (Mexico) - 14,249

Our representative will go to the next World Cup stage, which will be held in Doha on March 20-23. According to new regulations, these competitions are considered quantifying stages of the Tokyo-2020 Olympics.

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