Hosts Greece celebrated a clean sweep in the Seniors Group competition at the 8th Aphrodite Cup held in Faliro Olympic Indoor hall, winning both the apparatus finals on Sunday, March 13, last day of the tournament, following their victory in the All-Around competition.
The Greek Group amassed 30.400 points with the 5 Hoops and 29.800 with the 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls, finishing ahead of USA and Kazakhstan respectively.
The apparatus finals results
Seniors Groups 5 Hoops
1 GREECE 30.400
2 USA 29.700
3 AUSTRALIA 26.150
Seniors Groups 3 Ribbons/2 Balls
1 GREECE 29.800
2 KAZAKHSTAN 25.800
3 USA 24.100
Pan-American All-Around champion and Olympian, Evita Griskenas was the protagonist in the women’s apparatus finals winning two gold medals in the Clubs and the Ribbon. The Chicago, IL native added a bronze το her tally with her performance in her routine with the Hoop.
Daniela Munitz, a 2022 Ribbon European Junior champion on home soil in Tel Aviv, proved she has the capacity to succeed in the women’s category as well, starting her senior campaign with victory in her rourine with the Ball at the 8th Aphrodite Cup.
The fourth discipline, the Hoop was dominated by Bulgaria’s Magdalina Minevska who achieved the best score of the apparatus finals with 32.560.
The apparatus finals results
Seniors Hoop
1 MINEVSKA Magdalina BUL 32.650
2 PARFILOVA Milana KAZ 31.950
3 GRISKENAS Evita USA 31.900
Seniors Ball
1 MUNITZ Daniela ISR 31.550
2 PARFILOVA Milana KAZ 31.150
3 MIZUNO Lili USA 31.050
Seniors Clubs
1 GRISKENAS Evita USA 30.600
2 DRAGAN Christina ROU 29.450
3 ZHAILAUOVA Erika KAZ 29.150
Seniors Ribbon
1 GRISKENAS Evita USA 30.800
2 MINEVSKA Magdalina BUL 30.000
3 DRAGAN Christina ROU 29.800
Amalia Lică of Romania was a class of her own in the Juniors’ apparatus finals winning three gold medals – in her favourite Clubs event, the Ball and the Ribbon as well, plus a bronze in the Hoop.
Israel’s Alona Tal Franco, a European Junior bronze medallist in the Hoop last year in Tel Aviv, emerged victorious in the same apparatus in Athens leaving Cypriot Vera Tugolukova and Lică behind her.
The apparatus finals results
Juniors Hoop
1. FRANCO Alona Tal ISR 31.350
2. TUGOLUKOVA Vera CYP 30.950
3. LICA Amalia Maria ROU 30.700
Juniors Ball
1. LICA Amalia Maria ROU 30.900
2. LEWINSKA Liliana POL 30.350
3. TODOROVA Nikol BUL 30.200
Juniors Clubs
1 LICA Amalia Maria ROU 29.750
2 KRASNOBAEVA Elvira BUL 29.250
3 RUSAK Erika USA 29.100
Juniors Ribbon
1 LICA Amalia Maria ROU 29.100
2 RUSAK Erika USA 27.450
3 MEIRZHANOVA Aiym KAZ 25.850
Italy won both Juniors Groups apparatus finals finishing ahead of hosts Greece in the 5 Balls competition and Bulgaria in the 5 Ropes event.
The apparatus finals results
Juniors Groups 5 Ropes
1 ITALY 29.750
2 BULGARIA 29.200
3 KAZAKHSTAN 28.050
4 GREECE 26.600
Juniors Groups 5 balls
1 ITALY 28.700
2 GREECE 27.800
3 BULGARIA 27.400
