MOSCOW, April 30 Russian Maria Pobedushkina became the winner in the exercises with the ball and clubs at the first tournament in rhythmic gymnastics for the prizes of two-time Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva in Omsk. In the exercise with the ball, she scored 35.50 points, ahead of Anastasia Salos from Belarus (34.70) and compatriot Alina Perfilieva (33.50). In the exercise with clubs, Pobedushkina scored 34.10 points, the second place was taken by the Russian woman Vladislav Nikolaenko (33.10), the third place was taken by Elizaveta Zorkina (32.90) from Belarus. a silver medal (33.20), a bronze medal on account of the representative of Belarus Anna Kamenshchikova (31.20).
