Yana Kudryavtseva

Kudryavtseva came in these Olympic Games as the reigning World All-around champion, having won all three all around world titles after the London Olympics. On 19 August, she competed at the preliminary session where her total score ranked second in the qualifications behind Margarita Mamun.^[43] On 20 August, at the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final, Kudryavtseva had established herself in the lead after the first two rotations with scores of 19.225 in hoop and 19.250 in ball. However, in the third rotation in clubs; in the last seconds of her routine, she failed to catch one of her clubs and had to scramble to get her hand on it before the music ended, she received a score of 17.883.^[44] She described her miscalculation in the clubs routine "It all happened very quickly and I didn’t manage to find a way to solve the mistake. That’s why I lost the club. I’ve been competing for 13 years, so of course this has happened before. At the end of the routine, I realised I was not going to win the gold medal. That's why emotionally I was a little bit more relaxed and I was competing for myself, my coach and the spectators. I wanted to give them a good performance".^[45] In the last rotation, she came back with a strong ribbon routine where she scored 19.250. But the serious mistake in her clubs was enough to take her out of contention for the gold,^[46] Kudryavtseva won the silver medal with a total of 75.608 points, teammate Margarita Mamun won the gold medal with a total of 76.483 points.^[47] Despite not winning the Olympics, Kudryavtseva remains the only rhythmic gymnast to have never finished an international competition off the All-around podium.

Retirement

On 28 November 2016, it was reported that Kudryavtseva had finished her career because of her leg injury,

Gymnastics technique

Kudryavtseva is known for her clean technique and light execution. She has mastered unique skills especially the ball spin on the tip of the finger, apparatus catch turning to roll, the ball/hoop series, in clubs with her high, asymmetric, difficult throws and the ribbon serpentine.

Kudryavtseva's innovative mastery of the apparatus has led to the

• "Dive jump" with asymmetric movements of the clubs: during the jump, a high bounce of the club from the floor and passing to the roll to catch this club. Large circle with the other club.^[51]

Endorsements

In 2014, Kudryavtseva signed a sponsorship deal and became one of the official Ambassador for luxury watches

• Youngest rhythmic gymnast to win the
  Elena Karpuchina
  of the Soviet Union both at 16 years of age).
• Records as the only rhythmic gymnast to had never finished a competition off an international All-around podium.
• Youngest rhythmic gymnast in history to win back-to-back All-around title in Worlds, doing so at the
  2014 World Championships
  at 16 years of age.
• Youngest rhythmic gymnast in history to win 3 consecutive World All-around titles, which she achieved at the
  2015 World Championships
  at 17 years of age.
• First All-around champion at the inaugural European Games with a total all-around score of 76.100 points.
• She equals the record of compatriot
  Evgenia Kanaeva, winning 3 World All-around titles without sharing the triumph with other gymnasts, and she was followed by another compatriot, Dina Averina
  .
• First rhythmic gymnast to win a
  2013 World Cup in Sofia
  , Bulgaria (15 years of age).
• Previous World Record holder under the (2013–2016) 20-point judging system with a total of 76.450 which she scored at the
  2016 World Cup Pesaro, her record was broken twice by teammate Margarita Mamun
  .
• Holds the highest mark scored in any apparatus under the (2013–2016) 20-point judging system; scoring 19.450 in Hoop at the
  2016 Baku World Cup
  .
• First rhythmic gymnast to score 19.000 points at the
  2014 World Championships
  .
• Sixth rhythmic gymnast to consecutively defend her all-around title at the
  Evgenia Kanaeva
  .

Competitive highlights

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)

Detailed Olympic results

References

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