Rhythmic Gymnastics FIG World Championships 2025

[Illya 590]

2 hours ago, thiago_simoes said:

It's been a while since I last posted, but here I am once again. I was diagnosed with COVID (for the very first time) the day before the event began, so I was scared I would not be able to attend, but I knew I had to go. I attended from Friday to Sunday, I wore a mask all the time and I had a very hard time with the lack of air conditioning during the ribbon routines, but otherwise it was okay.

 

The Brazilian fans were very supportive of Nikolova, Raffaeli, Varfolomeev and Onofriichuk. I did not hear anyone booing these gymnasts and they all mentioned they had a great time. Of course, online fans are a completely different group of people altogether and I'm aware some of them had horrible things to say about Ukraine, and I apologize for this unacceptable behavior. I do not support this behavior in any way and I do not think anyone has the right to attack other countries just because things didn't go their way.

 

Anyone who has read anything I posted here in the last 10 years know that my biggest dream was a medal of any kind for Brazil at the World Championships or the Olympic Games and I'm overjoyed I was able to witness this happening right in front of my eyes. And not only once, but twice. Hopefully this marks a new era in Brazilian rhythmic gymnastics. I'm excited for the future but whatever it is that might happen, I'm very proud of our girls and I can't state how happy I am that my dream came true.

 

The audience was very supportive. The only time I heard people booing was when Ukraine went ahead of Brazil in the balls and hoops final, but this was quickly dismissed... Still, totally unacceptable. And the boos were directed towards the judges, not the gymnasts. I follow this sport quite closely, and right before Ukraine started the routine, I knew they would challenge for the gold medal, so it was not a surprise. I knew it would be a four-way battle between China, Brazil, Spain and Ukraine, and one of these countries would not win a medal.

 

But most people did not know much about the sport and, of course, this caused some inconveniences. I'm very ashamed that Movimento Verde e Amarelo, a group of Brazilian supporters, were allowed to bring drums and trumpets to the stands. I can't stand them and they do not represent me or anyone who is a serious fan of rhythmic gymnastics.

 

Anyway, I hope everybody who came here had a good time. I'm sure Germany will host an even better event next year and hopefully Brazil will still be able to challenge for more medals. Time will tell. But let me not get too greedy. I'm already very happy with the way things are.

 

Yeah, that's what I said, it were just emotions of anger on the spot, but other than that I loved that hall was almost full and the crowd really had interest in gymnastics (not like Georgia in fencing, which was embarassing during all WCh except Sandro's golden day). It's really no surprise for me that Brazil won a medal, because at the last WCh you did good and gymnastics in the Brazil finally started to be not only about Rebeca or Flavia. Great job, the event was really cool, the only problem was the weather, but other than that Braziwww ate