r/rhythmic_gymnastics

I thought I'm gonna drop it here as well, as it's interesting to look through. World Gymnastics confirmed all the places from Frankfurt (Germany, Bulgaria and Italy get a non-nominative RGI quota; Spain, Japan and Brazil get a RGG quota), so 3/24 (RGI) and 3/14 (RGG) spots are locked.

• Individual: no surprise here, Varfolomeev, Nikolova and Raffaeli are dominating the AA podiums since 2022. All but one WCH AA podiums between 2022-26 were the trio (the exception being Valencia, when Nikolova was 4th), Varfolomeev and Raffaeli both made the Olympic podium as well. Their quotas are not nominative but unless injury or a catastrophic loss of form happens, they will be in LA.
• World Cups: Onofriichuk and Ikromova are very well positioned to take the 2 quotas via the World Cup. Varfolomeev (1st), Raffaeli (3rd) and Nikolova (4th) can't win more quotas for their country, and Onofriichuk (130 pts, 2nd) and Ikromova (100 pts, 5th) are well above the others. 4 World Cups left in 2027 and the top 4 results will count from 2026-27.
• Groups: Only 1 European group in the top 3 in Frankfurt will lead to a Euro bloodbath. There are cca. 10 highly competitive European groups without a quota: Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Israel, Germany, France, Poland, Belarus, Italy, Hungary. At most 6 of these can qualify for LA (1 via the World Cup Series, 4 in Baku 2027 and 1 at the ECH 2028). But also, China and Uzbekistan are without a quota, and Olympic champions China are very likely to get one via either the World Cup Series (they are leading the rankings in front of Russia) or in Baku 2027. That means that it's very likely that only 6 European groups will make it to LA (out of 14 places). Everyone in Asia will pray hard for China to get a spot before the Asian qualifier in 2028, so they don't go for the continental quota.
• This is very risky in groups, as for most European groups going for the quotas can go to last chance saloon with even 1 bad routine in Baku 2027. You drop something and then you face the race for 1 (one) spot at the 2028 Euros as your last chance. I can realistically see a major power not qualifying here.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/82462

Darja gave an interview recently about lack of funding and the Bundeswehr is one of the primary ways adult athletes are funded in Germany. I had wondered if being born in Russia might be an issue because unlike in some other countries this isn't ceremonial. The athletes do actually military basic training and reserve service. I've included some pictures of German WAGs from their service assignments. The program allows for a pension once the athlete retires from their sport and gives substantially reduced housing as they are considered public servants. I don't know when she would have had time this year to go to basic training so I suspect it will be done after worlds in the near future. That is generally when WAGs have done it, in the immediate post Worlds time period.

Many rhythmic gymnasts and WAGs are in their country's militaries or police. It's very common in Italy and Brazil.

LA28 Olympic Quotas to Spain, Japan, and Brazil.

🥇 🇩🇪 Darja Varfolomeev 119.500

🥈 🇧🇬 Stiliana Nikolova 117.600

🥉 🇮🇹 Sofia Raffaeli 117.550

At the ongoing Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2026 in Frankfurt , Germany 🇩🇪
after the individual all around quotas were decided yesterday , Today ( 15 August ) was the turn of group quota places where the top 3 teams in group all around final would qualify a group/team of 5 athletes each for the Olympics 2028 .

As it turned out , it’s Spain 🇪🇸 ,** Brazil** 🇧🇷 and Japan 🇯🇵 who finished in the Top 3 and thereby qualified their group/team of 5 athletes each for the Olympic Games 2028

It is the 1st Quota for Spain 🇪🇸 and** Japan 🇯🇵 for the Olympics 2028 in any sport thereby being a special moment for them and Japan 🇯🇵 also became just the 2nd Asia**n team after India 🇮🇳 in Cricket to qualify any athlete across any sport to Olympics 2028 in LA

Here are the Final Results of the Group All Around Final that decided the Quota Places :

Top 3 ( Quota Winners )

Spain 🇪🇸 : 57.450
Japan 🇯🇵 : 56.700
Brazil 🇧🇷 : 55.500

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Germany 🇩🇪 : 55.050
Ukraine 🇺🇦 : 54.900
Bulgaria 🇧🇬 : 54.600
People’s Republic of China 🇨🇳 : 54.200
France 🇫🇷 : 52.100
Poland 🇵🇱 : 52.050
Belarus 🇧🇾: 51.600
Italy 🇮🇹 : 51.250
Russia 🇷🇺: 51.150
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 : 51.050
Israel 🇮🇱 : 50.850
Republic of Korea 🇰🇷 : 49.550
Hungary 🇭🇺 : 49.400
United States of America 🇺🇸 : 48.900
Türkiye 🇹🇷 : 48.650
Romania 🇷🇴 : 47.650
Cyprus 🇨🇾 : 46.900
Canada 🇨🇦 : 46.700
Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 : 45.250
Greece 🇬🇷 : 45.100
Estonia 🇪🇪 : 44.350
Mexico 🇲🇽 : 44.000
Finland 🇫🇮 : 43.350
Czechia 🇨🇿 : 42.050
Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 : 41.900
Lithuania 🇱🇹 : 41.400
Portugal 🇵🇹 : 41.250
Georgia 🇬🇪 : 41.100
Great Britain 🇬🇧 : 40.900
Slovakia 🇸🇰 : 40.250
Norway 🇳🇴 : 40.000
Chile 🇨🇱 : 39.350
Austria 🇦🇹 : 39.150
South Africa 🇿🇦 : 38.850
Chinese Taipei 🇹🇼 : 38.050
Australia 🇦🇺 : 37.050
Argentina 🇦🇷 : 33.250
Slovenia 🇸🇮 : 32.600
Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 : 31.550

Do tell us in the comments what u think about these results and quota places , who u were expecting and who are u most upset at for not making LA 2028 Games