Members of team Bulgaria perform their Group Apparatus final five hoops programme during the 30th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Moscow, Russia, 26 September 2010. The Bulgarian team won the bronze medal. Photo by EPA/BGNES
The Bulgarian team won the bronze medals after an excellent performance with hoops at the 30th rhythmic gymnastics world championships in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday.
The squad included Reneta Kamberova, Mihaela Maevska, Tsvetelina Naydenova, Elena Marinova, Hristina Todorova and Katrin Velkova.
The Russian team won the gold medals after collecting 27.975 points, followed by the Italians with 27.875 points.
"I am very happy with this medal. We received congratulations by everyone and the experts are unanimous that our composition was the best in the whole tournament," said the team's coach Iliana Raeva.