Rhythmic gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has begun with an unexpected and unfortunate turn for the Spanish delegation. This Thursday, Polina Berezina, one of the great hopes of the Spanish team, experienced a debut full of intense emotions when she suffered a mishap with the hoop during her first exercise.
Everything was going normally until, at one unfortunate moment, the hoop slipped from Berezina’s hands, forcing her to interrupt her routine to pick up the replacement hoop.
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An unexpected performance
ScoreThis unexpected mistake cost him a score that was not in his plans, as he received a score of 29.700 from the judges, a score that does not reflect his true potential.
Your reactionThe impact of the mistake was evident both in the score and in her state of mind. At the end of her performance, Polina could not hold back her tears, visibly affected by a mistake she rarely makes in competition.
There is still hope. However, despite this unfortunate debut, Berezina has not lost hope. She, along with her partner Alba Bautista, continues to fight to qualify for the rhythmic gymnastics final. Both gymnasts still have to perform the ball exercise, in which they will play their last cards to try to get into the top ten and secure their passage to the final.
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