Bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in Athens, Ukrainian Hanna Bezsonova became the winner of the Grand Prix stage in rhythmic gymnastics, which ended on the weekend in Berlin. In the all-around, Bezsonova scored 104.982 points, beating Russian Olga Kapranova, who finished second, by more than three points. Third place went to Belarusian Iryna Zhukova (100.616). Another Ukrainian, Natalia Godunko, took fourth place. Her result was 100.349 points.
In individual events, Bezsonova won in the hoop exercise and won two silver medals in the ball and clubs exercises. Natalia Godunko stepped onto the podium twice: in the hoop and ribbon exercises.
Note that the Ukrainian's main rivals, Russians Irina Chashchina and Alina Kabaeva, who recently announced that she was supposedly ending her career, did not participate in the competition.