Bárbara Domingos guarantees herself in Paris-2024

Brazil continues to make history in Rhythmic gymnastics. After winning gold as a team at the World Cup in Romania, a little over a month ago, the modality celebrated this Thursday (24th) the unprecedented classification of Barbara Sundays to the final of the World Cup held in Valencia, Spain, in the individual (Saturday) and also in the apples (still this Thursday), and the winning a place at the Olympic Games in Paris with 14th place overall.

Babi, as the athlete is affectionately called, had already won a bronze medal in the ribbon at the World Cup in Romania. The 23-year-old from Curitiba became the first Brazilian gymnastics athlete to qualify for Paris-2024 with her great performance in Valencia.

Bárbara was eighth in the clubs, with 31,700, guaranteeing the last spot in the final. In first place came the Bulgarian Stiliana Nikolova, with 34,450, followed by compatriot Boryana Keleyn, with 33,450. Closing the podium in the qualifying round was the Ukrainian Viktoriia Onopriienki, with 33,350.

Babi still approached in the tapes decision. She finished in 11th place with 30,700, just 0,300 from qualifying to the decider. Slovenian Ekaterina Vedeneeva and Chinese Zilu Wang secured the last spots with 31,000.

In the general individual decision, the 18 best athletes were guaranteed. Babi was in 14th place, with 94,500, and advanced, while compatriot Geovanna dos Santos also dreamed of one of the vacancies. She ended up 21st, with 92,000 in total, just 1,400 from the standings.