the world cup is taking place in russia this year.
the world cup is taking place in russia this year.
where is the world cup taking place this year?
russia
kudryavtseva started her season at the 2015 moscow grand prix where she won silver in the all-around behind margarita mamun. she qualified to 3 event finals, taking silver in clubs, ribbon and finished 8th in hoop. her next competition, on 27–29 march, kudryavtseva continued to struggle at the 2015 lisboa world cup taking bronze in the all-around behind teammates aleksandra soldatova(gold) and margarita mamun(silver). she qualified 2 event finals, silver in clubs and 5th in ribbon. in her next event, after a slower-than-usual start to her competitive season, kudryavtseva roared back to sweep the gold medals at the 2015 bucharest world cup in the all-around with a score of (75.950 a new pb) and all event finals. in 10–12 april, kudryavtseva competed at the 2015 pesaro world cup and won the all-around silver medal behind margarita mamun, she qualified to 3 event finals and won gold in clubs, ribbon and silver in hoop. at the 2015 european championships in minsk, kudryavtseva took 4 gold medals in ball, clubs, ribbon and team. in may, 15–16, kudryavtseva won the all-around gold at the 2015 holon grand prix, she won 3 gold medals in apparatus finals (ball, hoop, clubs). in 12–18 june, at the inaugural 2015 european games, kudryavtseva won its first ever all-around title with a total of 76.100 points (the highest all-around mark scored under the 20-point judging system). due to a quota of 1 per country in apparatus finals in the european games for gymnastics, kudryavtseva only qualified in 3 out of 4 apparatus finals as she placed only 2nd in hoop qualifications behind teammate margarita mamun. nevertheless, kudryavtseva won gold in ball, clubs and ribbon. she has commented on her success: "i can’t judge myself, only the audience and judges can. today, i did everything precisely, so i got consistent scores." in august, kudryavtseva won gold in all-around at the 2015 budapest world cup, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals, taking gold in hoop, ball and finished 4th in clubs after a drop from her routine. her next competition at the 2015 sofia world cup, kudryavtseva repeated her gold medal sweep winning the all-around and all the apparatus finals (hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon). at the 2015 world cup series in kazan, kudryavtseva won the all-around silver medal behind teammate margarita mamun, a drop from kudryavtseva's clubs and not completing a risk element scored her 17.800 in clubs, costing her the 1st-place finish overall. she qualified to 3 apparatus finals (hoop, ball, ribbon) but withdrew from the events, after suffering an ankle inflammation sustained in her clubs routine. her vacated qualified apparatus finals, was given to the third ranked russian gymnast in qualifying scores, aleksandra soldatova.
yana kudryavtseva
following the 2013 tournament, it was decided that the world cup would be scheduled to take place every four years, 2017 rugby league world cup taking place in australia, new zealand and for the first time in papua new guinea. while australia would claim the title once again and for an eleventh time, the tournament was considered highly successful in terms of competitiveness. the tournament would see tonga beat new zealand in the group stages with a score of 28-22 to top the group, the first time a team from outside the top 3 had beaten a top 3 nation in over two decades. new zealand went on to play fiji in the quarter-finals and lost once again with a score of just 4-2, knocking new zealand out in the quarter-finals, the first time a tier 1 nation had exited the tournament at this early stage. tonga played england in the semi-finals and while conceding 20 unanswered points, they would score 3 tries in just the last seven minutes to pull the score back to 20-18, eventually losing by this close margin. the final was contested between australia and england at lang park, brisbane and australia won by just 6-0, the lowest score in world cup final history.
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