Beloruska Shtyhetskaya took bronze on the bars at the stage of the World Challenge Cup in Paris

Belarusian athlete Sofia Shtykhetskaya became the winner of the final stage of the world Cup of challenge in gymnastics 2026 in Paris, BelTA reports.

Our athlete climbed the podium following the results of the competition on different high bars. In the final, Shtihetskaya scored 14,100 points for her program and won bronze, ahead of the girls from the UK, France, Ukraine, Canada and Croatia. The first and second places were taken by French Elena Kola (14,300) and Swedish Emelie Westlund (14,266).

In total, 36 gymnasts took part in the exercise on bars. This medal was the second for Shtykhetskaya at the international FIG tournaments in the season-2026, in March the Belarusian was third on the bars at the World Cup stage in Baku. Also this year, Sofia was in the top ten at the European Championships.

In addition, on September 27, our Karolina Fedoniuk showed the eighth result in the reference jump. The World Challenge Cup stage in Paris is the last major start before the Gymnastics World Championships, which will be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 17 to 25 October.

Three Belarusian gymnasts reached the finals of the Challenge Cup in Paris