Gymnast Ilya Zaika showed the fifth result at the World Cup in the exercise on rings

Russian gymnast Ilya Zaika completed his performance in the final of the exercises on the rings at the world championship in Rotterdam in fifth position.

His result for the execution of the program was 14,100 points. The highest award was won by the representative of China Lan Xinyu, who was given 14,766 points by judges. Silver went to the Greek Eleftherios Petrunias (14,333), bronze to the Armenian athlete Arthur Avetisyan (14,233).

24-year-old Zaika won three Russian championships in this discipline. In August, he became a silver medalist of the European championship on the rings.

In addition, in September, at the qualification of the Paris tournament, the Russian purely performed a new combination - lifting by force on straight hands from the hang upside down into the cross upside down. The International Gymnastics Federation recognized the element, giving it the name "Zaika"; its complexity was estimated at 0.8 points (Group H).

The world championship will finish on October 25.

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