London-2012: Trofimova takes 20th place in qualification

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan athlete Ulyana Trofimova took the 20th place at the Olympic Games in London in rhythmic gymnastics qualification competitions.

As earlier reported, before the competition, Trofimova was one of favourites to win medals of Olympics, but before the Games she broke her right leg in training. Despite injury, she decided to participate in the competitions.

In the result, Ulyana Trofimova in cooperation with her coach decided to change her programme and removed all elements, which would harm her leg.

She earned 24.56 points at performance with hoop and 26.625 points at performance with ball. Ulyana yesterday earned 23.275 points in her performance with clubs and 24.8 points with ribbon. Ulyana Trofimova finished on 20th place with 97.35 points.