Svetlana Khorkina won a historical victory in Anaheim

Russian woman Svetlana Khorkina won the historical gold medal at the World Sports Gymnastics Championship in American Anaheim. She became the first gymnast, who three times in a row to become the first at world championships in the all -around.

After the victory in the competition, Svetlana cried, since she had no other feelings. The Russian woman won the third gold in a row, which became a success not only for a female category, but also for sports gymnastics in general. In second place after the female all -around was the American Carley Paterson, and on the third line was the Chinese woman Zhang Nan.

It is interesting that the American was the leader after the fourth type of program, but she only had to watch Khorkina, who, in her characteristic magnificent manner, won free exercises. For this, the judges reward Svetlana 9.675 points. Patterson received 9.460 points following the results of the competition. Reuters notes that Patterson, perhaps, simply could not cope with the psychological pressure who fell on a 15-year-old girl.

According to Khorkina, she received great emotional satisfaction from victory. “For me, this success is extremely important, since this is the last world championship for me,” said Svetlana, who was only in eighth place after the first shell. In addition to the psychological factor, Patterson only recently recovered from the injury of the elbow.

As for the Patterson -Khorkin race, it did not begin in favor of the Russian gymnast. On asymmetric bars, Svetlana lost to Patterson 9.312 - 9.612. However, on the bars of Khorkin, she took her - 9.662 - 9.475. Recall that it is Svetlana that is called the "queen" in this type of program. But before the third view - the carpet - Patterson ahead of Khorkin by 0.222 points. Then Khorkina won her opponent in the supporting jump that completed the multi -sided program.