Kira Mykolaivna Shyrykina (Ukrainian: Кіра Миколаївна Ширикіна; born 4 June 2008)[1] is a Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast. She won a bronze medal with the Ukrainian group at the 2024 European Championships in 3 ribbon and 2 balls. She represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where the group finished seventh in the all-around.
| Kira Shyrykina | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kira Mykolaivna Shyrykina | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 2008 Dnipro, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Training location | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2023 – present | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Deriugins School | ||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Irina Deriugina | ||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Iryna Ruda | ||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Iryna Blokhina | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editShyrykina was part of the junior national group that competed at the 2023 World Championships in Cluj-Napoca. They finished fourth in the all-around and in both the 5 ropes and 5 hoops finals. Additionally, the Ukraine finished fourth in the team competition.[2]
Shyrykina became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2024 and joined the Ukrainian senior national group. She made her debut at the Tartu Grand Prix where Ukraine swept the gold medals.[3] Then at the Athens World Cup, they finished 13th in the all-around and fourth in the 5 hoops final.[4] Then at the Sofia World Cup, they finished 10th in the all-around and seventh in the 5 hoops final.[5] At the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, the group finished sixth in the all-around and fifth in the 5 hoops final.[6] They then won the bronze medal in the 3 ribbons and 2 balls final behind Spain and Israel.[7] Then in July, the group won two bronze medals at the 2024 Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup, in the all-around and 3 ribbons and 2 balls.[8]
Shyrykina represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Diana Baieva, Alina Melnyk, Mariia Vysochanska, and Valeriia Peremeta. The group qualified for the all-around final in third place, including having the highest score in 3 ribbons and 2 balls.[9] Then in the all-around final, the group sat in second place after the 5 hoops, but after several major mistakes in 3 ribbons and 2 balls, the group dropped to seventh place.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Shyrykina Kira". Paris 2024. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ Levadnyuk, Serhiy (10 July 2023). "Україна здобула першу в історії нагороду юніорського чемпіонату світу з художньої гімнастики: усі результати" [Ukraine won the first-ever World Junior Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship award: all results]. Suspilne Sport (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Збірна команда України в групових вправах здобула два золота на Miss Valentine" [The national team of Ukraine in group exercises won two gold medals at Miss Valentine]. Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation (in Ukrainian). 3 March 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ Fantoni, Lucrezia (24 March 2024). "Ritmica, World Cup: a Palaio Faliro l'Italia vince un oro e tre argenti nelle finali di specialità" [Rhythmic, World Cup: in Palaio Faliro Italy wins a gold and three silvers in the specialty finals]. Ginnasticando (in Italian). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Results for FIG World Cup 2024 Sofia (BUL)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "40th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Great variety of apparatus medallists decided on closing day of #Budapest2024". European Gymnastics. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Ukrainian gymnast wins gold at World Challenge Cup in Romania". Yahoo! Sports. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ Mandebura, Ilya (9 August 2024). "Олімпіада-2024. Українські гімнастки вийшли до фіналу групових вправ" [Olympics-2024. Ukrainian gymnasts reached the group exercise finals]. Glavkom (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ Moroz, Evgeny (10 August 2024). "Україна — сьома у фіналі групового багатоборства на Олімпіаді-2024 у художній гімнастиці" [Ukraine is seventh in the group all-around final at the 2024 Olympics in rhythmic gymnastics]. Suspilne Sport (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 November 2024.
