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Croatian Gymnast Tina Zelčić Wins Silver at World Challenge Cup in Tashkent

From Večernji List · () Croatian

Translated from Croatian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Tina Zelčić secured a silver medal on the balance beam at the World Challenge Cup in Tashkent.
  • This medal marks her first in Tashkent and her first of the current season, adding to her collection of international accolades.
  • Zelčić expressed satisfaction with her performance, particularly executing a new, more difficult routine, and aims for further improvements in upcoming competitions.

Croatian gymnast Tina Zelčić earned a silver medal on the balance beam at the World Challenge Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This achievement marks her first medal in Tashkent and her initial success of the current season.

Zelčić's performance in the final saw her achieve a higher starting score of 5.4 and a final score of 12.650, securing the silver medal ahead of Kazakhstan's Eveline Jezhova. She had qualified in fifth place with a starting score of 5.1 and a final score of 12.200.

"I can say that I am really satisfied, of course, because of the silver, but even more because for the first time I performed my new, more difficult routine from start to finish," Zelčić stated after her success. She acknowledged that there is still room for improvement but sees it as motivation to train harder, believing she is on the right path to perfecting the routine and achieving higher scores in future competitions.

I can say that I am really satisfied, of course, because of the silver, but even more because for the first time I performed my new, more difficult routine from start to finish. Of course, there are still things to improve, but that is only motivation for me to work even harder. I think I am on the right path to perfect that routine and for the score to be even higher in the next competitions.

· Tina ZelčićReflecting on her silver medal performance at the World Challenge Cup in Tashkent.

This silver medal adds to Zelčić's impressive international record, which includes a silver from the 2023 World Cup in Doha, bronze medals from World Cups in Koper and Osijek in 2024, a silver from the 2023 World Cup in Varna, and another bronze from the 2023 World Cup in Osijek.

Zelčić is now looking ahead to the next World Challenge Cup in Koper next week, where she hopes to reach the final and compete for another medal. Her success in Tashkent, alongside Sofia Mešter's silver medal on uneven bars, contributed to a highly successful outing for the Croatian team, with five out of six representatives reaching finals.

Next week, the World Challenge Cup in Koper awaits us. I hope I will reach the final there as well, and then, of course, fight for a medal.

· Tina ZelčićLooking ahead to her next competition.
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Originally published by Večernji List in Croatian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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