Stiliana Nikolova won a bronze medal at the individual all-around final at the 39^th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia. The seventeen-year-old athlete claimed the first world individual all-around medal for Bulgaria since 2001, when Simona Peycheva won the silver in Madrid.

Earlier, Nikolova claimed three silver medals in the apparatus finals, at hoop, ribbon and clubs.

• Stiliana Nikolova claims two more silver medals at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Sofia

  
  

• Rhythmic gymnast Stiliana Nikolova wins silver medal for Bulgaria in the hoop

  
  

Boryana Kaleyn, who was among the favourites for a gold medal at the 39^th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia had to pull out of the competition due to an illness. 

Sofia Raffaeli won the gold medal for Italy. The all-around silver went to Darja Varfolomeev of Germany. Sofia Raffaeli, Darja Varfolomeev and Stiliana Nikolova earned quotas for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.