World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2023: Preview, full schedule and how to watch
Global titles and Paris 2024 quota spots are on the line at the five-day event in Valencia, Spain.
Rhythmic Gymnastics
There will be more than gold, silver and bronze on offer at the 2023 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Valencia, Spain, as 14 individual and five group quotas for Paris 2024 are up for grabs at the event.
The competition is set for 23 to 27 August.
In the individual competition, Italy's Sofia Raffaeli, who dominated the 2022 edition winning five of six possible gold medals, will be back looking for more glory. So far, her 2023 season has included two World Cup all-around wins and a silver medal in the all-around at the European Championships, where Boryana Kaleyn of Bulgaria grabbed the title.
In addition to Raffaeli and Kaleyn, other top contenders include 2022 European all-around winner Daria Atamanov of Israel, who had to withdraw just before the start of last year's Worlds due to injury, Stiliana Nikolova of Bulgaria and Darja Varfolomeev of Germany.
The group competition will likely be a battle between Bulgaria and Israel who have finished first and second, respectively, at the 2022 Worlds and the 2023 European Championships. Bulgaria are the reigning Olympic gold medallists.
Rhythmic Gymnastics: 2023 World Championships – full schedule
Below is the complete schedule for the 2023 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Valencia, Spain. All times are local.
Wednesday, 23 August
9:30-19:30 – Individual qualification, hoop and ball
21:00-22:22 – Individual finals, hoop and ball
Thursday, 24 August
9:30-19:42 – Individual qualification, clubs and ribbon
21:00-22:22 – Individual finals, clubs and ribbon
Friday, 25 August
16:00-19:36 – Group all-around competition, 5 hoops and 3 ribbons + 2 balls
Saturday, 26 August
15:00-19:54 – Individual all-around final
Sunday, 27 August
16:00-17:43 – Group apparatus finals, 5 hoops and 3 ribbons + 2 balls
Rhythmic Gymnastics: 2023 World Championships – how to watch
The finals which offer direct quota spots to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be livestreamed worldwide on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and the official Olympics apps for mobile and connected TV devices, with replay and highlights clips also available (territorial restrictions may apply).
Sign up to your Olympics.com account via the website or our official app, sign in and add rhythmic gymnastics as a favourite sport to receive alerts about the event.
The International Gymnastics Federation will also stream all of the finals from the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships live on its YouTube channel.