One year after achieving an historic sweep at the world championships, Germany's Darja Varfolomeev has been crowned Olympic all-around champion in rhythmic gymnastics with a score of 142.850. Bulgaria's Boryana Kaleyn (140.600) finished second and Italy's Sofia Raffaeli finished third (136.300).
After dropping her ball mid-routine during the qualifying round, Varfolomeev finished second, but during the final when medals were on the line, she performed without fault.
She had a remarkably consistent day, scoring 36.300 for her hoop routine, 36.500 for her ball routine, 36.350 for her clubs routine and 33.700 for her ribbon routine to secure the gold.
Germany hasn't won a medal in rhythmic gymnastics since Regina Weber won bronze in 1984 representing West Germany.