Alexandra Efraimoglou is the women's tumbling world champion. The Greek gymnast won gold at the 39th Trampoline and Tumb...

Alexandra Efraimoglou is the women's tumbling world champion. The Greek gymnast won gold at the 39th Trampoline and Tumbling World Championships in Nanjing, China on Saturday, scoring 26.300 points in the deciding final round. Efraimoglou finished 0.400 points clear of Russia's Arina Kaliandra, who took silver with 25.900. France's Maelle Dumitru-Marin claimed bronze with 24.700, while Russia's Elena Neiman placed fourth on 24.100. The winning score combined 8.100 for difficulty and 18.200 for execution. Kaliandra attempted a harder pass and earned a higher difficulty score of 9.400, but her 16.900 execution score and a 0.400 penalty left her short of the Greek champion. Efraimoglou had already led the field heading into the medal round, topping the first final with 26.600. She jumps sharply from eighth place at the 2025 World Championships in Pamplona to the top of the podium in Nanjing. Greece also had Maria Aristeidou in the final, where she placed sixth with 24.400. The Hellenic Gymnastics Federation noted it was the first time two Greek women had reached the individual tumbling world final in the same year. Greece finished fifth as a team behind Russia, Belgium, France, and the United States. The world title adds to a strong run of results for Efraimoglou. She won the European title in Guimarães in April 2024, took bronze at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, earned silver at this year's European Championships in Portimão, and won the 2026 World Cup in Coimbra before topping the world in Nanjing. #Greece #Gymnastics #WorldChampion