April 6, 2022 – The Vukovar Gymnastics Club performed outstandingly in the 1^st round of the Croatian Cup, bringing home team gold and an array of individual medals.

As hrv writes, the 1^st round of the Croatian Cup in the Basic Program of Women's Sports Gymnastics was held on April 3 at the Sokol Centre in Osijek in the organisation of the Osijek-Žito Gymnastics Society. The Vukovar Gymnastics Club had representatives in all categories in the team and individual competition. The oldest category was the only one without new competitors. In the other three categories, in addition to already experienced competitors, new members of the competition group performed. In the junior category, one new competitor performed, while in the cadet and junior categories half of the team consisted of girls who all took part in a competition for the first time. All of them did very well and successfully completed the first competition. Special praise goes to those who won individual medals in their first official competition: Lea Služek, Franka Markešić, and Iris Špehar.

The Vukovar Gymnastics Club was the most successful in this competition where the gymnasts in all categories won the team 1^st place, as well as the most individual medals. All Vukovar’s gymnasts performed as follows:

Cadets – team 1^st place. Individually: 1^st Ema Županović, 2^nd Franka Markešić, 3^rd Una Baždar 5^th Jana Cvetković, 8^th Marina Đerđ and 9^th Franka Ljubić.

Younger juniors – team 1^st place. Individually: 1^st Služek Lea, 2^nd Špehar Iris, 6^th Mirosavljević Adrijana, 7^th Gavrilović Ljiljana, 11^th Velerajter Natali, 18^th Horvat Livija.

Juniors – team 1^st place. Individually: 1^st Badanjak Helena, 2^nd Gavrilović Olivera, 4^th Jaman Mirjam, 5^th Božanović Ana, 10^th Mirosavljević Marijana and 11^th Roša Lorena.

Younger seniors – team 1^st place. Individually: 1^st Gužvić Kristina, 2^nd Ivanković Tena, 4^th Skokić Lana, 5^th Andrašević Dijana and 9^th Mašić Tea.

The next competition for the Basic Program will be held in June.

After this competition, The Vukovar Gymnastics Club has brought home another 4 team gold medals, and individually 4 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze medal.

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