JAKARTA, October 24. /TASS/. Russia’s Angelina Melnikova won two gold and one silver medals at the 2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
Having won the gold medal on Thursday in women’s individual all-around competition, the Russian surged to earn 14.466 points for her performance in vault competition on early Friday to clinch the gold. The silver in that competition went to Canada’s Lia Monica Fontaine (14.033 points) and the bronze to Joscelyn Roberson from the United States (13.983 points).
Later in the day, Melnikova earned 14,500 points for her performance in the uneven bars competition winning the silver. The gold went to Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour (15.566 points) and the bronze to Yang Fanyuwei from China (14,500 points).
Reached by a TASS correspondent later on Friday and asked to comment on her medals in Jakarta, Melnikova said: "I never thought about the medals but I knew that I was good in training."
"I believe that the results are generally quite expected, and I am very pleased with them," the Russian athlete told TASS. "I'm a little upset that I didn't make it to the floor exercise finals.But for me, the silver is a 100% highest reward."
Melnikova also said commenting on her remaining days at the tournament that she would stay relaxing to spend the remaining days at the tournament.
"I don't think I'm going to celebrate today: the night after winning the all-around, I didn't sleep well. I want to sleep it off today, and tomorrow I'll spend the day in Jakarta with the girls," she said.
The Russian gymnast added that at the moment she wanted simply to take: "Some time off from gymnastics. I had been obsessed with it for a month and a half and now I want to shelf it out for later time."
Speaking about the international competition level in Jakarta and pointing to the most valuable medal she won Melnikova said: "We always enjoyed a friendly atmosphere among components. Of course, the most valuable gold medal for me is the one in the all-around competition."
"I am also happy with the won gold medal in the vault exercise since I had been working hard to stage this performance," she added.
Melnikova, 25, is now a three-time world champion, with four silver and three bronze medals also earned at the world championships. At the European Championships between 2016 and 2021, she has collected a total of 12 medals, four gold, four silver and four bronze.
At the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, she secured the gold in the team event, and bronze medals in the individual all-around and floor exercises. During her Olympic debut at the 2016 Summer Games in Brazil, she earned a silver medal in the team event.
The 2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships is taking place at the Indonesia Arena in Jakarta, Indonesia between October 19 and 25. Russian athletes are participating in the championship under a neutral status due to restrictions previously imposed over the country’s special military operation in Ukraine.
This is the Russian artistic gymnasts’ first appearance in four years at international tournaments since they last took part in the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan.