Russia's Margarita Mamun became the best in the exercises with a hoop at the European Championship

Russia's Margarita Mamun won the gold medal in the exercises with a hoop at the European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Minsk.

Mamun was the first with a score of 19.000 points. The second was the Belarusian Melitina Stanyuta with 18.500 points, the third - another representative of Belarus Ekaterina Galkina with 17.950 points - RIA Novosti reports.

Another representative of Russia Alexandra Soldatova showed the seventh result (16.275).