The best of the best in rhythmic gymnastics, at 2015 Bucharest World Cup. Day Two (part I)

Be warned: there's literally an invasion of photos in this story - photos from the Day Two of FIG World Cup in Bucharest. The following snapshots were taken on Saturday, April 4th, at Sala Polivalenta, during the qualifications for Clubs and Ribbon - you'll see here mostly the ladies in Group B; among those, Melitina Staniouta, Marina Durunda, Aleksandra Soldatova, Kseniya Moustafaeva...

Make sure you'll pay us a visit the following days for the rest of the pictures (ladies in Group A) and do read/watch the story of Day One. Now that you're done, enjoy the event, the way my camera and I saw it...

Anastasiya Serdyukova (Uzbekistan)

Getting ready: Boglarka Kiss of Hungary

In the background: Melitina Staniouta (Belarus)

Serena Lu (USA)

Marina Durunda (Azerbaijan)

Whose feet are those? I'll give you a hint: she's young, talented... and Russian. Aleksandra Soldatova.

Marina Durunda

High heels: Aleksandra Soldatova

A talented Russian trio in Bucharest: Margarita Mamun, Yana Kudryavtseva and Aleksandra Soldatova

Marina Durunda

Aleksandra Soldatova

Carefully applying make-up

Aleksandra Soldatova

The feet of a champion

Ksenyia Moustafaeva (France)

Perfect feet for rhythmic gymnastics

Shadows

Flying

Serena Lu

Melitina Staniouta

Aleksandra Soldatova

A much-needed accessory: a flat iron in miniature, in order for the ribbon to be absolutely perfect

In the background: Yana Kudryavtseva

Aleksandra Soldatova

Melitina Staniouta

Close-up (Marina Durunda)

A ribbon and its shadow

Just like a bird (Marina Durunda)

(Gracefully) running: Aleksandra Soldatova

Marina Durunda

Hugging the coach

Aleksandra Soldatova

Sara Staykova (Bulgaria)

Anastasiya Serdyukova (Uzbekistan)

Kaho Minagawa (Japan)

Is this a G clef in the air? We think it is.

Serena Lu

Katrin Yankova Taseva (Bulgaria)

Melitina Staniouta

Kseniya Moustafaeva

Ready to take the floor: Sara Kragulj (Slovenia)

Aleksandra Soldatova, getting ready for her clubs routine

Kaho Minagawa (Japan)

Marina Durunda

Aleksandra Soldatova - a name for the future

Janika Vartlaan (Estonia), checking the schedule

Margarita Mamun putting red lipstick

Ready to take the floor for her clubs routine: the Romanian Ana Luiza Filiorianu

Close-up: Janika Vartlaan's feet

Marina Durunda

Aleksandra Soldatova

Anastasiya Serdyukova

Sakura Hayakawa (Japan)

Melitina Staniouta

Group A is getting ready for competition. Close-up: Margarita Mamun, mastering the clubs

...in the meantime, Elena Milenkovic (Croatia) is ready for her routine

Yeon Jae Son from South Korea will open Group A - for the moment, she's in the training zone

A little chit-chat in the Russian team

A gorgeous smile: Margarita Mamun, alongside coach Amina Zaripova

Melitina Staniouta, on the competition floor

Kseniya Moustafaeva

Margarita Mamun, in the training area

Training as well, Yana Kudryavtseva

Getting ready

Aliya Protto (USA)

Yeon Jae Son

Ready to take the floor for her routine, Ana Luiza Filiorianu from Romania

...to be continued with qualifications for Clubs and Ribbon - Group A