Penza, 18 March 2013. PenzaNews. Penza athlete Denis Ablyazin won the gold medal at the second stage of the World Cup in gymnastics in France gaining 15,666 points in the exercises on the rings.

Moreover, in the competition in La Roche-sur-Yon he also won silver in the floor exercise.

Russian athlete Ksenia Afanasyeva from the Tula region brought one more medal in the floor exercise.

All in all, the national team was presented in the competition by five athletes — Denis Ablyazin, Emin Garibov, David Belyavskiy, Alexander Balandin, and Ksenia Afanasyeva, the Internet service “Penza-Sport” reported.