The 19-year-old European Championships bronze medallist (pictured top, centre) maintained strong performances on all four apparatus - hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon - to achieve a total of 69.282 points to finish ahead of her competitors.

Melitina Staniouta (pictured top, left) of Belarus, who claimed a bronze medal at the 2010 World Championships, finished in second place with 64.531, ahead of Azerbaijan's first year senior Marina Durunda (pictured top, right) in third with 63.132.

Rizatdinova secured another gold in the apparatus finals of the event, scoring 17.850 on hoop to leave 19-year-old Staniouta the silver with 17.483 points and Azerbaijan's Lala Yusifova, 17, with bronze with 16.083.

London 2012 Olympian Staniouta went on to claim titles in the ball with 17.316 points, clubs with 17.316 and ribbon with 17.450, while Rizatdinova added three silver medals to her record in the ball with 17.116, clubs with 17.216 and ribbon with 17.316.

Durunda settled for bronze in the three apparatus finals scoring 16.700 in the ball, 15.833 in clubs and 16.766 in ribbons.

Meanwhile, Estonian Viktoria Bogdanova, 18, finished tenth in the all around with 56.398 points and eighth in the final on hoop with 15.050.

The FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series continues with the next leg on April 3-6 in Lisbon, Portugal.

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