Darya Sorokina

In 2015, Sorokina joined Azerbaijani junior group which competed at the 2015 Junior European Championships in Minsk, Belarus and placed fourth in both the group all-around and 5 Balls finals.{{cite web |title=Marina Durunda, bronze medalist of the European Championships! |url=https://agf.az/en/news/marina-durunda--bronze-medalis-432 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=3 May 2015}} Then at the 2017 Junior European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and finished in ninth place in the group all-around and were the first reserve for the 10 Clubs final.{{cite web |title=33rd European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Juniors Group Qualification |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/Group%20qualification.pdf |website=European Gymnastics |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=20 May 2017}} The Azerbaijani team of the junior group, Marina Durunda, and Zhala Piriyeva finished seventh.{{cite web |title=33rd European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Teams |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/Team%20results.pdf |website=European Gymnastics |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=20 May 2017}}

Sorokina became age-eligible for senior competition in 2018. She switched to competing as an individual gymnast and made her senior international debut at the 2018 Portimao World Challenge Cup, where she took twenty-fifth place in the all-around.{{cite web |title=RG FIG World Challenge Cup Portimao |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/r_18portimao_aa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=13 November 2022}} She also competed at the 2018 Minsk World Challenge Cup and placed forty-fifth in the all-around.{{cite web |title=FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics BSB Bank World Challenge Cup Individual All-Around |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/r_18minsk.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=13 November 2022}} Then at the Kazan World Challenge Cup, she finished twenty-seventh in the all-around.{{cite web |title=Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup Kazan |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/r_18kazan.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=25 August 2018}} Together with Zohra Aghamirova and Veronika Hudis, she was a part of Azerbaijani team that competed at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria that finished ninth place in the team competition.{{cite web |title=36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Team Final Results |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/r_18worlds_team.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=24 March 2022 |date=10 September 2018 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525220058/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/r_18worlds_team.pdf |url-status=dead }} Individually, Sokokina finished in sixty-fourth place in the all-around competition.{{cite web |title=36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Individual All-Around Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/r_18worlds_aaqual.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=24 March 2022 |date=10 September 2018 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525220053/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/r_18worlds_aaqual.pdf |url-status=dead }}

In 2019, she finished in forty-fifth place in the all-around at the 2019 Sofia World Cup.{{cite web |title=All around and Qualification Individuals |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19sofia_indaa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=13 November 2022}} Then she started training with Azerbaijani senior group and appeared at 2019 Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup replacing Siyana Vasileva. Her team took the silver medal in the group all-around and 5 Balls and the bronze with 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs.{{cite web |title=Azerbaijani Rhythmic gymnasts complete the World "Challenge" Cup with 3 medals |url=https://agf.az/en/news/azerbaijani-rhythmic-gymnasts--2275 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=25 August 2019}} She represented Azerbaijan at the 2019 European Games in Minsk and helped the group finish sixth in the all-around, seventh in 5 Balls, and sixth in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs.{{cite web |title=Minsk 2019 Results Book |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/RG%20Media_0.pdf |website=European Gymnastics |access-date=12 November 2022}} She was also a part of the group that took eighth place in the all-around and seventh in the 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final at the 2019 World Championships in Baku.{{cite web |url=https://live.gymnastics.sport/link.php?id=2682|format=PDF |title=2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships: Groups 5 All-Around Final Results |website=International Gymnastics Federation |date=21 September 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://live.gymnastics.sport/schedule.php?idevent=13338 |title=2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships: Groups 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs Results |website=International Gymnastics Federation |date=22 September 2019}} The group's eighth-place finish in the all-around qualified Azerbaijan a group spot for the 2020 Olympic Games.{{cite web |title=The Azerbaijani Team in Group exercises qualifies for the Olympic Games |url=https://agf.az/en/news/the-azerbaijani-team-in-group--2297 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=21 September 2019}}

Sorokina competed at the 2020 European Championships in Kyiv. Together with Laman Alimuradova, Zeynab Hummatova, Yelyzaveta Luzan and Maryam Safarova, she won a silver medal in group all-around and a bronze medal in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final. They also won the bronze medal in the team competition together with the juniors.{{cite web|title=Bədii gimnastlarımız Avropa çempionatının ikinci günündə fərqləniblər |trans-title=Our gymnasts distinguished themselves on the second day of the European Championship |url=https://azertag.az/xeber/Bedii_gimnastlarimiz_Avropa_chempionatinin_ikinci_gununde_ferqlenibler-1653091?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=69205bd3b4ecc245ef4f939e79f305bcc1480103-1606864510-0-AeigsNuzoMY_84zO_f4QC9QBlkGdilw5_YWLNzWh-J9o2TzgSadMxfOZ2ec0QQz7X__RDormYJktekPV-eDaD9kc6kUB2owjmEQIt7FreDe_mYU9he8I_vmGJiNcbKGCOiP9y4xNx-JNkYDCDxLXl1hASdkDhtO9Mvwd2cxRMHz3MDibxsC_UE_N-gf3P4i6TMYLdQTtrdf6YQZXN_pXQkkP-fBcaq7vt1L9bPUeeeuL6bPwhsHmfbps4H6Fd_EavokZXHC1Y6Pp11GH2-7wfWWg1rFMAnfyQTmlesvt6ttMHvioqrrH5Kg3zphYHleK3gOVTZ18OMMB8297SXeu4EUp3nexSkU7L-3ytOQkUM371Jh_w2cEPZeAeOiR_YRy1aSJZXzQzW16H-nOlbkl-whPQIFfAotheeejDBu4LXA0|date=27 November 2020|language=az|access-date=12 November 2022}}{{cite web|title=Qrup komandamızdan daha bir medal|trans-title=Another medal from our group team|url=https://agf.az/az/news/qrup-komandamizdan-daha-bir-me134906|publisher=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation|date= 28 November 2020|accessdate=2 December 2020|language=az}}

At the 2021 Sofia World Cup, Sorokina and the Azerbaijani group won the all-around silver medal and the bronze medal in the 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final.{{cite web |title=One more medal from our girls and "Bronze" this time |url=https://agf.az/en/news/qizlarimizdan-daha-bir-medal--293187 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=12 November 2022 |date=28 March 2021}} Then at the Baku World Cup, the group won the bronze medal in the 5 Balls final and placed fourth in the all-around and fifth in the 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final.{{cite web |title=The long-expected World Cup and "Bronze" equal to a "Gold" |url=https://agf.az/en/news/choxdan-gozlenilen-kubok-ve---28471 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=12 November 2022 |date=9 May 2021}} At the 2021 European Championships, the Azerbaijani group placed seventh in the all-around and team event, sixth in the 5 Balls final, and fourth in the 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final.{{cite web |title=A step away from the European medal |url=https://agf.az/en/news/avropa-medalinin-bir-addimligi121780 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=12 November 2022 |date=13 June 2021}}

Sorokina was selected to represent Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Laman Alimuradova, Zeynab Hummatova, Yelyzaveta Luzan, and Narmina Samadova.{{cite web |title=15 days left for the most important event… |url=https://agf.az/en/news/en-muhum-yarisha-15-gun---226107 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=17 July 2021 |date=8 July 2021}} They finished tenth in the qualification round for the group all-around and were the second reserve for the final.{{cite web |title=Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GRY/OG2020-_GRY_C73B_GRYW5AA---------------QUAL--------.pdf |website=2020 Summer Olympics |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808053149/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GRY/OG2020-_GRY_C73B_GRYW5AA---------------QUAL--------.pdf |url-status=dead }} She was then selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships.{{cite web |title=Our representatives in Japan - this time at the World Championships |url=https://agf.az/en/news/bedii-gimnastlarimiz-bu-defe-y121009 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 October 2022 |date=31 October 2021}} The Azerbaijani group finished sixth in the group all-around and qualified for both event finals.{{cite web |title=38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Group All-Around Final |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21worlds_gpaa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=31 January 2022 |date=29 October 2021}} The group finished sixth in both the 5 balls and the 3 hoops + 4 clubs finals.{{cite web |title=38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Group Event Finals |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21worlds_gpevents.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=31 January 2022 |date=31 October 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215021606/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21worlds_gpevents.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Sorokina and the Azerbaijani group won the 5 hoops gold medal and the all-around silver medal at the 2022 Baku World Cup.{{cite web |title=Raffaeli, Farfalle turn Baku World Cup into Italian triumph |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3487640 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 October 2022 |date=25 April 2022}} At the 2022 Pamplona World Challenge Cup, she won three bronze medals in the group all-around, 5 hoops, and 3 ribbons + 2 balls.{{cite web |title=German gymnasts take three golds at first Rhythmic World Challenge Cup of 2022 |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3509669 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 October 2022 |date=23 May 2022}} Then at the European Championships in Tel Aviv, the Azerbaijani group won the bronze medals in the group all-around, 5 hoops, and 3 ribbons + 2 balls.{{cite web |title=Result Book 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/38TH%20EUROPEAN%20RHYTHMIC%20CHAMPIONSHIPS%20Tel%20Aviv%20Media.pdf |website=European Gymnastics |access-date=14 October 2022 |pages=25–26 |date=19 June 2022}} She then represented Azerbaijan at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games where the Azerbaijani group won the gold medal in the all-around. Then in the event finals, they won gold in 3 ribbons + 2 balls and silver in 5 hoops behind Uzbekistan.{{cite web |title=5th Islamic Solidarity Games - Rhythmic Gymnastics Groups Results |url=https://konya2021.com/img/Rhythmic%20Gymnastics%20All%20Results.pdf |website=Konya 2021 |access-date=14 October 2022 |pages=6–8 |date=13 August 2021 |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014140427/https://konya2021.com/img/Rhythmic%20Gymnastics%20All%20Results.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Sorokina competed at the 2022 World Championships alongside Laman Alimuradova, Gullu Aghalarzade, Zeynab Hummatova, and Yelyzaveta Luzan. In the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final, the group won the bronze medal behind Bulgaria and Italy. This marked the first time an Azerbaijani group won a medal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.{{cite web |title=Italian, Bulgarian Groups end Rhythmic Gymnastics Worlds on top |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3619902 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 October 2022 |date=18 September 2022}}

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