'GYMfamily' will be established in Amsterdam'
On the same day when the All-Around Finals of the 25th European Championships Women take place in the Dutch capital Amsterdam (10.30h Juniors; 14.30h Elite), a new, worldwide 'GYM Community' will be established.
The European agency 'GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL' will found the virtual 'GYMfamily' in order to build up a modern communication system of the gymnastic disciplines. The first members will be the national gymnastic federations of the 10 new EC member countries...
First All-around decicion today
After winning silver with the team now Romania's junior Steliana Nistor won the first gold medal in the all-around decision of the European Junior Championships in Amsterdam, with a score of 37,587 points.
The silver medal wents to the Italian Vanessa Ferrari. She scored 36,525 points, and bronze was won by Yulia Lozechko from Russia for a score of 36,448.
From 2.30 p.m. local time on in Amsterdam starts the decision...
Historical Ceremony...
The Ukrainian Alina Kozich won the all-around title of the 25th European Champs in Amsterdam with a score of 36,736. She is the 50th Europen Champion from 1955 on in history.
Silver went to the Romanian Daniela Safronie (37,262) and the two times Olympic Champion (Sydney) Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS) got bronze (37,143).
Titleholder Svetlana Khorkina crashed on vault in the first rotation, but ranked on forth at the end... br>>> ... more on the...
The women's team of Romania was the sovereign best also after the last subdivision of the day: Started in the early first group the score of 112,772 points was absolutly top also after the last group:
In a dramatically fight lost the former titleholder Russia with a lot of mistakes also the silver medal to Ukraine (111, 247) and won Bronze with a score of 110,423, followed by Spain, Great Britain, Italy, France anfd host Netherlands...
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The Team of Russia won the first title of the 25th European Championships in Amsterdam in Juniors team competion with a total score of 107,556 points.
The silver medal went in the last minute to the Romanian team (106,384) and the Bronze medal was won by the junior team of Italy (105,972), followed by Great Britain, France and host Netherlands...
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