After the Opening Ceremony of the I. European Games 2015 in Baku/AZE on Fridy, June 12, also gymnasts of five different disciplines took place at this continental premiere up to the final day, Sunday June 21:
→ Artistic Gymnastics (men/women, teams & individual), which finished Saturday, June 20 already with the final events
→ Rhythmic Gymnastics (ind. & groups), → Trampoline (ind. & synchro),
→ Aerobic and → Acrobatic gymnastics.
Russia's Aliya MUSTAFINA won the first ever artistic gymnastics European Games all-around title!
Aliya Mustafina showed their dominance in this all-around final, both taking the lead in the second rotation and not letting go. Mustafina was outclassed on vault by Giulia Steingruber (SUI) but took the lead with a 15.500 for a gorgeous uneven bars routine. Her beam exercises was solid, except for a big hesitation on her side aerial. On floor she showed a double layout but...
In the moment Ukraine's European all-around champion Oleg VERNIAIEV was unbeatable: Once again he broke through the point's barrier of 90 as the only one athlete and won the all-around gold medal of the 1st European Games 2015 in Baku with a score of 90,332. But at the final day, he was qualified for five finals but he had power enough for the victory at one apparatus: He won gold at vault, but no more medal.
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** P R E V I E W:
The Artistic Gymnastics events are part of the program of the I. EUROPEAN GAMES 2015, which held from Friday, June 12 to Sunday, June 28 in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku. The FIG wrote about this: "The inaugural European Games, the first pan-European multisport event, gets underway this week in Baku. It's a historic moment for Gymnastics as well -- for the first time, all competitive disciplines of the...
* Ellie BLACK of Halifax edged Isabela ONYSHKO of Minnedosa, Man., to claim her third straight women’s all around senior title at the 2015 Canadian gymnastics championships. Black, ranked third after the qualification round, bounced back with a strong overall performance on the final day of the competition, placing first on beam, second on floor and uneven bars and third on vault to win the all around gold with a score of 57.950 points. Isabela ONYSHKO placed first...