14. April 2019  
Szczecin, POL  
Artistic Gymnastics

2019 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS of ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

* Today:
All-around Finals

About 150 male and 100 female gymnasts from respectively 38 and 36 countries compete in the Netto Arena of the Polish city of Szczecin at the 2019 Artistic Gymnastics continental championships!
⇒ After the premiere in Frankfurt / Main in 1955, now the 41st European Men's Championships will take place this year, which have been announced for the 8th time since 2005 as so-called "individual championships" (no team competitions).
To the third time Poland is the host of these continental artistic gymnastics championships after 1959 (Krakow, women) and 1969 (Warsaw, men), where Mikolai KUBICA won the all-around bronze medal.
⇒ Two years after the men also the women started in 1957 (Bucharest) their continental championships and so they celebrated now the 40th ECh anniversary of female artistic  gymnastics. In 1959 Natali KOT was the first and only Polish European all-around continental champion in history ...!

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♦♦ 41st MEN's EUROPEANS  2019
♦ Friday, Apr 12
♦  MEN's ALL-AROUND FINAL
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* UEG report --: Number 1 and 2 after qualifications, reigning World Champion Artur Dalaloyan and his teammate Nikita Nagornyy went head-to-head in this afternoon’s all-around final in Szczecin’s Netto Arena. Both showed great consistency on all apparatus. Dalaloyan took the lead early on, after posting a 14.800 on floor while Nagornyy who opened with a high triple back, scored slightly less. With a better routine on pommel horse, Nagornyy surpassed Dalaloyan, establishing a lead of just over 1 point going into the final rotation. High bar has been the nemesis for both Russians quite often at previous events. Today, that was definitely not the case. Under pressure, Nagornyy hit an excellent routine for 14.533, the second highest score of the day on this apparatus. Dalaloyan, who qualified in first place to the high bar final, scored 2 tenths better, settling for silver. The first all-around title for Nikita Nagornyy is in the pocket!
The battle for bronze went on between British gymnasts Joe Fraser and James Hall, Turkey’s Ahmet Onder and Cypriot Marios Georgiou. Gymnastics fans worldwide have recognised the talent of Georgiou for years now and he impressed today. Highlighted by a superb parallel bars set that earned him a score of 14.733, the 21-year-old from Limassol put it in a solid performance for a total score of 84.398 overtaking Fraser by the tiniest of margins. The first ever European medal for Cyprus is a fact!

* R E S U L T S:

  NAGORNYY, Nikita  (RUS)  - 88,665
  DALALOYAN, Artur  (RUS)  - 87,832
  GEORGIOU, Marios (CYP)  - 84,365

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*  April 13 / 14:
♦ MEN's App. Finals:
TOP NATION RUSSIA ...!!
* UEG - report --: Russian men continued in their winning mood of yesterday, adding another two continental titles to their tally.
Denis Abliazin showed great control in his two difficult vaults, claiming his third European title on the event, and his second title of these Europeans!
After years of showing great potential, Israel’s Andrey Medvedev finally vaulted onto the medal podium today, securing the silver ahead of defending Champion Artur Dalaloyan who put his hands down on his second vault. Nikita Nagornyy, who qualified in first place, excelled on parallel bars, posting an impressive 15.466. Ukraine’s Petro Pakhniuk came very close to beating that score though, earning his first ever European medal! Bronze went to another promising gymnast,
Turkey’s Ferhat Arican who has his aim firmly in sight: “Two years ago, getting to the Olympics was a dream, now it’s a goal”
After winning gold on high bar in 2011 and 2014, the Flying Dutchman Epke Zonderland gave it his all in Szczecin, performing a routine with a massive 6.8 difficulty. “This was an awesome final. I had to rise above myself and I succeeded. I gave little away, just great."  The reigning World Champion beat the 2017 World Champion Tin Srbic of Croatia while Artur Dalaloyan earned another medal, a bronze this time. His first medal at a major international competition on high bar!
* FINAL RESULTS:
FLOOR EXERCISES

  DALALOYAN, Artur  (RUS)  - 15,100
  DOLGOPYAT, Artem (ISR)  - 14,900
  LANKIN, Dmitri       (RUS) - 14,800

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POMMEL HORSE:

  WHITLOCK, Max           (GBR) - 15,533
  TOMMASONE, Cyril       (FRA) - 14,800
  POLIASHOV, Vladislav (RUS) - 14,800

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STILL RINGS:

  ABLIASIN, Denis          (RUS) - 14,966
  LODADIO, Marco           (ITA) - 14,966
  DAVTYAN, Vahagn      (ARM) - 14,933

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VAULT:

  ABLIASIN, Denis          (RUS) - 14,950
  MEDVEDEV, Andrey      (ISR) - 14,699
  DDALALOYAN, Artur    (RUS) - 14,533

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PARALLEL BARS:

  nagornyy; nIKITA         (RUS) - 15,466
  PAKHNIUK, Petro         (UKR) - 15,333
  ARICAN, Ferlat            (TUR) - 15,033

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HIGH BAR:

  ZONDERLAND, Epke   (NED) - 15,266
  SRBIC, Tin                 (CRO) - 14,900
  DALALOYAN, Artur    (RUS) - 14,800

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* Wednesday, Apr 10
♦ Men's Qualification rounds (Subdivisions 1 - 3)
*ueg-quick report --: Szczecin’s Netto Arena welcomed over 150 gymnasts trying to qualify for the individual all-around final on Friday and the event finals on the weekend.
2018 truly was the break-out year for Russia’s Artur Dalaloyan, winning three European titles and becoming the first Russian to win the all-around World title in 19 years, and he continued showing great form and difficulty in the qualification round on the opening day of the 2019 Artistic Europeans. Going head-to-head with teammate Nikita Nagornyy, Dalaloyan made the gap in the last rotation on high bar to lead the all-around standing. He also qualified in first place on vault and high bar, and in second place on floor: “Today's competition went smoothly without any big mistake except from tiny form breaks that can happen anytime. Overall, I am satisfied!”
* R E S U L T S :     ► All-around; 
      ► Floor exerc.;  ► Pommel h.;    ► Still rings;
      ► Vault;            ► Parallel bars;  ► High bar.
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♦♦ 40th WOMEN's EUROPEANS  2019
* Friday, Apr 12

♦ WOMEN's ALL-AROUND FINAL (* > Start list
* UEG report --:   In a thrilling final where the very last routine decided the order of the medals, Melanie DE JESUS DOS SANTOS became only the second French woman to win the European all-around title, after Marine Debauve’s victory in 2005.
De Jesus dos Santos performed strongly on all four events with her a score of 13.600 on floor sealing the deal for her. But just! You could feel the tension in Szczecin’s Netto Arena as the score was flashed on the big cube: just 0.068 separated first from second place. With tears of joy in her eyes, De Jesus dos Santos said: “At first it was mentally tough as I didn't have a very good start on vault. Later, on beam, I performed very well and I realised something could happen. I told myself to grab any tenth possible by going strong and clean aiming for the medal. I was both nervous and relaxed. Hearing my teammates cheer for me helped me a lot. This gold medal represents all the work done in training.”

Keen to defend her 2017 European all-around crown, Great Britain’s Ellie DOWNIE was all smiles during the competition and visibly relieved to finish her beam routine with a great dismount. A strong performance on floor put her at the top of the leader board.
Top qualifier Angelina MELNIKOVA (RUS) started strong on vault and bars but lost valuable points on beam. Last up on floor, her routine didn’t score high enough to overtake the two leaders. Italy’s talented juniors now turned seniors Alice D’Amato and Giorgia Villa finished fourth and sixth respectively while Ukraine’s Anastasia Bachynska and Diana Varinska both made the top 8, in fifth and seventh place. More pride for France as Lorette Charpy finished eighth.

* R E S U L T S:

  DE JESUS DOS SANTOS, Melanie  (FRA)  - 55,433
  DOWNIE, Elissa (GBR)  - 55,365
  MELNIKOVA, Angelina (RUS)  - 55,065

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* April 13 /14:
♦ WOMEN's App. Finals:
* UEG report --: An exciting Sunday afternoon in Szczecin (POL) as the finalists battled for medals on beam and floor for the women, and vault, parallel bars and high bar for the men. In the women’s competition, Great Britain’s Alice Kinsella became the first British gymnast to win the European title on beam, her favourite event: "It's been a rollercoaster for me. My all-around competition didn't go to plan but I knew I had today to put that right. I was so nervous watching the rest of the girls compete and to come away with our first ever European beam medal feels absolutely amazing."
France continued their success, with both Melanie de Jesus dos Santos and Lorette Charpy medalling on beam. De Jesus went on to successfully defend her European title on floor too, becoming the most decorated gymnast of these European Championships. And her goal is clear: “I hope to win a medal at the Worlds, no matter what colour. My goal will be to tickle, annoy Simone Biles! To beat her would be complicated, but I’ll do my best to be on the podium."
Elegant Eythora Thorsdottir (NED) celebrated her return to competition after a tough year struggling with injury by performing her way to the silver medal. Defending European Champion Angelina Melnikova ended her Europeans in third place.
With each 2 gold and silver and 1 bronze medal France was the most successfull nation very close of Russia ((2-1-2) on women's side.

V A U L T:

  PASEKA, Maria       (RUS) - 14,516
  DEVILLARD, Coline (FRA) - 14,450
  DOWNIE, Elissa      (GBR) - 14,316

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UNEVEN BARS

  ILIANKOVA, Anastasia (RUS) - 14,833
  MELNIKOVA, Angelina (RUS) - 14,533
  D`AMATO, Alice            (ITA) - 14,400

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BALANCE BEAM:

  KINSELLA, Alice                            (GBR) - 13,566
  DE JESUS DOS SANTOS, Melanie (FRA) - 13,466
  CHARPY, Lorette                           (FRA) - 12,900

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FLOOR EXERCISES:

  DE JESUS DOS SANTOS, Melanie (FRA) - 13,833
  THORSDOTTIR, Eythora                (NED) - 13,666
  MELNIKOWA, Angelina                 (RUS) - 13,466

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T O D A Y .→ * Thursday, Apr 11
     ♦ Women's Qualification rounds

*ueg-report--: An action-packed day at Szczecin’s Netto Arena today, as over 100 female gymnasts showed off their skills in the hope of qualifying for the all-around final or one of the apparatus finals.Three gymnasts from three different countries made four out of the five finals: Russia’s Angelina Melnikova, Romania’s Denisa Golgota and France’s Melanie de Jesus dos Santos. Melnikova topped the all-around standing, just a tenth ahead of 2017 European bronze medallist de Jesus dos Santos, with Great Britain’s Alice Kinsella a further 6 tenths behind. Melnikova also qualified to the vault, bars and floor final: “To me it was very important to do solid routines without any fall. I wish I would have done better on beam but overall I'm satisfied with my performance.”

* R E S U L T S :        ► All-around; 
      ► Vault;               ► Uneven bars;
      ► Balance beam;  ► Floor exerc.
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