Without question, Russia will be contending with the top teams for the coming years — both MAG & WAG.
In fact, they may be stronger than ever.
Russia is BACK
U.S. World Team Selection Camp
Mediterranean Games in Taranto, Italy
- Men’s Artistic Gymnastics (Senior)
- Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (Senior)
- Rhythmic Individual (Senior)
Artistic Gymnastics runs from August 30 to September 2, 2026.
All major gymnastics events and finals are broadcast live and free internationally via Eurovision Sport.
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WHY the Ugly Cowboy Double Tuck?
Men’s Floor is less fugly than in past years — but is now ruined by all the poorly executed Double Tucks.
Similar problem with Double Front dismounts on P Bars. And Double Front Vaults.
By far the majority of falls at European Championships 2026 were on Double Fronts.
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medal-winning routines ’26 EU Championships
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Great Britain defends European Team Title
One of the best TEAM FINALS I’ve ever seen.
European Gymnastics:
An exciting final kept the Zagreb crowd on the edge of their seats until the very last routine, with Harry Hepworth’s performance on Floor ultimately securing the victory for Great Britain.
The reigning European champions, Great Britain successfully defended their title in Zagreb. Their performances on Rings and Vault gave them a strong advantage, led by Harry Hepworth (14.566 and 14.533) and Courtney Tulloch (14.300 and 14.100). On Parallel Bars, Joe Fraser helped his team maintain its lead with a score of 14.200.
World Gymnastics 2 eventually claimed second place on the podium. Dukhno, who won silver in the All-Around earlier this week, delivered particularly strong performances on Floor (14.466), Vault (14.300) and Parallel Bars (14.166), while his teammate Daniel Marinov also impressed with a score of 14.466 on Vault.
Switzerland completed the podium in third place. Thanks in particular to some very strong performances on Vault, including Florian Langenegger’s 14.066, they secured the bronze medal to round off a successful team final.
Congratulations to the medallists!
- Great Britain (GBR) 246.728
- World Gymnastics 2 (WG2) 246.158
- Switzerland (SUI) 242.094
The 2027 Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics European Championships will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, from 27 April to 2 May 2027.
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Pauline Schäfer-Betz – Beam
One of the best Beam workers in the world. Now age-29.
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Great Britain are European Champions
GBR battled it out with WG2 gaining a big lead on Rings.
The fantastic gymnasts from Putin’s dictatorship fought back, ending up with a slight lead after their last H Bar routine.
It came down to Harry Hepworth on Floor. He delivered with a huge difficulty set.
- Great Britain 246.728
- WG2 246.158
- Switzerland 242.094
- Italy 240.494
- Germany 240.160
- France 238.362
- Belgium 235.528
- Hungary 232.830
That was an excellent, exciting TEAM FINAL.
Kudos to 1st year senior Sol Scott who competed like a veteran. GBR wouldn’t have won without him. Will Sol be on their Worlds 2026 team?
The WG2 guys are young and fantastic. But weak on Rings. They brought specialist Ilia Zaika this time. No doubt they’ll consider bringing another Ring man to Worlds as their other apparatus are super strong.
Coaches should study Switzerland. Year after year they bring smart, safe, consistent routines.
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Men’s European Gymnastics Championships Apparatus Finals day 2 RECAP
The Parallel Bar Final at European Championships 2026 might be the best I’ve ever seen live. Better — even — than the superb Pommel Horse Final.
Cherpurnyi, Kovtun and Fraser shine in Zagreb
European Gymnastics:
The athletes took to the vault, with Ukrainian Nazar Chepurnyi achieving the highest score (14.566) to claim the gold, after winning bronze at last year’s European Championship in Leipzig. Aleksei Usachev (14.399) took silver, while Sol Scott (14.199) secured the bronze medal.
After claiming the All-Around title, Illia Kovtun has added another European crown to his collection in Zagreb, becoming European champion on Parallel Bars with an impressive score of 14.700. Ferhat Arican claimed the silver medal, while Joe Fraser completed the podium with bronze.
For the last final of the day, Joe Fraser shone on the High Bar. With a score of 14.200, Fraser claimed the European title. The silver medal went to Marios Georgiou and Savelii Sieedin completed the podium in third place.
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Men’s European Gymnastics Championships JUNIOR AA Final RESULTS
The top 24 gymnasts (maximum 2 / nation) advanced to this All-around Final.
It was a quick meet as we had only 4 gymnasts / apparatus.
Quickly it became apparent that 3 gymnasts would dominate. Two from World Gymnastics 2 and one from Ukraine.
All 3 will be very good seniors.
- Daniil Smirnov WG2 – 81.065
- Golovin Volodymyr UKR – 81.064
- Musaev Radmir WG2 – 79.331
ANOTHER podium decided by .001.
Overall, there were a lot of unexpected falls. These young guys, perhaps, need train for longer events with multiple days of competition.
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