’26 European Championships TEAM Final

An exciting and impressive TEAM Final. Qualification for top 12 teams to the L.A. Olympics is going to be very competitive.

1. WG 2 165.430
2. Italy 161.796
3. France 159.263
4. Great Britain 157.764
5. Germany 156.664
6. Netherlands 152.995
7. Spain 150.130
8. Belgium 147.829

World Gymnastics 2 dominated. Best routines. VERY consistent.

Full results.

Putin’s dictatorship does not seem to have suffered from being locked out of many international competitions for years.

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Twitter kicked me off (for a while) for too many posts in one day. So I’ll post some random observations here.

  • after a peaceful few days, this competition is loud and hectic. A 4 ring circus. First Floor music is AC/DC Highway to Hell. 😀
  • arena not full — but it’s an enthusiastic, knowledgeable crowd
  • European Championships 2027 will be in Albania
  • Vaelen (Belgium) tumbles very, very well out of round-off
  • Love Petisco’s choreography. It suits her so well.
  • Becky Downie did not compete Bars. Not sure why as she marched out.
  • 3-up, 3-count is definitely more exciting for the spectators. Every. Score. Counts.
  • I’m surprised there are so few Double Layout dismounts from Bars. It should be less deductible than Double Tuck with 1/1 twist.
  • Big fan of Iorio (Italy) on Bars. It’s so refreshing to see some variety of skills on that apparatus. 14.333.
  • Manila is so unique. Superb movement like a professional dancer. OB on Double Layout — but otherwise excellent Floor. We need study this gymnast. She does a lot of things RIGHT.
  • Yowser. Kalmykova’s tumbling is insane for such a small gymnast.

European Gymnastics Championships Apparatus Final JR. RESULTS

Full official results.

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The headline ➙ Three finals, THREE titles for Polina Dmitrieva. How soon will she be on the Senior team?

Vault

🥇 Aniela Tudor, Romania, 13.383
🥈 Daria Mironova, WG 2, 13.166
🥉 Lilou Marliac, France, 13.133

Aniela Tudor used Kasamatsu and Kas + 1/2. Juniors can use 2 Vaults from the same family. Romanian fans excited. Her father was interviewed on the big screen.

Overall I was quite impressed with the Juniors. They are very short & light to get much power off the Spring Board.

Bars

The future looks bright for Putin’s dictatorship.

🥇 Polina Dmitrieva, WG 2, 13.900
🥈 Aleksandra Andrianova, WG 2, 13.666
🥉 Clarissa Rinaldi, Italy, 13.533

Andrianova was the better executed routine. But Dmitrieva had 0.3 higher difficulty. Both excellent. Amazingly good form.

Bars was a stronger Final than Vault. Many of these gymnasts are already close to competitive Senior routines.

I’m disappointed that some gymnasts begin their routine with a weak Kip on low bar. No extension on the glide. In some cases, jumping in with feet staggered. Kip is a skill and should be executed as well as possible.

Beam

A very impressive Final. Some falls. But the quality of work was excellent.

🥇 Polina Dmitrieva, WG 2, 13.933
🥈 Louane Plisson, France, 13.166
🥉 Elisabetta Cardelli, Great Britain, 12.833

Louane Plisson was near perfect. THAT means she was awarded 8.1 E-score. (Beam judging is insane.)

Dmitrieva was fantastic too. 8.133 E-score.

Floor

Dmitrieva clearly had the best routine overall. And she looks to have potential to develop the kind of power needed for senior tumbling difficulty.

🥇 Polina Dmitrieva, WG 2, 13.233
🥈 Aleksandra Andrianova, WG 2, 12.966
🥉 Clarissa Rinaldi, Italy, 12.633

I enjoyed Clarissa Rinaldi’s choreography best. Dramatic.

Lucia Piliarova had the prettiest routine. Beautiful form on twisting. Lovely line and foot point. Tight Double Tuck with hands on shins. Best technique.

Martina Bozzola was fantastic too — but put her hands down on Double Pike dismount. That routine could have medalled.

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Summing up EU Apparatus Finals

A Medal-Packed Day for Colas, Esposito and Melnikova in Zagreb

Lauren’s 2026 European Championships | Senior WAG Apparatus Finals LIVE Blog

Melnikova, Kevric, Colas and Esposito reign in senior European apparatus finals

Full results linked from the event website.

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European Gymnastics Championships Apparatus Final RESULTS

Full official results.

Vault

No falls. A good final. But nothing particularly Andrade brilliant.

🥇 Angelina Melnikova, WG2, 14.166
🥈 Karina Schönmaier, Germany, 14.066
🥉 Lisa Vaelen, Belgium, 13.983

Bars

🥇 Helen Kevric, Germany, 14.500
🥈 Elisa Iorio, Italy, 14.333
🥉 Giulia Perotti, Italy, 14.233

Sanna Veerman, Netherlands, was 4th. I couldn’t decide between her (6.3 difficulty) and Giulia (6.1). It was close.

Three of the finalists had falls. What a shame.

The winners will be competitive at Worlds 2026, for sure. Great routines.

Beam

Easily the best Final. Only one fall ➙ and that on a terrific Round-off Layout 1/1.

🥇 Elena Colas, France, 13.933
🥈 Manila Esposito, Italy, 13.833
🥉 Angelina Melnikova, WG 2, 13.700

Pauline Schäfer misses by 0.067 due to an overtime penalty 😭

4. Pauline Schäfer, Germany, 13.633
5. Alia Leat, Great Britain, 13.433
6. Aitana Pacheco, Spain, 13.300

All amazing routines, contenders for the World Championships Final.

The kid is a super talent. BUT hers wasn’t my favourite of the finalist routines.

Floor

An entertaining Final.

🥇 Manila Esposito, Italy, 13.700
🥈 Elena Colas, France, 13.633
🥉 Angelina Melnikova, WG 2, 13.566

I’m not convinced judges can justify exactly these scores.

Subjective artistry deductions, for example, seem to be more personal preference than anything measurable.

That said, I’m happy Manila took the Gold. Her routine to me was the most balanced: tumbling, dance, leaps, jumps, turns. The whole package.

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Golden Double for Aleksandra Andrianova in Zagreb

Press release by European Gymnastics

Aleksandra Andrianova (53.565) delivered a stunning performance in Zagreb today to claim the All-Around gold medal, finishing ahead of her teammate Polina Dmitrieva (53.165). Italy’s Clarissa Rinaldi secured the bronze medal with a strong all-around performance across all four apparatus, earning her a place in each of Sunday’s apparatus finals.

Congratulations to the medallists!

GOLD – Aleksandra Andrianova (WG2) 53.565

SILVER – Polina Dmitrieva (WG2) 53.165

BRONZE – Clarissa Rinaldi (ITA) 52.698

The Junior European team title goes to World Gymnastic 2, with Italy and France taking the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Congratulations to the medallists!

GOLD – World Gymnastics 2 (WG2) 158.629

SILVER – Italy (ITA) 153.762

BRONZE – France (FRA) 153.129

Find the full results on the event website.

EU Jr Championships ’26 qualifications

FIRST it’s essential to point out (again) that it’s dumb to have small nations like Iceland (pop. 400k) compete against huge nations like Russia (pop. 143 million).

BUT that’s what we live with in Olympic sport competitions.

NEXT is to congratulation Croatia on hosting the 2026 European Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The small venue is bright and clean. Organization seems excellent to me.

JUNIORS will go on to compete in the Apparatus Finals on Sunday, Aug. 16th. But the rest of their competition is concluded.

TEAM FINAL RESULTS

  1. WG 2 158.629
  2. ITA 153.762
  3. FRA 153.129
  4. GBR 148.462
  5. BEL 147.563
  6. WG 1 144.897
  7. GER 144.364
  8. ISR 143.896

Full team results.

Certainly the talented, well-prepared gymnasts from Putin’s dictatorship are significantly ahead of the rest. In fact, they would be a good team in the Senior Team Final. 😀

Italy over France feels right to me. Italy has more difficulty. France better execution.

ALL-AROUND RESULTS:

1. Aleksandra Andrianova WG 2 53.565
2. Polina Dmitrieva WG 2 53.165
3. Clarissa Rinaldi ITA 52.698
4. Lucia Piliarova SVK 50.498
5. Martina Bozzola ITA 50.132
6. Caly Chayani FRA 49.832
7. Helena Finc GBR 49.598
8. Chloe Jurado FRA 49.565

Full AA results.

Sabrina Voinea – Beam inquiry score lowered

Excellent layout 1/1.

Bad coaching.

Sabrina was sitting 8th and almost certainly qualified for the apparatus final when her coach appealed this routine. The score was lowered 0.3

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13 teams qualify to Worlds from Europeans

Too many when the Asian Union gets 4 and the Americas 5?

World Gymnastics 2 (Russia)
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
France
Netherlands
Spain
Belgium
Ukraine
Switzerland
Romania
Sweden
World Gymnastics 1 (Belarus)

SENIORS – Individual – Qualification TeamRankingWagDownload

Melnikova 55.932 wins Europeans

Individual all-around medals are decided directly during the qualification round.

1. Angelina Melnikova, Russia, 55.932
2. Anna Kalmykova, Russia, 54.632
3. Elena Colas, France, 53.966
4. Lyudmila Roshchina, Russia, 53.866
5. Naomi Visser, Netherlands, 53.299
6. Alba Petisco, Spain, 53.198
7. July Marano, Italy, 53.033
8. Abigail Martin, Great Britain, 53.032
9. Ruby Evans, Great Britain, 52.832
10. Giulia Perotti, Italy, 52.165

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European Gymnastics Championships 2026: Angelina Melnikova wins women’s all-around title in Zagreb

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Patty Hoopes – Pommels

Amazing difficulty.

But he’s not got the most extended circles in the world.