Category: bars

Giulia Perotti – Bars

What a talent.

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Double Layout or Double Pike?

Judges must make an evaluation of whether  ‘Stretched Position is Maintained for the Majority of the Salto‘.

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Bar Release Throw Pad

Essential equipment for high level Gymnastics.

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European Gymnastics Championships Apparatus Final JR. 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

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

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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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