Category: parallel bars

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.

  1. Great Britain 246.728
  2. WG2 246.158
  3. Switzerland 242.094
  4. Italy 240.494
  5. Germany 240.160
  6. France 238.362
  7. Belgium 235.528
  8. 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.

Results.

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.

Full results.

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.

  1. Daniil Smirnov WG2 – 81.065
  2. Golovin Volodymyr UKR – 81.064
  3. 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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Men’s European Gymnastics Apparatus Finals 2

Full results.

Vault

🥇 Nazar Chepurnyi, Ukraine, 14.566
🥈 Aleksei Usachev, WG2 (Russia), 14.399
🥉 Sol Scott, Great Britain, 14.199

In a shocker, legend Artur Davtan missed his 2nd vault. New senior Dukhno also missed vault #2, his block gone wrong on Triple Twisting Yurchenko.

Overall, it was an excellent Final, however. No dangerous landings. Scores are close, but I’d agree with the ranking of the top 3.

Ukraine, Russia top 2. So far there have been no incidents.

P Bars

Best P Bar Final I can recall. All 8 gymnasts HIT. Four were awarded STICK bonus from judges who are very reluctant to do so.

🥇 Illia Kovtun, Croatia, 14.700
🥈 Ferhat Arican, Türkiye, 14.433
🥉 Joe Fraser, Great Britain, 14.300

Juniors had ties. But they are broken under senior rules. Ron Pyatov, Israel, scored the same as Joe — but lost the tie break for reasons I can’t understand. 😀

Illia definitely deserved to win this one. A BIG star in Croatia now.

H Bar

🥇 Joe Fraser, Great Britain, 14.300
🥈 Marios Georgiou, Cyprus, 14.200
🥉 Saveliy Syedin, WG2 (Russia), 14.066

Good podium ranking. You could argue that Illia Kovtun (4th) should have been there. Seems judges devalued his Layout Tkachev to Piked.

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Gymnast of the Year 2026 is Hamlet Manukyan. Pommel champion.

Shooting Star Award goes to fan favourite Marios Georgiou from Cyprus.

European Men’s JR Apparatus Finals RESULTS

Full results.

Floor

  1. Ruggeri Riccardo ITA 13.700
  2. Mazzola Pietro ITA 13.666
  3. Golovin Volodymyr UKR 13.166

Italy is looking strong for the coming years. Especially if Manrique Larduet is granted citizenship. They could be challenging GBR and USA.

Overall, I was disappointed in this final. Too many falls. Execution of Double Fronts mostly poor.

Pommel

🥇 1. Golovin Volodymyr UKR 13.900
🥈 2. Musaev Radmir WG2 13.833
🥈 2. Fawzi-Mccaffrey Zakaine GBR 13.833

An excellent final. None of these juniors are going to be competitive with the top seniors, however, any time soon.

Tie for silver.

Rings

  1. Musaev Radmir WG2 13.133
  2. Ruggeri Riccardo ITA 12.900
  3. Martinez David ESP 12.800

It’s normal for Juniors to not yet be able to show high level strength sequences. Men can keep gaining strength at least until age-30.

I couldn’t see any reason why Martinez’ coach stayed on the podium during the routine.

Vault

  1. Havrylchenko Valentyn UKR 13.616
  2. Wachter Samuel AUT 13.483
  3. Schumacher Ben SUI 13.466

Havrylchenko was miles ahead on difficulty. He can compete Senior Vault any time.

I was impressed by Robert Ward of Ireland (4th).

P Bars

  1. Chowdhury Uzair GBR 14.166
  2. Golovin Volodymyr UKR 14.000
  3. Atkins George GBR 13.733

Super strong Final. The top guys would be very competitive in Senior.

A great result for Great Britain.

H Bar

🥇 1. Rigon Ivan ITA 13.233
🥇 1. Soleban Sami NED 13.233
🥉 3. Smirnov Daniil WG2 13.133

Not a good Final.

Bad luck for several. Too many falls. Of course they all HIT to get into this Final.

Soleban already has competitive difficulty to compete senior. Remember the name. Another Flying Dutchman, perhaps.

Tie for gold.

Central American and Caribbean Games results

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WAG Team

🥇 Mexico 151.150
🥈 Panama 144.800
🥉 Dominican Republic 143.450

All-Around

🥇 Natalia Escalera, Mexico, 51.450
🥈 Victoria Mata, Mexico, 50.850
🥉 Jahzara Ranger, Jamaica, 49.900

Vault

🥇 Natalia Escalera, Mexico, 13.500
🥈 Victoria Mata, Mexico, 13.500
🥉 Jahzara Ranger, Jamaica, 13.125

Bars

🥇 Victoria Mata, Mexico, 12.950
🥈 Rachel Rodriguez, Costa Rica, 12.350
🥉 Keyla Leyva, Cuba, 12.000

Beam

🥇 Alyiah Lide, Panama, 12.950
🥈 Natalia Escalera, Mexico, 12.650
🥉 Brithany Herrera, Guatemala, 11.850

Floor

🥇 Alyiah Lide, Panama, 13.000
🥈 Paulina Guerra, Mexico, 12.550
🥉 Samantha Marin, Costa Rica, 12.350

MAG Team

🥇 Colombia 239.350
🥈 Puerto Rico 231.300
🥉 Mexico 228.750

All-Around

🥇 Angel Barajas, Colombia, 81.100
🥈 Camilo Vera, Colombia, 79.800
🥉 Jaycko Bourdet, Guatemala, 75.550

Floor

🥇 Jorge Vega, Guatemala, 14.200
🥈 Camilo Vera, Colombia, 13.750
🥉 Jose Lopez, Puerto Rico, 13.200

Jorge Vega is age-31. And still won Floor and Vault over his much younger rivals. Respect.

Pommel

🥇 Nelson Guilbe, Puerto Rico, 14.050
🥈 Camilo Vera, Colombia, 13.250
🥉 Juan Pablo Porras, Mexico, 12.900

Rings

🥇 Francisco Velez, Puerto Rico, 13.850
🥈 Angel Barajas, Colombia, 13.450
🥉 Ariel Villalobos, Costa Rica, 13.209

Vault

🥇 Jorge Vega, Guatemala, 13.875
🥈 Camilo Vera, Colombia, 13.825
🥉 Jensuel Soto, Puerto Rico, 13.825

P Bars

🥇 Angel Barajas, Colombia, 13.950
🥈 Yan Zabala, Colombia, 13.600
🥉 Francisco Velez, Puerto Rico, 13.100

H Bar

🥇 Angel Barajas, Colombia, 13.950
🥈 Yan Zabala, Colombia, 13.200
🥉 Isaac Nuñez, Mexico, 12.900

Commonwealth Games Finals day 2

An excellent competition well hosted AGAIN by Glasgow, Scotland.

Vault

🥇 Félix Dolci, Canada, 13.766
🥈 Luke Whitehouse, England, 13.749
🥉 Neofytos Kyriakou, Cyprus, 13.733

Beam

🥇 Breanna Scott, Australia, 13.933
🥈 Amanda Yap, Singapore, 13.233
🥉 Lia Monica Fontaine, Canada, 13.000

P Bars

🥇 Jesse Moore, Australia, 14.000
🥈 Marios Georgiou, Cyprus, 13.800
🥉 Félix Dolci, Canada, 13.300

Floor

The best apparatus Final in my opinion. Good artistry. Clean tumbling. Much better leaps, jumps, and turns than usual.

🥇 Ruby Evans, Wales, 13.500
🥈 Abigail Martin, England, 13.333
🥉 Shantae-Eve Amankwaah, England, 13.300

H Bar

  1. Félix Dolci, Canada, 14.233
  2. Marios Georgiou, Cyprus, 14.166
  3. William Émard, Canada, 13.566

Full results.

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Félix Dolci the biggest Gymnastics star at Commonwealths 2026. One of the biggest in all sports.

Félix Dolci – amazing comeback at Commonwealths

Félix is in great shape right now. BUT fell twice on Pommels to score 9.500 in the all-around final at the Commonwealth Games.

Disaster.

He ranked 17 / 18 after two events.

But this guy has character. He fought through the final 4 apparatus to finish silver in the AA. One of the great comebacks anyone can recall.

Never. Never give up.

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Here’s how Félix felt after the competition.

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more uses for the Tumbl Trak T-Trainer

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