Category: rings

European Gymnastics Apparatus Finals Zagreb – day 1 were excellent.

*tie broken by higher Execution score

Floor Exercise:

1. Artur Dolgopyat ISR 14.666
2. Arsenii Dukhno WG2 14.333
3. Harry Hepworth GBR 14.300

Pommel Horse:

1. Gabriele Targhetta ITA 15.133
2. Hamlet Manukyan ARM 15.000
3. Mamikon Khachatryan ARM 14.900

In fact, I can’t recall a better Pommel Final.

Still Rings:

1. Artur Avetisyan ARM 14.400
2. Ilia Zaika WG2 14.400*
3. Eleftherios Petrounias GRE 14.366

Happily, there were no agonizing judging controversies over the podium rankings.

Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat, Italy’s Gabriele Targhetta and Armenia’s Artur Avetisyan golden on first day of Europeans apparatus finals

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Full results. Click through to APPARATUS FINAL.

Floor Final always reminds me of Kyle Shewfelt. That guy loved the pressure. Almost always HIT.

Floor

1. Artem Dolgopyat, Israel, 14.466
2. Arseniy Dukhno, WG2, 14.333
3. Harry Hepworth, Great Britain, 14.300

Full results.

A good final with many STUCK landings. I’m happy with the ranking of the medalists.

Pommel

1. Gabriele Targhetta, Italy, 15.133
2. Hamlet Manukyan, Armenia, 15.000
3. Mamikon Khachatryan, Armenia, 14.900

An amazing Final with only 1 missed routine. Mascot Luigi couldn’t believe it.

5 of the finalists are age-20 and younger. This is the most competitive apparatus in Men’s Gymnastics right now. I’m looking forward to World Championships.

I like the speed of swing of Hamlet.

Rings

AVERAGE AGE not nearly so low on this apparatus. Men can gain strength until at least age-30.

1. Artur Avetisyan, Armenia, 14.400
2. Ilya Zaika, WG2, 14.400
3. Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece, 14.366

Perfect strength holds from Illia Zaika.

And your champion. Better swing Handstand. Almost stuck landing.

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