Category: vault

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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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.

European Gymnastics Championships Apparatus Final JR. RESULTS

Full official results.

The headline âž™ 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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