Jr Men’s European apparatus winners

Floor
1. LEWIS Jamie GBR 13.833
2. MOZZATO Nicolo ITA 13.666
3. NAIDIN Sergei RUS 13.500

FEDERICI Ares ITA and FREY Andrin SUI also scored 13.500, but lost Bronze in the tie break based on highest execution score.

via UEG

Pommel
1. DE ROSA Edoardo ITA 14.066
2. LEWIS Jamie GBR 13.733
3. KHACHIKYAN Gagik ARM 13.600

Though Jamie has 0.6 higher D score, I agree with the judges this time.

GREAT Pommel final. No falls.

Jamie will soon be contending for spots on senior GBR teams. He’s awesome.

via UEG

Rings
1. KLIMENTEV Grigorii RUS 14.300
2. KALIUZHIN Viktor RUS 13.866
3. LEWIS Jamie GBR 13.700

Frey had to withdraw. No time to bring in the alternate even though it was Mozzato who had just competed Floor.

SmartRings software was used at this meet to evaluate TIME OF HOLD. I’m still trying to figure out exactly how it works.

Vault
1. DRANITSKI Sviataslau BLR 14.333
2. JARMAN Jake GBR 14.300
3. FEDERICI Ares ITA 14.300

P Bars
1. KOVTUN Illia UKR 14.000
2. RIDA Karim GER 13.533
3. TAMSEL Dominic SUI 13.533

H Bar
1. MOZZATO Nicolo ITA 13.633
2. BALAZS Krisztian HUN 13.300
3. WOERZ Daniel GER 13.066

Mozzato says he’ll be competing Senior at Worlds Doha.

David Belyavskiy blames the brand of chalk provided at Europeans for a slippery H Bar. (Many did bring their own chalk.)

He also felt the H Bar was too rigid.

Apparatus finals are often a letdown for me as many times it’s difficult to repeat the performance that got you there. But this one was terrific. Congratulations to all the gymnasts and their coaches for putting on such a great show.

Five nations divide junior European titles

European Men’s TEAM final wrap-up

Going into the last rotation, Russia had a 1-point lead over Great Britain. Unfortunately, the British hopes for gold vanished as both Cunningham and Hall fell. Russia controlled their final routines well, securing the team title with a margin of almost four points. …

The most consistent team today, France cruised to the bronze medal, avoiding major mistakes. …

https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1028311939934572544

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coaches should not smoke in front of kids

I’m embarrassed at the number of coach / addicts at European Gymnastics Championships 2018.

Why is Europe so far behind North America on this serious health issue?

Smoking rates in the United States have dropped by half from 1965 to 2006 falling from 42% to 20.8% of adults, with further significant decline to 18% by 2012.

Australia 14.7% or less.

The nation that smokes least? … Brunei.

Worst nations per capita consumption of tobacco cigarettes:

 Andorra 6398.3
 Luxembourg 6330.9
 Belarus 2911.3
 Macedonia 2784.9
 Albania 2491.6
 Belgium 2440.9
 Czech Republic 2427.9
 Jordan 2306.1
 Russia 2295.0

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Russia are Men’s European Champions

1. Russia 257.260
2. GBR 253.362
3. France 246.928
4. Germany 243.629
5. Switzerland 243.462
6. Spain 239.461
7. Turkey 239.361
8. Italy 222.327

full results

As expected, it was a thriller. Though 5 apparatus I still liked GBR to win. Russia was 1.0+ ahead, … but it was H Bar. That’s typically a good apparatus for Great Britain, Russia’s worst.

But Dom fell twice. Joe hit. And — shockingly — HALL James fell.

That was it. All Russia needed were their easy routines. They hit 3/3.

The arena was full. Full of fans cheering loud and proud for the home side.

I was hoping Turkey might hold it together to take an historic Bronze. But falls on their final 2 apparatus ended that dream. France did the job. Great meet today.

Within seconds of the start of the competition the first Italian gymnast took a zero on Vault. He slipped. Their team chances were over. It’s 3-up, 3-count. That’s something that could happen to China, Japan, USA … to anyone.

Jr European Apparatus Final qualifiers

Floor
1. Jamie LEWIS (GBR) 13.733
2. Andrin FREY (SUI) 13.666
3. Nicolo MOZZATO (ITA) 13.633
4. Bastien ELOY (FRA) 13.566
5. Sergei NAIDIN (RUS) 13.533
6. Pavel KARNEJENKO (GBR) 13.500
7. Karim RIDA (GER) 13.500
7. Ares FEDERICI (ITA) 13.500

Pommel horse
1. Jamie LEWIS (GBR) 13.833
2. Edoardo DE ROSA (ITA) 13.566
3. Mikhail KHUDCHENKO (RUS) 13.466
4. Krisztofer MESZAROS (HUN) 13.433
5. Iurii BUSSE (RUS) 13.366
6. Gagik KHACHIKYAN (ARM) 13.333
7. Mauro NEMCANIN (CRO) 13.333
8. Marko SAMBOLEC (CRO) 13.266

Two Croatian gymnasts in the Jr Pommel final. Two in the Sr Pommel final. That’s their thing.

Rings
1. Grigorii KLIMENTEV (RUS) 14.233
2. Viktor KALIUZHIN (RUS) 13.766
3. Roman VASHCHENKO (UKR) 13.633
4. Jamie LEWIS (GBR) 13.533
5. Liam DE SMET (BEL) 13.433
6. Rafael SZABO (ROU) 13.333
7. Javidan BABAYEV (AZE) 13.300
8. Andrin FREY (SUI) 13.233

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https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1027974021705596928

Vault
1. Sviataslau DRANITSKI (BLR) 14.283
2. Jake JARMAN (GBR) 14.233
3. Andrin FREY (SUI) 14.233
4. Ares FEDERICI (ITA) 14.100
5. Ondrej KALNY (CZE) 14.050
6. Donell OSBOURNE (GBR) 13.966
7. Justin PESESSE (BEL) 13.966
8. Daniel PONIZIL (CZE) 13.650

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P Bars
1. Ilia KOVTUN (UKR) 13.766
2. Lay GIANNINI (ITA) 13.666
3. Ian RAUBAL (SUI) 13.500
4. Jake JARMAN (GBR) 13.466
5. Dominic TAMSEL (SUI) 13.433
6. Lucas KOCHAN (GER) 13.400
7. Karim RIDA (GER) 13.400
8. Vladyslav HRYNEVYCH (UKR) 13.400

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https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1027974874285965312

Many of the Juniors used that Felge to L-sit as a transition. No deduction for a skill in hang.

H Bar
1. Nicolo MOZZATO (ITA) 13.466
2. Sergei NAIDIN (RUS) 13.200
3. Dominic TAMSEL (SUI) 13.133
4. Krisztian BALAZS (HUN) 13.100
4. Iurii BUSSE (RUS) 13.100
6. Mattis BOUCHET (BEL) 13.000
7. Daniel WOERZ (GER) 12.933
8. Donell OSBOURNE (GBR) 12.80

UEG recap – Russian juniors take team gold while Nicolo Mozzato earns all-around crown