Europeans Women’s Floor Final

1. Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.100
2. Ellie Downie GBR 14.066
3. Eythora Thorsdottir NED 13.700
full results

Finally. The super talented Angelina Melnikova is rewarded. Russia truly needs powerful tumblers like her.

Europeans Beam Final

1. Cata Ponor ROM
2. Eythora Thorsdottir NED
3. Lari Iordache ROM
full results

I’m happy with this podium. And happy for the home crowd and organizers.

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Ponor will not regret continuing her career through to 2017. She was Olympic Beam Champion in 2004. That was so many years ago I’ve lost count. 🙂

Eythora’s routine was dreamy. Cata super aggressive. Both awesome. Cata the higher start score.

Fans are “fanatics”. If you want fans for your sport, be prepared to put up with some fanatics. Cluj has done a terrific job promoting this event.

Tabea Alt, too ill to compete the AA, had a disastrous routine. 😦 Perhaps she should have withdrawn from this Final, as well.

Europeans Men’s Vault Final

1. Dalaloyan RUS 14.933
2. Dragulescu ROM 14.733
3. Verniaiev UKR 14.649
full results

Good podium. Dalaloyan competed a near perfect Yurchenko triple twist STUCK and an excellent Handspring double front pike. 

You could easily switch #2 and #3, however. They were close.

I love Dragulescu’s showboating on the podium. But is it deductible?

The apparatus has claimed fewer victims than in most competition. But Medvedev’s crash reminded us just how dangerous it can be.

2019 Europeans to Szczecin, Poland

Excellent. I’m already planning to be there.

Located near the Baltic Sea, Szczecin is a major seaport and Poland’s seventh-largest city. As of June 2011, the population was 407,811. …

equal opportunities for College athletes

At the NCAA, we prioritize all college athletes and give them equal opportunities on and off the field. Watch how these powerful women are putting an end to proving themselves as athletes to get the world to see past their gender.

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Akash Modi repeats as NCAA Champion

1. Akash Modi – Stanford 87.900
2. Yul Maldauer – Oklahoma 87.600
3. Allan Bower – Oklahoma 87.300
4. Sean Melton – Ohio 86.400
5. Colin Van Wicklen – Oklahoma 85.050
6. Alec Yoder – Ohio 84.950
full results

… Moldauer (87.60) and Bower (87.30) were involved in yet another fantastic all-around competition. Their battle with Modi was vintage collegiate gymnastics.

Bower was leading going into the final rotation, with all three gymnasts able to win it. Modi emerged the winner by the slimmest of margins. Only 0.6 points separated the three. The contest ended exactly the way it should have… In the final rotation! It was the last time the three would ever compete together in the collegiate ranks, and it was perfect! …

Oklahoma Makes it 3 Straight; Modi Wins 2nd All-Around Title

Though Men’s NCAA uses FIG scoring with some bonus points, you’d never know it by the scores. Judges are far more lenient in the NCAA than at FIG meets.