tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
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.
Click PLAY or watch a few highlights on YouTube.
No falls. A good final. But nothing particularly Andrade brilliant.
🥇 Angelina Melnikova, WG2, 14.166
🥈 Karina Schönmaier, Germany, 14.066
🥉 Lisa Vaelen, Belgium, 13.983
🥇 Helen Kevric, Germany, 14.500
🥈 Elisa Iorio, Italy, 14.333
🥉 Giulia Perotti, Italy, 14.233
Sanna Veerman, Netherlands, was 4th. I couldn’t decide between her (6.3 difficulty) and Giulia (6.1). It was close.
Three of the finalists had falls. What a shame.
The winners will be competitive at Worlds 2026, for sure. Great routines.
Easily the best Final. Only one fall ➙ and that on a terrific Round-off Layout 1/1.
🥇 Elena Colas, France, 13.933
🥈 Manila Esposito, Italy, 13.833
🥉 Angelina Melnikova, WG 2, 13.700
Pauline Schäfer misses by 0.067 due to an overtime penalty 😭
4. Pauline Schäfer, Germany, 13.633
5. Alia Leat, Great Britain, 13.433
6. Aitana Pacheco, Spain, 13.300
All amazing routines, contenders for the World Championships Final.
The kid is a super talent. BUT hers wasn’t my favourite of the finalist routines.
An entertaining Final.
🥇 Manila Esposito, Italy, 13.700
🥈 Elena Colas, France, 13.633
🥉 Angelina Melnikova, WG 2, 13.566
I’m not convinced judges can justify exactly these scores.
Subjective artistry deductions, for example, seem to be more personal preference than anything measurable.
That said, I’m happy Manila took the Gold. Her routine to me was the most balanced: tumbling, dance, leaps, jumps, turns. The whole package.
Read Lauren’s LIVE blog.
Press release by European Gymnastics
Aleksandra Andrianova (53.565) delivered a stunning performance in Zagreb today to claim the All-Around gold medal, finishing ahead of her teammate Polina Dmitrieva (53.165). Italy’s Clarissa Rinaldi secured the bronze medal with a strong all-around performance across all four apparatus, earning her a place in each of Sunday’s apparatus finals.
Congratulations to the medallists!
GOLD – Aleksandra Andrianova (WG2) 53.565
SILVER – Polina Dmitrieva (WG2) 53.165
BRONZE – Clarissa Rinaldi (ITA) 52.698
The Junior European team title goes to World Gymnastic 2, with Italy and France taking the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Congratulations to the medallists!
GOLD – World Gymnastics 2 (WG2) 158.629
SILVER – Italy (ITA) 153.762
BRONZE – France (FRA) 153.129
Find the full results on the event website.
FIRST it’s essential to point out (again) that it’s dumb to have small nations like Iceland (pop. 400k) compete against huge nations like Russia (pop. 143 million).
BUT that’s what we live with in Olympic sport competitions.
NEXT is to congratulation Croatia on hosting the 2026 European Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The small venue is bright and clean. Organization seems excellent to me.
JUNIORS will go on to compete in the Apparatus Finals on Sunday, Aug. 16th. But the rest of their competition is concluded.
Full team results.
Certainly the talented, well-prepared gymnasts from Putin’s dictatorship are significantly ahead of the rest. In fact, they would be a good team in the Senior Team Final. 😀
Italy over France feels right to me. Italy has more difficulty. France better execution.
1. Aleksandra Andrianova WG 2 53.565
2. Polina Dmitrieva WG 2 53.165
3. Clarissa Rinaldi ITA 52.698
4. Lucia Piliarova SVK 50.498
5. Martina Bozzola ITA 50.132
6. Caly Chayani FRA 49.832
7. Helena Finc GBR 49.598
8. Chloe Jurado FRA 49.565
Full AA results.
Excellent layout 1/1.
Bad coaching.
Sabrina was sitting 8th and almost certainly qualified for the apparatus final when her coach appealed this routine. The score was lowered 0.3
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Too many when the Asian Union gets 4 and the Americas 5?
World Gymnastics 2 (Russia)
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
France
Netherlands
Spain
Belgium
Ukraine
Switzerland
Romania
Sweden
World Gymnastics 1 (Belarus)
Individual all-around medals are decided directly during the qualification round.
1. Angelina Melnikova, Russia, 55.932
2. Anna Kalmykova, Russia, 54.632
3. Elena Colas, France, 53.966
4. Lyudmila Roshchina, Russia, 53.866
5. Naomi Visser, Netherlands, 53.299
6. Alba Petisco, Spain, 53.198
7. July Marano, Italy, 53.033
8. Abigail Martin, Great Britain, 53.032
9. Ruby Evans, Great Britain, 52.832
10. Giulia Perotti, Italy, 52.165
Read Lauren’s LIVE blog.
European Gymnastics Championships 2026: Angelina Melnikova wins women’s all-around title in Zagreb
Amazing difficulty.
But he’s not got the most extended circles in the world.
Top scores this year can be seen if you zoom into this image from Katherine Keirns.
