Men’s European Gymnastics Championships All-around RECAP

From European Gymnastics:

Today, the 2026 Men’s European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics got underway in Zagreb, and the opening day certainly lived up to expectations. The battle for the All-Around podium was fierce, with just the finest of margins separating the leading gymnasts.

It was ultimately Illia Kovtun, competing for Croatia at his first major competition, who claimed the top spot with an outstanding performance, scoring 82.833. He also topped the Parallel Bars standings.

Arsenii Dukhno came very close, finishing just 0.001 points behind Kovtun to take the silver medal. Daniel Marinov completed the podium in third place with a score of 81.899.

Congratulations to the medallists!

GOLD – Illia Kovtun (CRO) 82.833

SILVER – Arsenii Dukhno (WG2) 82.832

BRONZE – Daniel Marinov (WG2) 81.899

Two Russians and one Ukrainian standing together on the podium. So far as I could see, the Russian delegation (World Gymnastics 2) made no effort to politicize their return to international Gymnastics.

Rules were in place to avoid unnecessary controversy.

Olympics.com – Illia Kovtun wins men’s all-around title in Zagreb in front of excitable home crowd

Click PLAY or watch Kensley on YouTube.

Read Lauren’s LIVE blog of the final subdivision.

Kovtun, Dukhno, Marinov

Full results.

Graphics from Escore10 on Facebook.

The gymnasts from Putin’s dictatorship were very, very impressive.

RESULTS Men’s European Gymnastics Championships Zagreb.

YES it was a storybook ending for Illia to win in his adopted nation.

YES it was a fantastic performance for Illia who’s not competed for quite a while.

But rejudging those routines MIGHT result in a different ranking. I did feel there was some home score advantage in Zagreb.

Reflect on the past.

13 teams qualify to Worlds 2026

For many programs, finishing top 13 was their major goal.

Men’s European Gymnastics Championships Zagreb was a very competitive TEAM competition.

Full results.

World Gymnastics 2 (250.662)
Switzerland
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Germany
France
Hungary
Netherlands
Israel
Spain
Ukraine
Cyprus

Türkiye misses by a tenth and Finland by four tenths. 😭

(via the Gymternet)

I’d confidently predicted that GBR would win.

GymCastic EU Championships review

I greatly enjoyed watching European Gymnastics Championships in Zagreb LIVE — but didn’t pay much attention to the silly scoring.

E-scores usually don’t matter much in 2026 as judges ‘box‘ the scores into a narrow range.

Happily, GymCastics reviewed the competition from afar — noting many of the judging controversies.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.