Nikita Nagornyy defends EU title

Though Nikita had COVID earlier in the year, he already looks the man to beat for the Olympics.

David looks great, too.

Full results.

The surprise for me, however, is Bronze medalist  Ilya Kovtun (UKR).

Age-17.

related – Nikita Nagornyy cements Tokyo front-runner status with second European title

Honda: Blanco, Brown, Ramler, Webb

Luisa Blanco of the University of Alabama, Denver University’s Lynnzee Brown, Lexy Ramler from the University of Minnesota and Anastasia Webb of the University of Oklahoma are the four finalists …

The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 45 years to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA- sanctioned sports and signifies “the best of the best in collegiate athletics”.  The winner of the sport award becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious 2021 Honda Cup which will be presented on a telecast on CBS Sports Network, on June 28th, at 9 pm ET.

https://twitter.com/CGymInsights/status/1385362815200997377

Simone – Nike to Athleta

She explains why on TODAY.

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European champion Viktoria Listunova

  1. Viktoria Listunova RUS 56.731
  2. Angelina Melnikova RUS 55.432
  3. Jessica Gadirova GBR 55.100
  4. Amelie Morgan GBR 53.565
  5. Elisabeth Seitz GER 53.398
  6. Martina Maggio ITA 52.366
  7. Kim Bui GER 52.298
  8. Lieke Wevers NED 52.265

Full results.

Angelina had falls on Bars and Beam.

RUS +1 & Adem Asil to Tokyo

Nikita Nagornyy RUS 87.097
David Belyavskiy RUS 85.398
Aleksandr Kartsev RUS 84.731
Adem Asil TUR 84.032

Nikita and David competed at Worlds 2019 so are ineligible to qualify an additional spot to Tokyo.

Who is Adem Asil of Turkey, you might ask.

An Olympian, we’d answer.

Adem Asil (né: Abdelrahman Elgamal (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الجمل‎); born 21 February 1999) is an Egyptian-born Turkish male artistic gymnast …

… born in Alexandria, Egypt …

In 2017, he moved to Turkey leaving his parents in Egypt. …

Filipa Martins – new Bars skill

Hindorf to mixed grip.

https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1385188126163931136

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