interview with Ana Bărbosu

Her English is excellent. Looking forward to watching her compete for Stanford next year.

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Bars – Double Layout dismount, 1/2 out 

In TRAINING. 

It would be easy to under-rotate this in competition. 

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EU Gymnastics Championships ’25 RESULTS – day 2

Apparatus Finals

Beam

🥇 Nina Derwael, Belgium, 14.033
🥈 Ana Barbosu, Romania, 13.666
🥉 Sofia Tonelli, Italy, 13.633

Floor

🥇 Ana Barbosu, Romania, 13.833
🥈 Manila Esposito, Italy, 13.700
🥉 Alba Petisco, Spain, 13.566

Vault

An incredible final.

🥇 Artur Davtyan, Armenia, 14.799
🥈 Jake Jarman, Great Britain, 14.733
🥉 Nazar Chepurnyi, Ukraine, 14.583

P Bars

🥇 Nils Dunkel, Germany, 13.900
🥈 Ian Raubal, Switzerland, 13.766
🥉 Timo Eder, Germany, 13.700

H Bar

🥇 Robert Tvorogal, Lithuania, 14.300
🥈 Andreas Toba, Germany, 14.000
🥉 Anthony Mansard, France, 13.966

Hamlet Manukyan – Pommels 

Gold at EU Gymnastics Championships 2025.  The youngest in the competition at age-17.

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Félix Dolci – ’25 Canadian Gymnastics Champ

Canada has more depth.

Félix Dolci

Apparatus winners:

  • Floor & Vault – Félix Dolci
  • Pommels – Aidan Li
  • Rings – William Emard
  • P Bars & H Bar – René Cournoyer

Of course, many did not compete the AA this early in the season. René Cournoyer did not do Rings, for example.

Full results.

AA podium

RESULTS Sr. Women Canadian Gymnastics Championships ’25

Lia won Vault & Floor. Gabrielle won Beam. Ellie won Bars but did not compete the AA.

Great job Amy Jorgensen. Originally from Saskatoon, now training in Alberta.

Full results.

Click PLAY or watch Lia’s Vault on Instagram.

EU Gymnastics Championships ’25 RESULTS – day 1

Apparatus Finals

Vault

🥇 Karina Schönmaier, Germany, 13.983
🥈 Valentina Georgieva, Bulgaria, 13.900
🥉 Lisa Vaelen, Belgium, 13.666

Bars

🥇 Nina Derwael, Belgium, 14.466
🥈 Lili Czifra, Hungary, 14.100
🥉 Ana Barbosu, Romania, 13.766

Floor

🥇 Luke Whitehouse, Great Britain, 14.500
🥈 Harry Hepworth, Great Britain, 14.366
🥉 Lorenzo Casali, Italy, 13.966

Pommels

🥇 Hamlet Manukyan, Armenia, 14.766
🥈 Mamikon Khachatryan, Armenia, 14.733
🥉 Gabriele Targhetta, Italy, 14.400

Hamlet is the youngest competitor at Europeans, age-17. Mamikon isn’t much older.

The next generation of Pommel contenders is fantastic.

Rings

🥇 Adem Asil, Türkiye, 14.400
🥇 Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece, 14.400
🥉 Artur Avetisyan, Armenia, 14.366

FULL RESULTS on Lauren’s LIVE blog.

Adem Asil – European Gymnastics Champ 2025

🥇 Adem Asil, Türkiye, 82.398
🥈 Léo Saladino, France, 81.430
🥉 Krisztofer Meszaros, Hungary, 81.164

Adem won this title in 2023, as well.