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SPORTS ACROBATICS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS HEADLINES
RUSSIA WIN SENIOR TEAM GOLD MEDALS, GB TAKE SILVER AND BRONZE AT EUROPEAN’S!
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At the end of the third day’s qualifying events Great Britain again performed well in the Junior and Senior qualifiers ahead of this weekend’s European Team and Individual Finals. Tonight we saw the first Team Medals of the European Championships in the Senior and Junior Events, as the best 4 places for each team ( two groups and two different pairs ) were converted into points. If there are 20 countries competing then a first place wins 20 points, 2nd 19 etc. The country who wins the most points is declared European Champions! After a simply stunning set of routines in Qualifiers, there could only be one medal winner in the Senior Event, and Russia proved their superiority with an amazing 60 points to take the Gold medal, a whole 9 points in front of Ukraine who won Silver! The Great Britain Team were just 2 points behind on 49 points as they won the bronze medals after tieing with Bulgaria, but taking the bronze medal due to rules which apply to European Championships. Congratulations to our Senior GB Team on a great result!
Our Juniors also did us proud as they stormed to a Silver Medal in the Junior Team Rankings after scoring a total of 71 with consistently good scores across the board with 3 18’s, a 17 and a 16, to snatch a terrific second place. With the Russian’s in awesome form with scores of 19 in all 5 events, they are a worthy winner of the Junior European Team Championships for 2005, with Ukraine winning bronze. Our teams have worked so hard to compete against the very best in Europe and we are very proud of their incredible achievements!
Russia are leading in 9 of the 10 events in Seniors and Juniors, and placed 2nd in the 10th event, and are strong favourites for a host of European Titles in this weekend’s Finals.
Here are the top 5 positions in each Qualifier so far as we head towards this weekend’s finals of the Team and Individual European Championships for the Senior and Junior Teams :-
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SENIOR TEAM MEDALS FOLLOWING THIRD DAY OF QUALIFICATIONS
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Position
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Team
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Women’s Pairs
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Men’s Pairs
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Mixed Pairs
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Women’s Groups
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Men’s Groups
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Total
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1
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Russia
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15
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14
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15
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15
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15
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60
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2
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Ukraine
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15
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12
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12
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12
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51
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3
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Great Britain
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11
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13
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9
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11
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14
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49
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4
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Bulgaria
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10
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13
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13
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13
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49
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JUNIOR TEAM MEDALS FOLLOWING THIRD DAY OF QUALIFICATIONS
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Position
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Country
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Women’s Pairs
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Men’s Pairs
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Mixed Pairs
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Women’s Groups
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Men’s Groups
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Total
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1
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Russia
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19
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19
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19
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19
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19
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76
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2
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Great Britain
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16
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18
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17
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18
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18
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71
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3
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Ukraine
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17
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17
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16
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17
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17
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68
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4
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Greece
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15
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9
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12
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15
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51
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Men’s Groups Seniors
1 - Russia - Artem Trifonov, Igor Zarydny, Alexander Chemodanov, Sergey Shetinen - 86.738
2 - Great Britain - Barrie Hindson, Scott Patterson, Stuart McKenzie, David Scott - 85.491
3 - Bulgaria - Yordan Markov, Valeri Filipov, Ivan Lazarov, Sezgin Ahmedov - 83.736
4 - Ukraine - Andriy Bondarenko, Oleksandr Bondarenko, Andriy Perunov, V. Gluschenko - 83.671
5 - Belarus - Vitali Sakalou, Siarhei Sharapayek, Pavel Shash, Eduard Sakal - 81.000
Men’s Pairs Seniors
1 - Ukraine - Mykola Shcherbak, Serhiy Popov - 86.946
2 - Russia - Yvasheslav Spirin, Stanislav Kotelnikov - 86.420
3 - Great Britain - Mark Fyson, Christopher Jones - 84.382
4 - France - Aurulien Bisserier, Yannis Odru - 82.220
5 - Portugal - Telmo Dias, Hugo Teixeira - 82.180
Women’s Pairs Seniors
1- Russia - Zanna Shulaeva, Anna Melnikova - 84.946
2 - Azerbaijan - Ayla Ahmadova, Dinara Abbasova - 82.750
3 - Poland - Anna Miadielec, Magda Wegrzynowicz - 82.551
4 - Portugal - Catia Messias, Ines Valada - 81.890
5 - Great Britain - Yvonne Welsh, Julie Cameron - 80.460
Women’s Groups Seniors
1 - Russia - Tatiana Alxeeva, Elena Kirilova, Elena Moiseeva - 88.011
2 - Belarus - Tatiana Motuz, Maria Girut, Halina Starevich - 85.833
3 - Bulgaria - Elitza Kaloyanova, Milena Ignatova, Diana Chakalova - 84.030
4- Ukraine - Iryna Buga, Yuliya Litvinchuk, Yana Petrenko - 83.578
5 - Great Britain - Kathryn Chandler, Melanie Cook, Hannah Goggin -83.410
Mixed Pairs Seniors
1 - Russia - Revaz Gurgenidze, Anna Kathalova - 87.795
2 - Poland - Beata Surmiak, Lukasz Misztela - 84.746
3 - Bulgaria - Nedko Kostadinov, Ivona Stefanova - 84.634
4 - Ukraine - Kateryna Pysarenko, Oleksiy Sorochan - 83.152
5 - Germany - Dana Shmelzle, Arvid Kuritz - 80.450
6 - Lithuania - Ana Koklejeva, Dmitrij Shumilo - 79.960
7 - Great Britain - Matthew Bennett, Isisa Clegg- Vinell - 78.230
Men’s Groups Juniors
1 - Russia - Alexander Tolokonnikov, Alexander Son, Andrey Veligura, S. Yakushev - 87.500
2 - Great Britain - Adam McAssey, Adam Buckingham, Jamie Cowler, Sam Sturt - 86.950
3 - Ukraine - Rostyslav Romanyak, Andriy Moskva, Pavlo- Orest Mykhalchuk, R. Petsukh - 85.750
4 - Azerbaijan - Ilham Abbasov, Vugar Ahmadov, Farid Mammadov, Rustam Najafguliyev - 85.250
5 - Greece - Konstantinos Trimalinos, Alekos Kaziridis, Ioannis Sarimanolis, C. Mihtaris - 83.550
Men’s Pairs Juniors
1 - Russia - Pavel Popov, Evgeni Ignatyev - 87.850
2- Great Britain - Wayne Skivington, Elliott Woodman - 86.550
3 - Ukraine - Dmytro Tarasenko, Yaroslav Pulin - 86.250
4 - Poland - Szymon Ryszewski, Jakub Dominiak - 85.450
5 - Bulgaria - Yani Stoyanov, Bogdan Terziev - 85.450
6 - Portugal - Joao Maia, Tiago Figueiredo - 84.750
7 - Germany - Michael Rubinov, Johannes Pobedasch - 82.150
8 - Ireland - John O’Mahony, David Sheehan - 81.450
Women’s Pairs Juniors
1 - Russia - Elena Faleeva, Marina Novikova - 87.350
2 - Belarus - Alina Yushko, Katsiaryna Murashko -87.200
3 - Ukraine - Anastasiya Lomachenko, Olena Zhornyak -86.850
4 - Great Britain - Candice Slater, Samantha Rockett - 86.200
5 - Greece - Vironia Apidopoulou, Anastasia Vasilopoulou -85.950
Women’s Groups Juniors
1 - Russia - Maria Ekhlakova, Yulia Shuhkina, Ekaterina Shiker - 87.750
2 - Great Britain - Casey Morrison, Emily Grove, Eleanor Cooper - 87.550
3 - Ukraine - Nataliya Shevchenko, Vira Rekeda, Nadiya Rekeda - 87.500
4 - Belarus - Alisa Usmanaia, Yuliya Khrypach, Hanna Dydkovskaia - 87.100
5 - France - Celia Bardy, Melissa Desvignes, Magalie Van Echelpoe - 86.300
Mixed Pairs Juniors
1 - Russia - Anastasiya Gorbatyuk, Alexander Barleben - 87.850
2 - Belarus - Siarhei Bykhautsov, Anastasiya Zharnasek - 87.300
3 - Great Britain - Christian Beecher, Katie Axten - 86.850
4 - Ukraine - Alona Burlachenko, Serhiy Zabiyka - 86.750
5 - Belgium - Moreno Bastiaenssens, Lisa Hermans - 86.000
Congratulations to all of the gymnasts!
CLICK HERE FOR FULL RESULTS FROM JUNIOR EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL FINALS AND HERE FOR FULL SENIOR’S RESULTS!
CLICK HERE FOR 6 PAGES OF PHOTOS FROM EUROPEANS!
Click here for full results from the European Age Games Finals - 3 Gold’s and 2 Silver’s for GB!
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