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 We come now to the final session of the 2020 Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships which have been held at the Mersin Gymnastics Hall in Mersin, Turkey. It may have felt different with a number of countries not competing due to COVID-19 but it has been a fantastic competition.  Elina Vihrova is wearing a gorgeous black leotard with silver and blue patterning and diamantes. Csenge Maria Bacskay is wearing a black leotard with silver and diamantes. No one touch for the gymnasts, we are straight into it. Vihrova - gorgeous start - step back. Low on landing and step forward on the second vault. Bacskay - Solid first vault, slightly off-center on the table and landing; beautiful second vault. Kovacs - same leo as Bacskay. Small hop back but a solid start. Stuck but slightly off-center on the landing of the second. Dilara Yurtdas - black, white pink and blue (purple?) leo with blue patterning on side - solid start with great form in the air. Great form in the air with a hop to ...

Welcome to the final day of competition at the 2020 Women's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships. We begin today with the Junior Event Finals. Romania's Ana Barbosu topped all four in qualification and will be looking to top the standings again today. I joined the coverage with one gymnast to go on the Uneven Bars. Gorgeous blue gradient leotard with diamantes for Hungary's Anna Szmirnov.  Solid routine. Romanian Ana Barbosu won the Vault title over Bulgaria's Valentina Georgieva and Ukraine's Daria Lyska. Barbosu has also taken the Uneven Bars title over Croatia's Sara Sulekic and Turkey's own Derin Tanriyasukur. Am really loving the leotards this Championships.  Lovely white and light blue shiny leotard for Malta's Tara Vella Clark. Dark blue, diamante silver leotard for Lyska. Kasianenko is tiny compared to the other gymnasts. Preda is wearing a black, red and blue leotard with yellow patterning on the sides. Marikova is wearing a white half leo...

 Welcome to afternoon three of the 2020 Women's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships which are being held in Mersin, Turkey at the Mersin Gymnastics Hall. The competition today centers around the Senior Women's Team Final. Romania and Ukraine should be in contention for the title with Hungary and Turkey to challenge for the bronze medal, but as we know anything can happen. Three gymnasts for each team compete on each apparatus with all three scores counting towards the team total. Am in love with the leotards of all the teams. Rough start on beam with a fall for Czech Republic's Sabina Halova. Solid routine for Petra Furac of Croatia. Land to the side on vault for Ioana Stanciulescu.  Great vaults from both Motak and Iordache. Hungary looks solid on Uneven Bars. Few issues for Turkey on Uneven Bars. Croatian Ana Derek looks solid on Beam, few minor bobbles. Great routine from Zsofia Kovacs on Bars. Love seeing all the gymnasts looking incredibly happy. A couple of bob...

Day 2 of the Women's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships from Mersin, Turkey. The Romanian Juniors team dominated the team competition winning the gold over Ukraine and Hungry.  Romania topped the All Around competition with Ana Barbosu winning over Maria Ceplinschi and Ukraine's Daniela Batrona. Batrona finished in fourth in the rankings but due to the 2 per country rule received the bronze medal. Barbosu was the top qualifier to all four individual apparatus finals. Ukraine's Daria Lyska was the second top scorer on the Vault with Romania's Maria Ceplinschi in third, whilst on the Uneven Bars, Croatia's Sara Sulekic and Nika Kukuljan Frleta rounding out the top three. On the Balance Beam, Romanian Andreea Preda qualified in second with Turkey's Sevgi Kayisoglu in third. Malta's Tara Vella Clark has qualified in fourth to the Balance Beam final. Barbosu and Ceplinschi were first and second highest qualifiers to the Floor Exercise final with Hungary...

Welcome to day one of the 2020 Women's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships which are being held in Mersin, Turkey. It may look a little different this year but I know that we are set for a fantastic competition. We start with the Senior Women's qualifications for both the team final and apparatus finals!  TEAM QUALIFICATION: Romania (, , , ) 159.496 Ukraine (, , , ) 154.896 Hungary (, , , ) 154.129 Turkey (, , , ) 147.129 Czech Republic (, , , ) 142.229 Croatia (, , , ) 140.064 Luxembourg (, , , ) 139.429 Latvia (, , , ) 135.862 VAULT QUALIFICATION: Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) (14.533, 13.566) 14.049 Anastasiia Motak (UKR) (14.266, 13.600) 13.933 Larisa Andreea Iordache (ROU) (13.933, 13.500) 13.716 Csenge Maria Bacskay (HUN) (13.766, 13.600) 13.683 Dilara Yurtdas (TUR) (13.466, 13.400) 13.433 Ioana Stanciulescu (ROU) (13.700, 13.066) 13.383 Elina Vihrova (LAT) (13.466, 13.300) 13.383 Tijana Korent (CRO) (13.433, 13.333) 13.383 Bilge Tarhan (TUR) (13.300, 13.300) 13.300 RESERVE ...