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2021 Doha World Cup - Day One of Finals

We start off with the Men's floor exercise on the first day of finals at the 2021 Doha World Cup. Turkey's Ahmet Onder - very clean worker on the Floor. Lands massively out of bounds on his third tumbling pass and slight step on his final pass. Sky-high passes from Kazakhstan's Ilyas Azizov who also steps out of bounds on his respective third pass. Gives away small form deductions on his landings and steps out on his final pass. Turkey's Adem Asil - He is quite a fast and dynamic tumbler. Great routine. Really felt his determination throughout the routine. Petro Pakhnyuk - Had the lowest difficulty of the qualifiers to the final from qualification. Deep squat on his double tuck pass. Few issues on a couple of his landings. Rayderley Miguel Zapata Santana of Spain - So close to the line on his first pass. Such a powerful and graceful tumbler. Small hop back on his final pass. He's pumped!! So much love from his fellow gymnasts and coaches. Let's declare it now .....

2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Day 2 EF

Welcome to the final day from Basel, Switzerland of the 2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The top qualifier on the Balance Beam, Romanian Larisa Andreea Iordache is out of the final; first reserve Poland's Marta Pihan-Kulesza tore her ACL so is also out, meaning Ukraine's Anastasiia Bachynska will be competing today. Romanian Maria Ceplinschi also comes into the Floor Exercise final to replace Iordache. Sanne Wevers - lovely white and blue leotard with diamantes and gold and red detailing. Round off back handspring, wolf turn with full turn, Wevers, solid acro series, lovely close beam work, gorgeous spin combinations, stuck dismount! Regini-Moran - great Kasamatsu double twist. Step back on the landing of his second vault - Insane height. Marine Boyer - White leotard with red and silver diamantes. Roundoff layout - solid, the massive wobble in her turn, unique work close to the beam, solid leap and acro combination, seemed soft in the landing of the double pike ...

2021 European Artistic Championships - Event Finals Day 1

Welcome to the first day of the Event Finals at the 2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships from Basel, Switzerland.  Turkey's Ahmet Onder - step forward on the final landing but a rock solid routine. So lovely to watch and nice form in the air. Yahor Sharamkou - missed the first part of his routine due to streaming issues. Few issues in the routine. Nicola Bartolini - handspring front double pike, double twisting double tuck, solid. Such flair, 2.5 to front layout full, stuck final pass. Nikita Nagornyy - the Nagornyy - gets better every time. Strong routine. 6.8 difficulty! Adem Asil - hops forward. Great tumbling. Solid routine. Kirill Prokopev - Issues on the first pass. A lunge forward on a couple of his passes. Flairs sequence was fantastic to watch! Ooops he didn't see Dimitrov go in to shake hands. Benjamin Gischard  - Controlled tumbling. Super routine!! Dimitrov - good routine - a few hops forward. Nagornyy wins the Floor Exercise title over Switzerland's ...

2020 Women's Artistic Euros Senior Event Finals

 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 ...

2020 Women's Artistic Euros Junior Event Finals

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...

2020 European WAG Championships - Senior Team Final

 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...

Romania Triumphs taking Junior Team Title; Ana Barbosu dominates AA and Quals

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...