Historic European Team title for Great Britain

Second day of competition in the Antalya Sports Hall, second day of historic performances!

Today, the women competed in their qualification rounds which also determined the team ranking and the team qualifiers to the 2023 World Championships.

The British team featuring Georgia-Mae Fenton, Ondine Achampong, Becky Downie, Jessica Gadirova and Alice Kinsella delivered when it counted to post a total score of 164.428, winning the European Team title for the first time in history!

Gadirova, the defending European Champion on floor, showed why she’s rapidly becoming Europe’s leading lady in the sport, earning the highest score in the All-Around, and on beam and floor. Fenton amassed 52.899, placing 5^th place all-around and outscoring Vice-European Champion Alice Kinsella by just over three tenths for a place in the final. 2014 and 2016 European Champion Downie marked a successful return to competition, on her signature event bars.

Angela Andreoli, Alice D’Amato, Manila Esposito, Asia D’Amato and Giorgia Villa combined efforts to clinch the silver medal for Italy, with Alice laying in third place all-around, leading on bars and qualifying to both the beam and floor finals. Twin sister Asia, the defending European all-around Champion, scratched floor making her eligible to defend her title but earned a place in the vault final.

The Netherlands, inspired by stellar all-around performances by Naomi Visser and Eythora Thorsdottir and an excellent beam routine by 2016 Olympic Champion Sanne Wevers, stepping onto the podium to receive bronze medal.

France’s Coline Devillard, the Champion in 2017, leads on vault ahead of Belgium’s Lisa Vaelen.

 

Team medallists

GOLD Great Britain 164.428

SILVER Italy 161.629

BRONZE Netherlands 158.896

 

Congratulations!

 

On Friday, the top 24 women compete in the all-around final while the best 8 per apparatus compete on Saturday and Sunday.

 

Qualified to Friday’s all-around final

1. Jessica GADIROVA (GBR) 55.566
2. Zsofia KOVACS (HUN) 55.231
3. Alice D'AMATO (ITA) 54.899
4. Naomi VISSER (NED) 54.031
5. Georgia-Mae FENTON (GBR) 52.899
6. Lisa VAELEN (BEL) 52.498
7. Eythora THORSDOTTIR (NED) 51.999
8. Ana BARBOSU (ROU) 51.566
9. Amalia GHIGOARTA (ROU) 51.432
10. Manila ESPOSITO (ITA) 51.231
11. Laura CASABUENA (ESP) 51.199
12. Marine BOYER (FRA) 50.932
13. Zoja SZEKELY (HUN) 50.931
14. Kaia TANSKANEN (FIN) 50.633
15. Tonya PAULSSON (SWE) 50.366
16. Alba PETISCO (ESP) 50.332
17. Emelie WESTLUND (SWE) 49.832
18. Sarah VOSS (GER) 49.732
19. Maisa KUUSIKKO (FIN) 49.732
20. Morgane OSYSSEK-REIMER (FRA) 49.399
21. Selina KICKINGER (AUT) 49.399
22. Maria TRONRUD (NOR) 49.298
23. Alice VLKOVA (CZE) 49.233
24. Maellyse BRASSART (BEL) 49.199

 

Qualified to apparatus finals

Vault

1. Coline DEVILLARD (FRA) 13.866
2. Lisa VAELEN (BEL) 13.616
3. Asia D'AMATO (ITA) 13.416
4. Camille RASMUSSEN (DEN) 13.366
5. Sabrina MANECA-VOINEA (ROU) 13.016
6. Athanasia MESIRI (GRE) 12.866
7. Bilge TARHAN (TUR) 12.766
8. Ceren BINER (TUR) 12.749

 

Uneven bars

1. Alice D'AMATO (ITA) 14.500
2. Naomi VISSER (NED) 14.466
3. Elisabeth SEITZ (GER) 14.400
4. Rebecca DOWNIE (GBR) 14.366
5. Zsofia KOVACS (HUN) 14.266
6. Giorgia VILLA (ITA) 14.166
7. Zoja SZEKELY (HUN) 14.066
8. Lisa VAELEN (BEL) 14.000

 

Beam

1. Jessica GADIROVA (GBR) 13.600
2. Zsofia KOVACS (HUN) 13.533
3. Sanne WEVERS (NED) 13.433
4. Ondine ACHAMPONG (GBR) 13.366
5. Amalia GHIGOARTA (ROU) 13.133
6. Alice D'AMATO (ITA) 13.033
7. Fien ENGHELS (BEL) 12.833
8. Manila ESPOSITO (ITA) 12.833

 

Floor

1. Jessica GADIROVA (GBR) 13.900
2. Sabrina MANECA-VOINEA (ROU) 13.700
3. Naomi VISSER (NED) 13.666
4. Alice KINSELLA (GBR) 13.466
5. Alice D'AMATO (ITA) 13.366
6. Zsofia KOVACS (HUN) 13.266
7. Ana BARBOSU (ROU) 13.233
8. Laura CASABUENA (ESP) 13.100      

 

Find the full results on our event website: 2023 European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics | European Gymnastics

The teams and athletes qualified to the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp (BEL) will be published on the FIG website in due time.

These Artistic Europeans continue tomorrow with the men’s all-around final!