The European Championships in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics will kick off on 9 December in Mersin (TUR), site of the 2013 Mediterranean Games.

A total of 20 countries will be represented by 63 senior and 60 junior gymnasts.

The field includes stars like Ukraine’s Oleg Verniaiev, the reigning Olympic Champion on parallel bars, and his teammates Petro Pakhniuk and Igor Radivilov, Croatians Tin Srbic, Robert Seligman and Filip Ude, David Vecsernyes (HUN), Israeli powerhouses Artem Dolgopyat, Alexander Shatilov and Andrey Medvedev, Romanian superstar Marian Dragulescu, pommel horse specialist Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) and many more. The Turkish hopes lie on the shoulders of their nation’s first ever World Champion Ibrahim Colak, Ferhat Arican and Ahmet Onder.

Consult the full list below!

The men’s event will be followed by the European Championships for the female artistic gymnasts.

16 nations will be represented by 46 senior gymnasts and 44 juniors.

Some of the ones to watch are 2017 Vice-European all-around Champion Zsofia Kovacs, Ukrainians Diana Varinska, Anastasia Bachynska and Angelina Radivilova, Ana Derek (CRO) and Aneta Holasova (CZE). This event also marks the senior debut for EYOF 2019 stars Silviana Sfiringu and Ioana Stanciulescu (ROU) while the host nation Turkey will count on Tokyo 2020 qualifier Nazli Savranbasi and veteran Goksu Uctas Sanli.

Consult the full list below!

Due to the Covid-19 crisis, several countries withdrew and there will be no audience in the hall. President Farid Gayibov explains the decision to go ahead with these Championships: “2020 has been very special for the whole World. The public will understand that participation level and results are different under these circumstances. Nonetheless we want to offer interested gymnasts and nations the chance to compete. We have put strict covid guidelines in place to maximise the safety of everyone involved.”

Both events livestreamed in its entirety.