Preview of the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival in Maribor (SLO)

On Tuesday, the artistic gymnastics competition kicks off at the 17^th edition of the summer European Youth Olympic Festival in the Slovenian city of Maribor. 180 junior gymnasts will represent 40 of our member Federations.

Last year’s star Helen Kevric (GER) returns to action in Maribor, alongside EYOF and junior European medallists like Marlene Gotthardt (GER), Lilou Viallat (FRA), Dmytro Dotsenko (ISR), Anthony Mansard (FRA), Hamlet Manukyan (ARM), Dachi Dolidze (GEO), Kristijonas Padegimas (LTU), Alfred Schwaiger (AUT) and Tomasso Brugnami (ITA).

Find the full participants list here!

The competition starts with the boys and girls qualification rounds which determine both the qualifiers to the mixed team and apparatus finals, and the all-around and team ranking. Successfully launched at last year’s edition, the Mixed Team final sees a boy and girl team up to battle through 5 rounds to lift the trophy. The apparatus finals are split over 2 days. The top 8 gymnasts, with a maximum of 2 per country, compete in these finals.

 

Schedule (all times listed are in Maribor local time)

Tuesday 25 July – Boys qualifications, All-around & Team ranking

10:00 – 12:15 Subdivision 1

13:45 – 16:00 Subdivision 2

16:45 – 19:00 Subdivision 3

Followed by all-around and team award ceremonies

 

Wednesday 26 July – Girls qualifications, All-around & Team ranking

10:00 – 11:45 Subdivision 1

12:00 – 13:45 Subdivision 2

15:00 – 16:45 Subdivision 3

17:15 – 19:00 Subdivision 4

Followed by all-around and team award ceremonies

 

Thursday 27 July

14:00 – 17:00 Mixed Team FINAL

Followed by award ceremony

 

Friday 28 July – Apparatus FINALS part 1

14:00 – 16:00 Boys floor, pommel horse and rings, girls vault and uneven bars

 

Saturday 29 July – Apparatus FINALS part 2

14:00 – 16:00 Boys vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar, girls beam and floor

 

How to follow the competition?

EOC provides a livestream on Live - EOC Channel (eoctv.org). You can follow the live scoring on Schedule and results - EYOF 2023 (eyof-maribor.com).

Official hashtag of the event: #EYOFMaribor2023