Russia’s girls and Belarus’ boys claim Trampoline junior team titles

Three years after the previous European Championships in Trampoline, Tumbling and Double Mini-Trampoline, Europe’s best gymnasts finally managed to travel again, to Sochi (RUS) to battle for continental glory.

The first medals were awarded today at Sochi’s Iceberg Palace in the junior trampoline team finals.

The Russian girls’ team, featuring Anzhela Bladtceva, Maria Mikhailova, Natalia Blokhina and Veronika Shmeleva, kept their head cool under pressure to outperform their Belarussian competitors while Germany edged Turkey for the bronze medal.

The Russian boys suffered costly mistakes, leaving the door wide open for an excellent Belarussian team. Andrei Builou, Stanislau Yaskevich, Ivan Melnikau and Daniil Pshanko posted a fabulous score of 173.090, finishing more than 10 points ahead of Portugal, with Germany clinching the bronze.

 

Congratulations to all medallists!

 

Junior women:

GOLD Russia 161.455

SILVER Belarus 156.555

BRONZE Germany 150.510

Junior men:

GOLD Belarus 173.090

SILVER Portugal 162.440

BRONZE Germany 158.805

The senior gymnasts competed in their qualifying round on Tumbling and Double Mini-Trampoline earlier today. Belgium’s Tachina Peeters scored 66.800 for her two tumble runs to advance to the final in first place ahead of Candy Briere-Vetillard and Manon Morancais of France. In the men’s competition, defending European Champion Mikhail Malkin (AZE) outscored Russia’s stars Vadim Afanasev and Aleksandr Lisitsyn.

The DMT qualification was dominated by the Russian ladies with Galina Begim and Dana Sadkova advancing to the final for the host nation ahead of Portugal’s Sara Guido. The Russian men, led by multiple European and World Champion Mikhail Zalomin and defending European Champion Vasili Makarskii, were outscored by an excellent Joao Caeiro (POR).

 

Find the full results on our website: https://www.europeangymnastics.com/event/2020-european-championships-trampoline-tumbling-and-double-mini-trampoline-new-dates/results

These Europeans continue tomorrow with the qualifications in Tumbling and Double Mini-Trampoline for juniors, Trampoline seniors and the team finals for seniors in Trampoline, Tumbling and Double Mini-Trampoline.