Top scores from Ferhat Arican and Ibrahim Colak give Turkey the lead in qualifications

Competing in the first of three subdivisions, Turkey set the standard with a team score of 251.594. Ferhat Arican performed an excellent parallel bars routine for the lead on his signature event and the top score of the day: 15.333 (6.6). In addition, he qualified to the pommel horse final. 2019 World Champion Ibrahim Colak claimed the highest qualifying score on rings. He will also compete in the parallel bars final. Ahmet Onder we’ll see again in the floor, vault and high bar final while Abdelrahman Elgamal will challenge for the medals on floor, rings, vault and high bar. Not a bad day in the office at all for the home team.

Expected to challenge for that top team spot, Ukraine came short just over a point. Oleg Verniaiev withdrew last week but the Ukrainians can count on the experience of Igor Radivilov who took the lead on vault and placed third on rings and Petro Pakhniuk who qualified to 4 apparatus finals. Mix that with the fresh talent of Roman Vashchenko, Vladyslav Hryko and Yevgen Yudenkov and we can expect fireworks in the team final.

Hungary put in a great effort for third place, relying on the scores of Krisztofer Meszaros who placed second on pommel horse and will also compete in the floor and parallel bars finals. David Vecsernyes performed his trademark dismount to secure a place in the high bar final, on top of the pommel horse final.

Austria, Israel and Bulgaria complete Saturday’s team final which promises to keep fans on the edge of their seat!

Apparatus specialists Robert Seligman and Tin Srbic (CRO) topped the ranking on pommel horse and high bar respectively while Belarussian Yahor Sharamkou edged European and World floor medallist Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) by just a tenth on floor.

 

Qualified to finals:

Team

1. Turkey 251.594

2. Ukraine 250.462

3. Hungary 241.961

4. Austria 239.226

5. Israel 235.760

6. Bulgaria 232.394

 

Floor

1. Yahor Sharamkou (BLR) 15.033

2. Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) 14.933

3. Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 14.466

4. Abdelrahman Elgamal (TUR) 14.366

5. Krisztofer Meszaros (HUN) 14.333

6. Aurel Benovic (CRO) 14.333

7. Vladyslav Hryko (UKR) 14.100

8. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.033

 

Pommel horse

1. Robert Seligman (CRO) 14.300

2. Krisztofer Meszaros (HUN) 14.066

3. Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 14.066

4. Yevgen Yudenkov (UKR) 13.933

5. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 13.833

6. Matvei Petrov (ALB) 13.566

7. Filip Ude (CRO) 13.433

8. David Vecsernyes (HUN) 13.233

 

Rings

1. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 14.633

2. Vinzenz Hoeck (AUT) 14.633

3. Igor Radivilov (UKR) 14.600

4. Abdelrahman Elgamal (TUR) 14.500

5. Yevgen Yudenkov (UKR) 14.033

6. Hristos Marinov (BUL) 13.733

7. Razvan-Denis Marc (ROU) 13.633

8. Joonas Kukkonen (FIN) 13.633

 

Vault

1. Igor Radivilov (UKR) 14.649

2. Yahor Sharamkou (BLR) 14.416

3. Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) 14.350

4. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.350

5. Marian Dragulescu (ROU) 14.283

6. Dimitar Dimitrov (BUL) 14.283

7. Abdelrahman Elgamal (TUR) 14.216

8. Ondrej Kalny (CZE) 14.033

 

Parallel bars

1. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 15.333

2. Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 14.600

3. David Huddleston (BUL) 14.333

4. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 14.300

5. Robert Tvorogal (LTU) 14.133

6. Krisztofer Meszaros (HUN) 13.966

7. Severin Kranzlmueller (AUT) 13.700

8. Benedek Tomcsanyi (HUN) 13.666

 

High bar

1. Tin Srbic (CRO) 14.333

2. David Vecsernyes (HUN) 14.133

3. Alexander Myakinin (ISR) 14.033

4. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.000

5. Robert Tvorogal (LTU) 13.966

6. Abdelrahman Elgamal (TUR) 13.800

7. Yordan Aleksandrov (BUL) 13.600

8. Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 13.300

 

You can find the complete results on https://www.europeangymnastics.com/event/2020-european-championships-mens-artistic-gymnastics-new-location/results

The competition continues tomorrow with the junior all-around final.