Ukraine claims Team European title

The 2024 European Championships in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics ended in style this afternoon. On the programme .. the highly anticipated senior team final!

The top 8 teams from Wednesday’s qualification rounds competed today in three up, three count format. The top qualifiers Ukraine and Great Britain were placed in the same group, ensuring an intense build-up and a dramatic finish, as they performed in alternation.

The British team, featuring Joe Fraser, Harry Hepworth, Jake Jarman, Courtney Tulloch and James Hall, went into the last rotation with a one point margin over Ukraine, thanks to a great floor rotation and a huge vault total. Fate was to be decided by horizontal bar. And it was the newly crowned European Champion on exactly that apparatus, Illia Kovtun, that sealed the deal. Cheered on by his teammates Oleg Verniaiev, Igor Radivilov, Nazar Chepurnyi and Radomyr Stelmakh, Kovtun earned 14.400 for a hit routine and a grand total of 255.762 for the Ukrainian victory, regaining the team title they last won in Mersin in 2020. Silver for Great Britain, who get onto the podium for a third consecutive time.

Defending Champions Italy were delighted to clinch the bronze, a two-place improvement from their qualification rank. Yumin Abbadini, Lorenzo Minh Casali, Matteo Levantesi, Marco Lodadio and Mario Macchiati made the home crowd proud, showing off their skills and determination.

In the lead at the halfway stage, Türkiye ended fourth, with a young and promising team. Fifth place went to Spain, sixth to Israel, seventh to Cyprus and eighth to Switzerland.

 

Congratulations to the medallists!

GOLD Ukraine 255.762

SILVER Great Britain 255.429

BRONZE Italy 252.260

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With this super exciting team final, the 2024 European Championships in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics conclude. We continue on Thursday with the Women’s Artistic Europeans, also in the Fiera di Rimini!