Ukraine crowned junior European team Champions!

After much anticipation, the postponed 2020 European Championships in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics started in the Turkish city of Mersin.

On the programme today were the junior qualifications which served as the final team ranking and as qualifier to the all-around final on Friday and the apparatus finals on Sunday.

After subdivision 2, Hungary was in the lead, posting a total score of 232.494 to put the pressure on the three teams competing in the third and final subdivision: Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine. All three started strongly and were clearly keen to get on that podium. After 8,5 hours of competition, it was exciting until the very last routines to see the top three! Ukraine claimed gold with Hungary in second and Bulgaria beating Romania for the bronze medal.

Ukrainian gymnasts also dominated the top positions in the all-around (2019 EYOF Champion Ilia Kovtun), floor (Volodymyr Kostiuk), pommel horse (Radomyr Stelmakh), rings (Volodymyr Kostiuk) and parallel bars (Ilia Kovtun), leaving the vault top score to Romania’s Gabriel Burtanete and high bar to Krisztian Balasz (HUN).  

Congratulations to the team medallists!

Gold Ukraine 239.128

Silver Hungary 232.494

Bronze Bulgaria 228.361

 

Top 8 all-around

1. Ilia Kovtun (UKR) 79.599

2. Volodymyr Kostiuk (UKR) 79.298

3. Krisztian Balasz (HUN) 79.197

4. Botond Molnar (HUN) 76.698

5. Gabriel Burtanete (ROU) 76.399

6. Teodor Trifonov (BUL) 76.231

* Radomyr Stelmakh (UKR) 76.030 doesn’t advance to the all-around final due to the two per country rule

7. Gytis Chasazyrovas (LTU) 75.965

8. Bora Tarhan (TUR) 75.430

 

Qualified to apparatus finals:

Floor

1. Volodymyr Kostiuk (UKR) 14.133

2. Gytis Chasazyrovas (LTU) 13.500

3. Bozhidar Zlatanov (BUL) 13.433

4. Zdravko Dobrev (BUL) 13.300

5. Ivan Sevruk (UKR) 13.233

6. Botond Molnar (HUN) 13.233

7. Askhab Matiev (AUT) 13.166

8. Bora Tarhan (TUR) 13.166

 

Pommel horse

1. Radomyr Stelmakh (UKR) 13.766

2. Ilia Kovtun (UKR) 13.600

3. Mateo Zugiec (CRO) 13.200

4. Gytis Chasazyrovas (LTU) 13.133

5. Liam Rabic (CRO) 13.100

6. Eyal Indig (ISR) 13.100

7. Kristijonas Padegimas (LTU) 13.033

8. Krisztian Balasz (HUN) 12.833

 

Rings

1. Volodymyr Kostiuk (UKR) 13.133

2. Ilia Kovtun (UKR) 13.033

3. Gabriel Burtanete (ROU) 12.800

4. Krisztian Balasz (HUN) 12.666

5. Bozhidar Zlatanov (BUL) 12.533

6. Adam Dobrovitz (HUN) 12.533

7. Bora Tarhan (TUR) 12.466

8. Gytis Chasazyrovas (LTU) 12.366

 

Vault

1. Gabriel Burtanete (ROU) 14.299

2. Robert Burtanete (ROU) 14.083

3. Szilard Zavory (HUN) 13.850

4. Volodymyr Kostiuk (UKR) 13.666

5. Ilia Kovtun (UKR) 13.550

6. Akseli Karsikas (FIN) 13.466

7. Jonas Ingi Thorisson (ISL) 13.316

8. Bora Tarhan (TUR) 13.149

 

Parallel bars

1. Ilia Kovtun (UKR) 14.233

2. Krisztian Balasz (HUN) 13.766

3. Bozhidar Zlatanov (BUL) 13.233

4. Teodor Trifonov (BUL) 13.133

5. Robert Burtanete (ROU) 13.133

6. Mert Efe Kilicer (TUR) 13.100

7. Mykyta Melnykov (UKR) 13.100

8. Dmytro Dotsenko (ISR) 13.066

 

High bar

1. Krisztian Balasz (HUN) 13.166

2. Mykyta Melnykov (UKR) 13.000

3. Volodymyr Kostiuk (UKR) 12.800

4. Mert Efe Kilicer (TUR) 12.500

5. Bora Tarhan (TUR) 12.333

6. Ricards Plate (LAT) 12.233

7. Bozhidar Zlatanov (BUL) 12.233

8. Daniel Trifonov (BUL) 12.166

 

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 senior qualification round.