Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) and Larisa Iordache (ROU) divide European titles

On the last day of the 33^rd European Championships in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics, the eight best senior gymnasts per apparatus competed for a place on the podium.

 

Kovacs vaults to gold

With two strong vaults, Zsofia Kovacs crowned herself European Champion on vault. The first European title for the Hungarian who won the all-around silver in Cluj 2017. Larisa Iordache (ROU) placed second in her first major competition in over three years, establishing her comeback as successful. Rising Ukrainian star Anastasia Motak claimed the bronze!

GOLD Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) 14.050

SILVER Larisa Iordache (ROU) 13.875

BRONZE Anastasia Motak (UKR) 13.850

Hungary goes 1 – 2 on bars

Top qualifier Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) overcame a slight hesitation to beat her teammate Zoja Szekely for her second European title in just half an hour time! Gold and silver for the Hungarian team with a delighted Barbora Mokosova winning Slovakia’s first European medal, edging Larisa Iordache by just 0.050.

GOLD Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) 13.850

SILVER Zoja Szekely (HUN) 13.550

BRONZE Barbora Mokosova (SVK) 13.300

Larisa’s back, she’s back on top!

In the beam final, the Romanians Silviana Sfiringu and Larisa Iordache both showed routines with 6.0 difficulty. Iordache posted the higher execution score thus earning her second European title on beam. With this medal, Iordache moves into the position of second most decorated woman (15) at a European Championships! Only Svetlana Khorkina has done better with 20 medals. The fight for bronze happened between Ukrainian teammates Anastasia Bachynska and Anastasia Motak who both performed a beautiful handspring – somersault. They tied with 13.100, with Motak winning the tie breaker and earning her third medal of this event.

GOLD Larisa Iordache (ROU) 14.000

SILVER Silviana Sfiringu (ROU) 13.800

BRONZE Anastasia Motak (UKR) 13.100

And Larisa strikes again

Oh what a drama to end of these Europeans! Turkey’s Goksu Uctas Sanli lead until the very last performance, by Romanian star Larisa Iordache, whose initial score was not enough for victory. However, after an inquiry, the D-score was raised by 4 tenths, awarding Iordache with her third European title on floor, after winning in 2012 and 2014. The silver medal won by Uctas Sanli is the first ever for Turkey in the women’s event. History written again for the host nation! By making the floor final, Israel’s Lihie Raz secured her spot to the Tokyo Olympics. Her trip was made complete by her first major international medal, the bronze.

GOLD Larisa Iordache (ROU) 13.450

SILVER Goksu Uctas Sanli (TUR) 13.100

BRONZE Lihie Raz (ISR) 12.750

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

This concludes the 33^rd European Championships in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics! Thank you to all participating gymnasts and the Turkish Gymnastics Federation for this wonderful event!