The 2015 Top Gym Meet in Charleroi, Belgium is only one week away, and the premiere junior elites who will be competing are in the peak of their preparation. The first day of competition begins next Saturday November 28th at 9:35am CST. There are athletes coming from nine different countries to compete in this prestigious competition. LetÂ’s get to know some the standout competitors...

RomaniaÂ’s Olivia Cimpian is a spectacular junior competitor who has had great recent success. At the 2015 Romanian National Championships, she competed among the seniors and scored an impressive 56.250—good for fifth place. She excelled in the power events, scoring a 14.70 on floor and a 14.20 on beam. At the 2015 Nadia Comaneci International Invitational, she took the gold in the all-around and on floor, silver on vault and bronze on bars.

Cimpian competed at the Top Gym meet last year, and tied for silver with Great BritainÂ’s Amy Tinkler with a 51.30 all-around score. She also took the silver on vault, bars and beam, and clinched the gold on floor. Unfortunately, Cimpian misses out on being eligible for the Rio Olympics by just one day, as she turns 16 on January 1, 2017.

Watch Cimpian on floor at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival:


Angelina Simakova of Russia took the gold at the 2015 Russian Junior National Championships (CMS) with a 56.301. She also won vault, bars, and floor and took second on bars and beam. Simakova is an incredible junior elite for Russia, but she wonÂ’t become a senior until 2018.

Simakova on beam in event finals of 2015 Russian Junior Nationals:


Marieke van Egmond of the Netherlands is a strong force, as she took the bronze in the all-around at 2015 Dutch Nationals and also the gold on beam and floor. 

BelgiumÂ’s Nina Derwael won the junior all-around competition at the 2015 FlanderÂ’s International Team Challenge in Ghent, Belgium this May. She totaled an impressive 56.050 at the meet and also scored a 14.450 on bars. Bars is her strong-suit, as she took silver on bars at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, as well as bronze on floor.

Derweal posted this video of bar upgrades on Instagram a few weeks ago:



At the European Youth Olympic Festival, BelgiumÂ’s Axelle Klinckaert, took all-around silver and gold on beam and floor. Derweal and Klinckaert are an impressive duo for the Dutch.

Laurie-Lou Vezina of Canada has had a successful 2015 season at the big junior elite competitions. At Canadian National Championships she took 8th place with a 50.450. At 2015 Elite Canada, Veniza scored a 50.800 all-around and earned the silver medal on beam.At the LÂ’International Gymnix competition, Vezina competed with the seniors and scored a 50.875 in the all-around competition, which put her in ninth place. She also notched a 13.575 on beam which was the third highest of the competition.

The two Czech Republic competitors were at the 2015 Hopes Cup in their home country on November 7th. Vendula Merkova took 8th all-around with a 51.450 and Lucie Jirikova was in 10th with a 51.150.

2015 Top Gym is sure to be an exciting competition, and FloGymnastics will be live streaming it straight from Belgium. Stay tuned for more previews and updates leading up to the meet!


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2015 Top Gym Roster Updates
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