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2013 European Youth Olympic Festival - Team Finals
Russia was victorious in the girls team final at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival while Great Britain led the way for the boys.
The European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) Women's Team Final took place this morning in Utrecht, Netherlands. The EYOF celebrates youth gymnastics and operates as a junior olympics for European sports teams. This year 27 countries competed in the Gymnastics Team Final.
The Russian Federation took the gold in the Team Final with nearly a 0.5 point lead over the silver medalists Great Britian (110.3 to 109.75 respectively). Romania settled for the Bronze medal with a team score of 108. 8.
The Russian Federation were led by top scorer Maria Kharenkova who also posted the highest beam score of the night with an impressive 15.05. Tyesha Mattis held the top spot for the Great Britian team and also led the all around competition with a 54.7 total. And Laura Jurca scored the most points for Romania placing her third overall.
The All Around Final starts tomorrow at 10:45AM EDT.
Women's EYOF Team Finals Top Results
Men's EYOF Team Finals Top Results
To see full results from today's competition click here.
The Russian Federation took the gold in the Team Final with nearly a 0.5 point lead over the silver medalists Great Britian (110.3 to 109.75 respectively). Romania settled for the Bronze medal with a team score of 108. 8.
The Russian Federation were led by top scorer Maria Kharenkova who also posted the highest beam score of the night with an impressive 15.05. Tyesha Mattis held the top spot for the Great Britian team and also led the all around competition with a 54.7 total. And Laura Jurca scored the most points for Romania placing her third overall.
On the men's side, Great Britain dominated the competition with a very promising group of young elites. Brinn Bevan led the British team with the top all around score of the day, 84.750. Bevan and teammate Nile Wilson will be the favorites for Thursday's all around title.
The Russian team finished in second place in the men's team final followed by Italy.
The All Around Final starts tomorrow at 10:45AM EDT.
Women's EYOF Team Finals Top Results
Men's EYOF Team Finals Top Results
To see full results from today's competition click here.
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival - All Around Finals
Great Britain's Brinn Bevan and Russia's Maria Kharenkova won the boys and girls all-around, respectively, at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival.
Brinn Bevan of Great Britain and winner of the 2013 EYOF Men's All Around Final. Photo by Joe Morgan/TeamGB.
Earlier today, the men's and women's all around finals wrapped up at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF). The men kicked off the morning, and after a fierce competition Brinn Bevan of Great Britain claimed the top spot with an all around total of 85.2. Bevan posted the top scores on the floor, rings, and pommel horse bolstering him to a commanding lead. Bevan's teammate Nile Wilson took second place with an 83.7. Wilson held top honors on the high bar and parallel bars. Wilson's p-bars score of 14.65 was the highest score posted by any athlete in the competition making him a front-runner for the event finals taking place Friday, July 19. Ivan Stretovich of Russia grabbed the Bronze with an all around score of 83 even.
For full results from the men's competition click here.
Kim Janas, Maria Kharenkova, and Tyesha Mattis at the 2013 EYOF Women's All Around Final.
On the women's side, Maria Kharenkova of Russia and Kim Janas of Germany tied for first with a 54.95. However, the EYOF breaks ties, so Kharenkova took the Gold with Janas settled for Silver. Tyesha Mattis of Great Britain finished with the Bronze with a 54.85. High difficulty scores set these three leading ladies apart from the rest of the competition. Kharenkova performed a particularly clean floor routine featuring a double arabian, and Mattis easily stuck her double twisting double back. Likewise, Janas's bar routine impressed with garceful release moves, a jeager and pak salto among them.
For full results from the women's competition click here.
The men's and women's event finals are slated for Friday, July 19th. Catch all the action and the latest updates with Gymnastike.
Rewatch the EYOF Women's All Around final here.
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival - Women's Event Finals
Russia's Maria Kharenkova had a great showing at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival event finals, winning beam and floor gold. Great Britain's Ellie Downie and Italy's Martina Rizzelli won gold on vault and bars, respectively.
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The gymnastics competition wrapped up in Utrecht today at the European Youth Olympic Festival. The top athletes on each apparatus competed for individual titles in today's event final competition.
Ellie Downie of Great Britain won the vault title scoring a 14.475. Laura Jurca of Romania won the silver medal with a score of 14.375 followed by Tyesha Mattis of Great Britain, scoring a 14.300 to win bronze.
Italy's Martina Rizzelli posted the top score on uneven bars with 14.150. Louise Vanhille of France placed second with a 13.950 ahead of Tea Ugrin of Italy, in third with a 13.700.
Maria Bondareva of Russia won the balance beam title with a score of 14.250 followed by Eythora Thorsdottir of the Netherlands in second with a score of 13.800. Claire Martin of France took took bronze with a 13.750.
The meet's all around champion Maria Kharenkova of Russia won gold on floor exercise with a 13.950 followed by Kim Janas of Germany with a score of 13.750. Silvia Zarzu of Romania placed third with a 13.750.
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival Women's Event Finals Results:
