8 nations golden in #EYOF2022 event finals!

The sheer amount of talent in the European continent showed itself clearly during the apparatus finals at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Banska Bystrica (SVK).

In the men’s competition, 6 different nations claimed the gold medals with Danny Crouch earning the gold on floor for Great Britain, Lithuania’s Kristijonas Padegimas performing a masterclass on pommel horse to win with a massive score of 14.466 while Sweden’s Luis Il-Sung Melander swung to victory on rings. On vault, Joona Reiman clinched the gold for Finland while Germany and Israel made it to the top of the leaderboard as well with Jukka Nissinen winning parallel bars and Dmytro Dotsenko on high bar, respectively. All-around Champion Radomyr Stelmakh added silver on floor and pommel horse and bronze on parallel bars to his collection, becoming the most decorated male gymnast.

German standout Helen Kevric added gold on vault and silver on bars and floor to get to a grand total of 6 medals, the best of any female athlete at this Festival! Romania’s Amalia Puflea, second in the all-around and Team Champion, earned two gold medals today, on beam and floor while Martina Pieratti clinched the gold on uneven bars for Italy.

 

Results

Men

Floor

GOLD Danny Crouch (GBR) 13.900

SILVER Radomyr Stelmakh (UKR) 13.666

BRONZE Amine Abaidi (NED) 13.600

 

Pommel horse

GOLD Kristijonas Padegimas (LTU) 14.466

SILVER Radomyr Stelmakh (UKR) 14.066

BRONZE Alfred Schwaiger (AUT) 13.566

 

Rings

GOLD Luis Il-Sung Melander (SWE) 13.633

SILVER Dmytro Prudko (UKR) 13.466

BRONZE Paco Fernandes Henriques (FRA) 13.333

 

Vault

GOLD Joona Reiman (FIN) 14.333

SILVER Bozhidar Zlatanov (BUL) 14.133

BRONZE Tommaso Brugnami (ITA)

 

Parallel bars

GOLD Jukka Nissinen (GER) 13.566

SILVER Bozhidar Zlatanov (BUL) 13.466

BRONZE Radomyr Stelmakh (UKR) 13.300

 

High bar

GOLD Dmytro Dotsenko (ISR) 13.633

SILVER Danny Crouch (GBR) 13.033

BRONZE Davide Oppizzio (ITA) 13.033

 

Women

Vault

GOLD Helen Kevric (GER)

SILVER Ruby Evans (GBR) 13.483

BRONZE Sara Jacobsen (DEN) 13.299

 

Bars

GOLD Martina Pieratti (ITA) 13.566

SILVER Helen Kevric (GER) 13.466

BRONZE Meolie Jauch (GER) 13.200

 

Beam

GOLD Amalia Puflea (ROU) 13.366

SILVER Anna Lashchevska (UKR) 13.000

BRONZE Arianna Grillo (ITA) 12.900

 

Floor

GOLD Amalia Puflea (ROU) 13.200

SILVER Helen Kevric (GER) 13.066

              July Marano (ITA) 13.066

 

Congratulations to all medallists!

 

With these finals, this year’s edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival draws to a close. We look for to welcoming you in the Slovenian town of Maribor from 23 to 29 July 2023!