Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania divide titles as #AeroPesaro2021 concludes

The audience in Pesaro’s Vitrifrigo Arena were treated to 6 high level and super exciting finals!

Just one tenth separated the three medallists in Individual Women. Top qualifier Darina Pashova (BUL) set the standard early on, posting 21.700. 2015 junior European Champion Teodora Cucu (ROU) came close, just 1 tenth short. Last up, Tatyana Konakova (RUS) scored 21.650, enough to overtake Cucu, but not enough to reach Pashova’s height.

Absent from Individual men’s competition for several years, 2017 European Champion Daniel Bali made an overwhelming return at these Europeans. The Hungarian topped the qualification round and performed fabulously in the final, scoring a huge 22.700. Only defending European Champion Roman Semenov (RUS) put up a challenge. His 22.550 secured the silver medal ahead of Pesaro crowd favourite Davide Nacci (ITA).

Bulgaria’s gold rush continued! First, in the mixed pairs where Ana-Maria Stoilova and Antonio Papazov held off defending Champions Fanni Mazacs and Daniel Bali for their first European title. And the Italian delegations’ celebrations continued as well: bronze for Anna Bullo and Marcello Patteri.

Then, the World Champions Darina Pashova, Antonio Papazov and Tihomir Barotev confirmed they are the ones to beat with a superb exercise in the trio final. With a score of 22.827, they were simply unbeatable. Romanian trio Teodora Cucu, Daniel Tavoc and David Gavrilovici beat the Russian trio Aleksei Germanov, Petr Perminov and Anton Kolobov by just 0.033 for the silver medal.

Romania, the defending European and reigning World Champion, excelled in the group final. Gabriel Bocser, Teodora Cucu, David Gavrilovici, Mihai Popa and Daniel Tavoc scored 22.533 to surpass top qualifiers Italy. Hungary, to the tunes of the popular Tetris game, added the bronze to their collection.

The Russian men were eager to regain their Aero Dance title after losing it to Azerbaijan in 2019. With a cool basketball themed routine, Russia scored 18.100, only to be tied with Hungary. As Hungary posted the better execution score, they returned home with the gold medal. Romania edged Italy for the bronze.

 

Congratulations to all European medallists!

Individual Women

GOLD Darina Pashova (BUL) 21.700

SILVER Tatyana Konakova (RUS) 21.650

BRONZE Teodora Cucu (ROU) 21.600

Individual Men

GOLD Daniel Bali (HUN) 22.700

SILVER Roman Semenov (RUS) 22.550

BRONZE Davide Nacci (ITA) 22.350

Mixed pairs

GOLD Ana-Maria Stoilova & Antonio Papazov (BUL) 22.300

SILVER Fanni Mazacs & Daniel Bali (HUN) 22.200

BRONZE Anna Bullo & Marcello Patteri (ITA) 22.100

Trios

GOLD Darina Pashova, Antonio Papazov & Tihomir Barotev (BUL) 22.827

SILVER Teodora Cucu, Daniel Tavoc & David Gavrilovici (ROU) 22.233

BRONZE Aleksei Germanov, Petr Perminov & Anton Kolobov (RUS) 22.200

Groups

GOLD Romania 22.533

SILVER Italy 22.422

BRONZE Hungary 22.361

Aero Dance

GOLD Hungary 18.100

SILVER Russia 18.100

BRONZE Romania 17.850

Find the detailed results on our website: https://www.europeangymnastics.com/event/2021-european-championships-aerobic-gymnastics-new-dates/results

This concludes these 12th Aerobics Europeans. Shout out to the Local Organising Committee and the Italian Gymnastics Federation for the excellent organisation. And of course, to all the athletes that put on an incredible show!

The European Gymnastics flag has been handed over to the next organisers. See you in Antalya (TUR) from 17 to 19 November 2023!