European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Sofia 2014 : seniors apparatus finals

This week of European Championship is coming to its end with the final competition that is the Seniors’ apparatus finals.

Russia's Ablyazin won each event final he competed in (floor, rings and vault). On floor Ablyazin had the highest difficulty, and good execution to score 15.700. Greece's Kosmidis scored 15.533 to win silver. There was a tie for the bronze medal between Purvis (GBR) and Shatilov (ISR).

Ablyazin tied for gold on rings with his teammate Balandin. France's Ait Said won bronze. Also on vault Ablyazin had the highest difficulty of the entire field. Ukraine's Radivilov and Verniaiev won silver and bronze. Verniaiev (UKR) was first up on parallel bars and produced a fabulously executed and difficult routine. Nobody came close to beating him. Russia's Belyavskiy was second and Zonderland won the bronze.

Whitlock (GBR) won Great Britain's only gold medal of the senior event finals: he scores a massive 16.166 to take gold on pommel horse beating Olympic champion Berki (HUN). Slovenia's Bertoncelj won the bronze medal.  

Olympic Champion Epke Zonderland (NED) easily won high bar after big rival Hambuechen fell. Zonderland scored 15.866, a full point more than silver medalist Sam Oldham (GBR) and bronze medalist Kristian Thomas (GBR).

 

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Text: T. Gerets - Adapt. O. Do Rosario/UEG

Photo: V. Minkus/UEG