Great Britain clinches 1, Israel 4 #ACRO2025 European titles on Opening Day

After a hugely successful 13^th edition of the European Age Group Competitions last week, the stage is now set for the 32^nd European Championships! Same place, same discipline, different insanely talent gymnasts!

On this first day, the juniors performed their first exercise. For Women’s Groups and Mixed Pairs, the Dynamic routine was on the menu, while the Women’s Pairs, Men’s Pairs and Women’s Groups entertained the audience with their Balance skills.

The night definitely belonged to Israel as they picked up 4 out of the 5 available European titles. Their quest started in the junior women’s pair balance final where Roni Teller and Arad Aber Deutch edged past Bulgarian duo Deya Hadjiatanasova and Raya Lozeva with a mere 0.020 advantage. Junior Men’s Pairs Ran Aviv and Jonathan Markovich won the Balance final by the biggest margin today, 27.900 to 25.700 for Great Britain’s Samuel Austin and Archie Pickles. The highest score of the day went to Israel’s Mixed Pair Noy Cohen and Yannay Regev. As the last performers, they sneaked past Great Britain’s Harry Norman and Emily Eales by just 5 hundreds of a point. The fourth Israeli title came courtesy of their junior Men’s Group, featuring Mark Borodin, Oskar Borodin, Erel Paz and Yehonathan Joseph, in the Balance final. Portugal’s Tomas Martinho, Jorge Silva, Gabriel Vilela and Joao Samico secured the silver, with Ukraine’s Mykolai Khasanov, Mykola Soroka, Dmytro Borshchevskyi and Volodymyr Repetii in third place.

Preventing an Israeli sweep, the 2023 Pre Youth European Age Group Champions Gemma Biddle, Alexis Biddle and Sophie Noyce clinched the junior Dynamic title for Great Britain ahead of Israel’s Noa Yifrah, Noam Ronen and Romi Tal. The bronze medal went to Germany’s Malika Strack, Marlene Strack and Alisa Marahtanova.

 

Congratulations to the medallists!

Junior Women’s Groups Dynamic

GOLD Gemma Biddle, Alexis Biddle & Sophie Noyce (GBR) 28.300

SILVER Noa Yifrah, Noam Ronen & Romi Tal (ISR) 28.260

BRONZE Malika Strack, Marlene Strack & Alisa Marahtanova (GER) 27.340

Junior Women’s Pairs Balance

GOLD Roni Teller & Arad Aber Deutch (ISR) 28.200

SILVER Deya Hadjiatanasova & Raya Lozeva (BUL) 28.180

BRONZE Sofia D'Errico & Camilla Poerio (ITA) 28.000

Junior Men’s Pairs Balance

GOLD Ran Aviv & Jonathan Markovich (ISR) 27.900

SILVER Samuel Austin & Archie Pickles (GBR) 25.700

BRONZE Hlib Honcharuk & Artem Shapoval (UKR) 21.940

Junior Mixed Pairs Dynamic

GOLD Noy Cohen & Yannay Regev (ISR) 28.400

SILVER Harry Norman & Emily Eales (GBR) 28.350

BRONZE David Teixeira & Mariana Pinheiro (POR) 26.980

 

Junior Men’s Groups Balance

GOLD Mark Borodin, Oskar Borodin, Erel Paz & Yehonathan Joseph (ISR) 28.200

SILVER Tomas Martinho, Jorge Silva, Gabriel Vilela & Joao Samico (POR) 27.950

BRONZE Mykolai Khasanov, Mykola Soroka, Dmytro Borshchevskyi & Volodymyr Repetii (UKR) 27.310

Find the full results on our website: 2025 European Championships in Acrobatic Gymnastics - Luxembourg (LUX) | European Gymnastics.

These European Championships continue tomorrow with the first senior qualifications and finals!