Israel, Great Britain, Portugal and Germany golden on final day of European Age Group Competitions

On the fourth and final day of the 13^th European Age Group Competitions in Acrobatic Gymnastics, seven finals were contested. In the Pre Youth category, the Women’s Pairs and Women’s Groups performed their final exercises, while all Youth finals were on the programme as well.

ACRO powerhouse Israel had a fabulous day, earning a grand total of 4 European titles and 2 silver medals! Their winning ways started when Youth Men’s Pair Gal Harel and Gilad Shiner showcased an incredible combined routine to cruise to victory over Spain’s Eric Sales and Borja Soriano and Moldova’s Oleg Savcenco and Danila Turcan. The highest score of the day came courtesy of Israel’s Youth Women’s Group Ofek Biran, Vanessa Babel and Tom Levy Aizner. With a 1.1 difficulty and 18.300 execution score, this trio amassed a total of 28.300 for the European title. Israeli gymnasts won gold in both Pre Youth finals, with Ella Ben Zvi and Nurit Luria crowned in the Women’s Pairs and Michelle Obolencev, Tzuf Asor and Shachar Vardi in the Women’s Groups.

‘God save the King’ filled the arena for the spectacular performance of Great Britain’s Men’s Group featuring Lucas Mcdermott, Henry Sharman, Joseph Scotney and  Morris Hyde. With the highest scores across the board, the British men posted a 27.720 to clinch the title, ahead of Israel and Bulgaria.

Cheered on by a crowd of supporters, Germany’s Johanna Schoene and Nona Kara gave it their all on the carpet. Rewarded with 28.020, the girls erupted in cheers of pure joy in the Kiss & Cry. A gold medal for Germany too, this one in the Youth Women’s Pairs!

And last but certainly not least, and under equal crowd support, Portugal’s Benedita Lopes and Salvador Oliveira edged past Israel’s Moriah Bercovici and Oren Bar-Yoseph by the tiniest margin: 27.450 - 27.440 to secure their very own gold medal in the Youth Mixed Pairs.

One of Luxembourg’s neighbouring countries, Belgium, returned home with 3 silver medals today, rounding off an exciting display of Europe’s up and coming Acro stars.

Congratulations to the medallists!

Youth Men’s Pairs

GOLD Gal Harel & Gilad Shiner (ISR) 28.200

SILVER Eric Sales & Borja Soriano (ESP) 25.820

BRONZE Oleg Savcenco & Danila Turcan (MDA) 25.700

Youth Men’s Groups

GOLD Lucas Mcdermott, Henry Sharman, Joseph Scotney & Morris Hyde (GBR) 27.720

SILVER Itamar Herman, Asaf Levi, Omri Maslansky & Liam Forsthofer (ISR) 27.250

BRONZE Kaloyan Velinov, Martin Chelebiev, Petar Todorov & Yanko Kirov (BUL) 26.170

Youth Women’s Groups

GOLD Ofek Biran, Vanessa Babel & Tom Levy Aizner (ISR) 28.300

SILVER Renkse Carlier, Marie Van Simaey & Oona Van Goey (BEL) 27.600

BRONZE Beatriz Cardoso, Varvara Pastukhova & Francisca Pires (POR) 27.500

Pre Youth Women’s Pairs

GOLD Ella Ben Zvi & Nurit Luria (ISR) 27.150

SILVER Milla Weissinger & Lena Hafner (GER) 26.600

BRONZE Amanda Schlaepfer & Annika Baumann (SUI) 26.400

Pre Youth Women’s Groups

GOLD Michelle Obolencev, Tzuf Asor & Shachar Vardi (ISR) 27.900

SILVER Miley De Wilde, Mona Baatsleer & Charlotte Goh (BEL) 27.250

BRONZE Miriyam Mehmedov, Petya Georgieva & Denitsa Pashalova (BUL) 27.250

Youth Women’s Pairs

GOLD Johanna Schoene & Nona Kara (GER) 28.020

SILVER Aliya Nassir & Zoe Bynens (BEL) 27.460

BRONZE Sadie-Mae Rickerby & Isobel Davies (GBR) 27.230

Youth Mixed Pairs

GOLD Benedita Lopes & Salvador Oliveira (POR) 27.450

SILVER Moriah Bercovici & Oren Bar-Yoseph (ISR) 27.440

BRONZE Lewis Grollich & Milena Lalkov (GER) 27.300

Find the full results on our website: https://www.europeangymnastics.com/event/2025-european-age-group-competitions-acrobatic-gymnastics-luxembourg-lux/results.

With these thrilling finals, the curtain draws on these 13^th European Age Group Competitions. We warmly congratulate all the participants for putting such an exciting competition! Our heartfelt thanks goes out to the Local Organising Committee and the Gymnastics Federation of Luxembourg for an impeccable organisation.

We’ll see you back in the Coque Arena on Wednesday for the start of the European Championships for juniors and seniors.