Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) grabs second consecutive European men’s all-around title

2019 World and European all-around champion Nikita Nagornny (RUS) secured his second consecutive European all-around title. Nagornyy, who qualified in first place for today’s final, was in a league of his own and showed off a strong performance on all six events to comfortably finish ahead of all other competitors. The Russian star posted the highest scores on floor exercise (14.933), rings (14.466), vault (15.000) and high bar (15.000) to score a total of 88.032 points.

2019 European Games all-around champion David Belyavskiy (RUS) took the silver with 85.864. Belyavskiy posted the highest scores on both pommel horse (14.933) and parallel bars (15.366). The silver at Basel 2021 is his third European all-around medal following gold in 2013 and silver in 2015.

Illia Kovtun (UKR), the 2020 European junior all-around champion, took home bronze following a steady performance across all six events to finish with a total of 84.864 points.

Going into the last apparatus, Ahmet Onder (TUR) was in third place but a fall with his Cassina on horizontal bar cost him a place on the podium. Onder finished in fourth, ahead of Pablo Braegger (SUI), Robert Tvorogal (LTU), Volodymyr Kostiuk (UKR) and Ivan Tikhomov (AZE).

Turkey’s Adem Asil, who qualified in fifth place for the all-around final, had to withdraw after two apparatus due to a shoulder injury.

 

All-around medallists

GOLD Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) 88.032

SILVER David Belyavskiy (RUS) 85.864

BRONZE Illia Kovtun (UKR) 84.864

Find the full results on our website: https://www.europeangymnastics.com/event/2021-european-championships-artistic-gymnastics/results

Competition continues with the first day of apparatus finals starting tomorrow. 2021 European all-around champion Nagornyy will be competing in five out of the total number of six apparatus finals this weekend.