Preview of the 2024 European Championships in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics in Rimini (ITA)

On Thursday, the European Championships in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics kick off in the Fiera di Rimini.

The Italian coastal resort Rimini will welcome 156 senior and 132 junior gymnasts from 39 countries. Come and support them, get your tickets on ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS RIMINI 2024 (vivaticket.com)

 

Who to watch?

The best of the very best are travelling to Italy. With this line-up, exciting times are certainly ahead!

Host Italy are sending their A-team: European Champions Alice and Asia D’Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio and Angela Andreoli. Their main competition for team glory will come from 2023 World bronze medalists France (Morgane Osyssek-Reimer, Coline Devillard, Lorette Charpy, Marine Boyer and Ming Van Eijken), defending European Champions, World and Olympic medalists Great Britain (Abigail Martin, Alice Kinsella, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Becky Downie and Ruby Evans), and the other Olympic qualifiers Netherlands (Vera Van Pol, Elisabeth Geurts, Tisha Volleman, Floor Slooff and Lieke Wevers) and Romania (Ana Barbosu, Lilia Cosman, Amalia Ghigoarta, Sabrina Maneca-Voinea and Maria Ceplinschi).

Furthermore, Olympic Champion on uneven bars Nina Derwael returns to a Europeans for the first time since 2018, and after injuring her shoulder just before her home Worlds last year. The  Belgian superstar secured her ticket to Paris Olympics on beam at the World Cup series while 3 other Rimini participants, Austria’s Charlize Moerz , Bulgaria’s Valentina Georgieva, and Spain’s Laura Casabuena also clinched their Olympic entry tickets.

Another name to watch is former junior standout Helen Kevric, the 2022 junior European all-around and 2022 and 2023 EYOF Champion, as the German talent makes her senior Europeans debut. Keep your eyes also on Denmark’s Camille Rasmussen, Spain’s Alba Petisco, Poland’s 11 time national all-around champion Marta Pihan-Kulesza, Portuguese icon Filipa Martins, Slovakia’s Barbora Mokosova, Ukrainian 2022 junior European beam Champion Anna Lashchevska, and many, many more…

We wish every single gymnast loads of success, supporting them to achieve their goals.

 

Competition format

A Senior team consists of 3 - 5 gymnasts, of which up to 4 compete on each apparatus. The 3 best scores on each apparatus are added together to make the total score for the Team on that apparatus. If a Federation does not have a sufficient number of gymnasts for a full team, it is possible to participate with Individual gymnasts.

A separate All-Around Final result list will be produced including the 24 gymnasts with the highest ranking obtained. A maximum of 2 gymnasts per Federation will be taken into consideration. The results from the Senior Qualifying competition will determine the 2024 European All-Around medalists.

A Junior team consists of 3 - 5 gymnasts, of which up to 4 compete on each apparatus. The 3 best scores on each apparatus are added together to make the total score for the Team on that apparatus. If a Federation does not have a sufficient number of gymnasts for a full team, it is possible to participate with Individual gymnasts. The results from the Junior Qualifying competition will determine the 2024 Junior European Team and All-around medalists.

The 8 highest ranked gymnasts on each apparatus from the Qualifying Competition will qualify for the respective Apparatus Final. A maximum of two gymnasts per federation will be allowed in the finals.

The 8 best Teams from the Senior Qualifying Competition will participate in the Senior Team Final. The teams consist of 3 to 5 gymnasts, of which 3 compete on each apparatus. The 3 scores on each apparatus are added and make the total result.

Not only continental glory is at stake, the event also serves as the last Olympic qualifier, with one ticket available for the highest eligible all-arounder in the senior qualification round.

 

Schedule (all times listed are in Rimini local time)

Thursday 2 May – Senior Qualifications

10:00 – 12:05    Subdivision 1

12:30 – 14:35    Subdivision 2    

15:30 – 17:35    Subdivision 3

17:35 – 17:50    Opening Ceremony

18:00 – 20:00    Subdivision 4

Followed by Senior All-Around award ceremony

 

Friday 3 May – Junior Qualifications

10:45 – 12:00    Subdivision 1

12:30 – 14:35    Subdivision 2    

15:30 – 17:35    Subdivision 3

18:00 – 20:00    Subdivision 4

Followed by Junior Team & All-Around award ceremonies

 

Saturday 4 May – Senior Apparatus Finals

16:25 – 17:10    Vault Final plus award ceremony

17:10 – 18:05    Uneven Bars Final plus award ceremony

18:05 – 18:55    Balance Beam Final plus award ceremony

18:55 – 19:45    Floor exercise Final plus award ceremony

 

Sunday 5 May – Junior Apparatus Finals & Senior Team Final

10:00 – 10:45    Junior Vault Final plus award ceremony

10:45 – 11:40    Junior Uneven Bars Final plus award ceremony

11:40 – 12:30    Junior Balance Beam Final plus award ceremony

12:30 – 13:20    Junior Floor exercise Final plus award ceremony

15:00 – 17:10    Senior Team Final

Followed by SmartScoring Shooting Star Award, Team award ceremony, and Closing Ceremony

 

How to follow the competition?

European Gymnastics and its Global Partners EBU and SmartScoring are committed to bringing all the action to your living room.

The senior competition will be streamed on the EBU platform Eurovision - Sport (eurovisionsport.com) in addition to being shown on TV throughout Europe. Geo-blocking can occur if your national TV channels shows the event. A comprehensive list of TV rights holders and their planned coverage is available on our website.

The junior competition will be streamed on SmartScoring’s Gymtv.online platform, for just € 6, you get to witness the junior women’s competition: qualifications that determine team and all-around medalists, and the apparatus finals. Get your subscription here: 2024 European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics - Europeangymnastics (gymtv.online).

You can follow the live scoring on Live Results - SmartScoring | Every second matters.

Results of past championships are available on our website.

Official hashtag of the event: #Rimini2024