Preview of the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival in Osijek (CRO)

Tomorrow, Tuesday 22 July, the gymnastics competition kicks off at the 18^th edition of the summer European Youth Olympic Festival. This biennial event is mainly taking place in Skopje (MKD) from 20 to 26 July, while Artistic Gymnastics found its home in the experienced hands of the Croatian team in Osijek. 178 junior gymnasts, 79 boys and 99 girls, will represent 39 of our member Federations.

Famed for its introduction of junior athletes into the fascinating world of multi-sports event, EYOF is seen as the stepping stone for many world-renowned gymnasts. Previous winners include stars like Illia Kovtun (UKR), Helen Kevric (GER), Vanessa Ferrari (ITA), Viktoria Listunova, Viktoria Komova and David Belyavskiy (RUS), Courtney Tulloch & Brinn Bevan (GBR) and Larisa Iordache (ROU).

Several of last year’s junior stars of Rimini made it onto the roster. France is sending their A-team of Elena Colas, Maiana Prat and Lola Chassat, all members of the victorious junior European team last year. Individually, they also earned their accolades: Colas is the reigning junior all-around and uneven bars Champion plus the bronze medallist on vault. Prat clinched the bronze medal in the all-around and is the title holder on beam; while Chassat grabbed the bronze on bars. Uzair Chowdhury, reigning junior European Champion on parallel bars, Evan McPhillips and Fawzi Zakaine Radell were all part of the victorious British junior squad in Rimini, and have the expertise to follow in the footsteps of Alex Niscoveanu, Jonas Rushworth and Sol Scott who won the team title at the 2023 edition of EYOF. 

Check out the full list on our website: 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) - Osijek (CRO) | European Gymnastics

The competition starts with the boys and girls qualification rounds which determine both the qualifiers to the mixed team and apparatus finals, and the all-around and team ranking. Organised for the third time already, the Mixed Team final sees a boy and girl team up to battle through 4 rounds to lift the trophy. The apparatus finals are split over 2 days. The top 8 gymnasts, with a maximum of 2 per country, compete in these finals.

Wishing all gymnasts the best of luck! Enjoy the experience!

 

Schedule (all times listed are in Osijek, Croatia local time)

Tuesday 22 July – Boys qualifications, All-Around & Team ranking

10:00 – 12:15 Subdivision 1

13:45 – 16:00 Subdivision 2

16:45 – 19:00 Subdivision 3

Followed by all-around and team medal ceremonies

 

Wednesday 23 July – Girls qualifications, All-Around & Team ranking

10:00 – 12:05 Subdivision 1

12:30 – 14:35 Subdivision 2

15:30 – 17:10 Subdivision 3

17:30 – 19:10 Subdivision 4

Followed by all-around and team medal ceremonies

 

Thursday 24 July

14:00 – 16:05 Mixed Team FINAL

Followed by medal ceremony

 

Friday 25 July – Apparatus FINALS part 1

14:00 – 16:10 Boys floor, pommel horse and rings, Girls vault and uneven bars

 

Saturday 26 July – Apparatus FINALS part 2

14:00 – 16:10 Boys vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar, Girls beam and floor

 

How to follow the competition?

EOC provides a livestream on Live - EOC Channel (eoctv.org).

Our partner Elevien will provide a video results book on their app.

Official hashtag of the event: #Skopje2025