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Superb display by Nagornyy to win his first European all-around title
April 12, 2019News
Number 1 and 2 after qualifications, reigning World Champion Artur Dalaloyan and his teammate Nikita Nagornyy went head-to-head in this afternoon’s all-around final in Szczecin’s Netto Arena. Both showed great consistency on all apparatus. Dalaloyan took the lead early on, after posting a 14.800 on floor while Nagornyy who opened with a high triple back, scored slightly less. With a better routine on pommel horse, Nagornyy surpassed Dalaloyan, establishing a lead of just over 1 point going into the final rotation. High bar has been the nemesis for both Russians quite often at previous events. Today, that was definitely not the case. Under pressure, Nagornyy hit an excellent routine for 14.533, the second highest score of the day on this apparatus. Dalaloyan, who qualified in first place to the high bar final, scored 2 tenths better, settling for silver. The first all-around title for Nikita Nagornyy is in the pocket!
The most important thing is that I performed solidly on each apparatus and showed stability. I'm really happy about my all-around score of 88.665 pts. Artur and I get along very well. To me it was even easier to compete knowing that Artur was by my side. We supported each other. It helped me compete calmly. Whether Artur or I would win was not important to me.
The battle for bronze went on between British gymnasts Joe Fraser and James Hall, Turkey’s Ahmet Onder and Cypriot Marios Georgiou. Gymnastics fans worldwide have recognised the talent of Georgiou for years now and he impressed today. Highlighted by a superb parallel bars set that earned him a score of 14.733, the 21-year-old from Limassol put it in a solid performance for a total score of 84.398 overtaking Fraser by the tiniest of margins. The first ever European medal for Cyprus is a fact!
Onder missed out on the bronze medal by less than a tenth and Hall lost his podium prospects on the very last event when he stumbled out one of his tumbling passes, dropping to seventh place.
Results (top 8)
1. Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) 88.665
2. Artur Dalaloyan (RUS) 87.832
3. Marios Georgiou (CYP) 84.398
4. Joe Fraser (GBR) 84.365
5. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 84.299
6. Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 83.298
7. James Hall (GBR) 83.097
8. Artur Davtyan (ARM) 83.097
Full results on: http://www.ueg.org/event/2019-individual-european-championships-artistic-gymnastics/results
These Europeans continue today with the women’s all-around final.
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