Thrilling action in Saturday of European Cup

In a stacked Saturday of apparatus action in Baku, Cross Battle positions were determined while apparatus medals were awarded at the 2026 European Cup.

Individual Action

Daniela Munits and Mariia Borisova took the top spots in the clubs and ribbon apparatus events respectively in a busy few hours of competition in Baku.

Munits – who won European Championship gold in 2024 – collected another gold for the collection with a 28.650, finishing ahead of Darya Viarenich and Sofia Raffaeli.

With the ribbon, Borisova recorded the top score of the day with 28.800. Borisova’s gold was followed by Taisiia Onofriichuk in silver and Tara Dragas in bronze. For those two, they recorded the top All-Around results across the apparatus’. Onofriichuk scored 113.400, Dragas just behind with 111.350.

Clubs

GOLD – Daniela Munits (ISR) 28.650
SILVER – Darya Viarenich (AIN1) 28.350
BRONZE – Sofia Raffaeli (ITA) 28.200

Ribbon

GOLD – Mariia Borisova (AIN2) 28.800
SILVER – Taisiia Onofriichuk (UKR) 28.450
BRONZE – Tara Dragas (ITA) 28.350

It’s left us with our eight clashes in the Sunday Cross Battle. With the hoop, it will be:
Vera Tugolukova v Polina Karika
Darya Viarenich v Hanna Kamenshchykava
Alona Tal Franco v Andreea Verdes
Taisiia Onofriichuk v Emmi Piiroinen

While with the ball, the head-to-heads will see the following:
Arina Kovshova v Fanni Pigniczki
Sofia Raffaeli v Amalia Lica
Mariia Borisova v Daniela Munits
Tara Dragas v Hatice Gokce Emir

Groups make their moment

After individuals, it was the long awaited turn of the groups to leave Baku spellbound. They certainly didn’t disappoint. With 14 groups in action including Italy and Bulgaria, the level was inevitably high.

With the 5x Balls, Israel came out on top with a 26.400, ahead of AIN1 and Italy, while it was AIN 2 who won with the hoops and clubs, 27.250 the winning total. AIN1 and Ukraine made it onto the podium too.

5x Balls

GOLD – Israel 26.400
SILVER – AIN1 26.150
BRONZE – Italy 25.650

3x Hoops and 2x Clubs

GOLD – AIN2 27.250
SILVER – AIN1 26.700
BRONZE – Ukraine 26.550

It leaves the Cross Battle encounters as...
AIN2 v Italy
Ukraine v Israel
AIN1 v Bulgaria

The action concludes on Sunday with the Cross Battles, as individuals and groups take on one another in what is guaranteed to be unmissable entertainment. You can watch it all on gymtv.online as it happens. Get all the full scores from Baku here.