TRA ECh: Trampoline Seniors’ Qualifications and Team finals

The competition continues with the qualification of the seniors on Trampoline for the Team finals of tonight and after these qualifications we will also know who will be among the 8 finalists on Sunday (2 gymnasts authorised by nation).

In boys’ category, the 1st group sets the bar high and Russia is clearly dominating securing all 4 top qualifying ranks. The big favourite of these Championships, the Olympic vice-champion and European title defender Dmitry Ushakov clearly prevails with a total score of 109.190. His compatriots Mikahil Melnik, Andrey Yudin and Sergei Azarian (3rd at the 2013 WCh) occupy the head of the ranking with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th ranks and the scores of 107.475, 107.055 and 106.660 respectively. Only Ushakov and Melnik thus get a ticket to tomorrow’s final.

They manage to keep their 4 top spots right to the end!

The Belarusian Uldzislau Hancharou, 5th of the Juniors ECh in 2012, impressed the crowd and takes the 5th provisional position with a score of 106.345. Deception on the other hand for his teammate Nikolai Kazak who finishes 15th.

 

In the girls’ category, the ranking is known only little by little after the passage of the different groups. Beautiful performance of the German Leonie Adam in the 1st group who sums up a nice 97.460 for her two passages thus securing a ticket to tomorrow’s final. She is outscored from the second group on by Hanna Harchonak (BLR) who presented a great routine worth 98.710 and the 3rd provisional rank.

In the 3rd group, we witness a true festival put up by the British obtaining the highest score of these qualifications for the performance of Katherine Driscoll: 100.810. She jumps to the top of the preliminary ranking while her teammate Bryony Page manages as well to earn a ticket to the finals with her routine worth 98.615. Nice routine presented as well by Pamela Clark (96.410).

In the 4th group, the Ukrainian Maryna Kyiko offers a great performance awarded with 97.610 points and the 6th provisional rank. The 96.115 points earned by the French Marine Jurbert place her on the 10th rank allowing her nevertheless to continue to the finals. All in all some beautiful exercises in this last group bringing some changes to the final top ranking with the Russians Irina Kundius (100-650 and 2nd place) and Yana Pavlova (98.675 and 4th place) both qualifying for the finals.

 

Some disappointing results delivered by the favourites of these qualifications such as the Belarusian Tatsiana Piatrenia who arrived 5th at the London OG (and 1st European in the ranking), the Georgian Luba Golovina (5th of the ECh 2012 – 7th of London OG), the British Laura Gallagher (3rd of the ECh 2012) and the Russian Victoria Voronina (8th at the London OG and current holder of the European Vice Champion title).

 

The competition continues with the juniors’ DMT and TUM and TRA seniors’ team finals.

 

Now it is the juniors’ turn to present their Tumbling exercise; we have 20 boys from 5 different nations (DEN – GBR – BLR – UKR – RUS).

Ranking of this team final in TUM junior boys: 1- RUS 2-UKR 3-BLR

 

19 girls from 5 nations lining up for the Tumbling competition: BLR – POR – BEL – GBR – RUS.

Ranking of this team final in TUM junior girls: 1- POR & GBR 3-RUS

 

For the finals in Double Mini-Trampoline there are 16 boys divided into 2 groups. The nation battling out this competition are Grande-Bretagne, Spain, Portugal and Russia.

Ranking of this team final: 1- RUS 2-ESP 3-GBR

 

There are 16 girls coming from Greece, Great-Britain, Portugal and Russia to contest the final for the title of the best nation. It is finally Russia that claims the first step of the podium followed by Portugal and Great-Britain.

 

Last but not least, we have the Trampoline Team Final in the seniors’ category.

After the 1st group, BLR is in the lead of the men’s ranking and Great-Britain at the top of the women’s ranking.

Russia arrives 5th in men’s category but probably manages to climb in the ranking and secure a step of the podium after the passage of Melnik and Ushakov.

Will Portugal, at the moment second in the men’s ranking, succeed to be the crowned Champion here in front of their home crowd?

The Russian women team, in second position for now, still has a chance to snatch away the supreme title from the British …

The atmosphere tonight here at the Guimaraes sports hall is fantastic and the public supports at the same time their women and their men team pushing them to their best performances. The suspense is high!

In men’s category Russia manages to top the ranking despite their bad start in the 1st group; In women’s there is no change: Great-Britain is the crowned European Team Champion.

 

Final Men’s Team ranking:

1- RUS 175.730

2- POR 171.400

3- BLR 169.010

 

Final Women’s Team ranking :

1- GBR 160.205

2- RUS 160.170

3- BLR 157.360

 

 

See you again tomorrow for a full day of finals, video clips and Live Streaming on the UEG YouTube channel.

 

O. Do Rosario/UEG