Triple crowns for Israel, Belgium and Russia as #ACRO2019 concludes

The last day of the 2019 European Championships in Acrobatic Gymnastics saw the juniors and seniors competing in the remaining balance and dynamic finals.

In the senior competition, the women’s group and the men’s pairs showed off their balance exercise. The mixed pairs, women’s pair and men’s group competed their dynamic routine.

Two units managed to claim their third victory of the event! First, Belgium’s Talia De Troyer, Britt Vanderdonckt and Charlotte Van Royen (BEL) beat Portugal’s Francisca Sampaio Maia, Francisca Maia and Barbara Sequeira in the dynamic final, with Israel’s Tzlil Hurvitz, Or Armona and Yarin Ovadia claiming the bronze. Then, Russian mixed pair Viktoria Aksenova and Kirill Startsev stepped into the footsteps of their predecessors and compatriots Marina Chernova and Georgiy Pataraya who won the triple crown both in 2015 and in 2017. Belarussians Volha Melnik and Artur Beliakou missed out on the all-around and the balance final but will return home with the silver for their dynamic routine. Germany’s Tim Sebastian and Michail Kraft delighted the crowd, especially the large number of German supporters, when their balance routine proved to be worthy of gold. Three pairs battled for silver and bronze. All-around Champions Adam Upcott and Charlie Tate edged Artsiom Yashchanka and Aliaksei Zayats for the silver.

A close fight in the women’s pairs finals where Portugal’s Ana Teixeira and Rita Ferreira edged Ukraine’s Yulia Pylypiak and Oleksandra-Maria Tabachynska by just 0.010! Another victory for the Portuguese team as Miguel Silva, Henrique Piqueiro, Frederico Silva and Henrique Silva earned the European title in dynamic over Russians German Kudriashov, Alexander Sorokin, Kirill Zadorin and Valeriy Tukhashvili with Ukraine in the bronze medal position.

In the junior competition, the women’s pairs and women’s groups competed in the balance finals while the men’s pairs, mixed pairs and men’s groups battled for the medals in the dynamic finals.

Israeli women’s pair Almog Green and Maayan Zunenshine and women’s group Meshi Hurvitz, Nikol Aleinik and Inbal Zeitounei clinched their third victory of the week. Several new Champions were crowned as well, with Belarussians Viktoria Akhotnikava and Ilia Famenkou winning the mixed pairs title. The British anthem sounded for the men’s group featuring Max Crawford, Kieran Holbrook, Andrew Morris-Hunt and Cameron Patrick-Lothian while Azerbaijan reached the top of the podium in the men’s pairs final, gold for Daniel Abbasov and Murad Rafiyev.

 

Medallists juniors

Women’s Group – Balance

1.           Meshi HURVITZ, Nikol ALEINIK & Inbal ZEITOUNEI (ISR) 28.800
2.           Viktoria KUNITSA, Oleksandra MALCHUK & Daryna POMIANOVSKA (UKR) 28.500
3.           Daria TIKHOMIROVA, Sofia POLISHCHUK & Inna IUMASHEVA (RUS) 28.250

 

Mixed Pair – Dynamic

1.           Viktoria AKHOTNIKAVA & Ilia FAMENKOU (BLR) 28.350
2.           Maria BOITSOVA & Kirill ROMANOV (RUS) 28.200
3.          Ella HANNA SANZ & Jordan FRANKLIN (GBR) 28.200

 

Men’s Pair - Dynamic

1.           Daniel ABBASOV & Murad RAFIYEV (AZE) 28.260
2.           Bohdan POHRANYCHNYI & Danylo STETSIUK (UKR) 28.150
3.           Sammi NASSMAN & Sam LARGE (GBR) 28.150

 

Women’s Pair – Balance

1.           Almog GREEN & Maayan ZUNENSHINE (ISR) 28.950
2.           Daria KISELEVA & Aleksandra KORIAKINA (RUS) 28.500
3.           Palina KUNOUSKAYA & Aliona TRAULKA (BLR) 28.420

 

Men’s Group – Dynamic

1.           Max CRAWFORD, Kieran HOLBROOK, Andrew MORRIS-HUNT & Cameron PATRICK-LOTHIAN (GBR) 28.300
2.           Adam NUDEL, Nevo Moshe GAVRA, Tomer OFFIR & Yorai KLEIMAN (ISR) 27.920
3.           Renat ALIEV, Maksim MASHKETOV, Daniil VIUTERIKH & Daniil LEONTEV (RUS) 27.800

 

Medallists seniors

Women’s Group – Balance

1.            Talia DE TROYER, Britt VANDERDONCKT & Charlotte VAN ROYEN (BEL) 29.980
2.            Francisca SAMPAIO MAIA, Francisca MAIA & Barbara SEQUEIRA (POR) 29.220
3.            Tzlil HURVITZ, Or ARMONY & Yarin OVADIA (ISR) 28.370

 

Mixed Pair - Dynamic

1.            Viktoria AKSENOVA & Kirill STARTSEV (RUS) 29.290
2.            Volha MELNIK & Artur BELIAKOU (BLR) 28.860
3.            Ruhidil GURBANLI & Abdulla AL-MASHAYKHI (AZE) 28.680

 

Men’s Pair – Balance  

1.            Tim SEBASTIAN & Michail KRAFT (GER) 29.000
2.            Adam UPCOTT & Charlie TATE (GBR) 28.640
3.            Artsiom YASHCHANKA & Aliaksei ZAYATS (BLR) 28.600

 

Women’s Pair – Dynamic

1.            Ana TEIXEIRA & Rita FERREIRA (POR) 28.090
2.           Yulia PYLYPIAK & Oleksandra-Maria TABACHYNSKA (UKR) 28.080
3.            Iasmina ISHANKULOVA & Diana KOROTAEVA (RUS) 27.050

 

Men’s Group – Dynamic

1.            Miguel SILVA, Henrique PIQUEIRO, Frederico SILVA & Henrique SILVA (POR) 28.760
2.           German KUDRIASHOV, Alexander SOROKIN, Kirill ZADORIN & Valeriy TUKHASHVILI (RUS) 28.460
3.            Stanislav KUKURUDZ, Yuriy SAVKA, Yurii PUSH & Taras YARUSH (UKR) 28.340

 

Find the full results on our website: https://www.ueg.org/event/2019-european-championships-acrobatic-gymnastics/overview

This concludes these European Championships. A big thank you to all gymnasts, coaches and judges and of course to the Israeli Gymnastics Federation and the city of Holon for a wonderful organisation!