Ukraine’s golden start to #RGTallinn2025

A historic day in many ways today at Tallinn’s Unibet Arena! For the first time ever, the Estonian Gymnastics Federation organises a European Gymnastics event, the European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics! And that kicked off this afternoon with the junior groups.

A stellar display of teamwork from Ahata Bilenko, Marharyta Melnyk, Anastasiia Nikolenko, Taisiia Redka, Oleksandra Nikol Samoukina and Kateryna Shershen ensured the opening day of these Europeans belonged to Ukraine. With a total score of 48.200 for the combined efforts with 5 hoops and 5 pairs of clubs, Ukraine held of a strong challenge by Spain for their first European junior all-around title! Spain clinched silver, just 0.250 behind, and Italy ended third another half a point further in the ranking. In the 5 clubs final, the Ukrainian ladies posted a fabulous 24.650 for their Ghostbusters-themed routine cruising to their second victory of the day. This time, they were joined on the podium by Israel for silver and Bulgaria for bronze.

The Italian junior group, featuring Flavia Cassano, Elisa Maria Comignani, Chiara Cortese, Virginia Galeazzi, Ginevra Pascarella and Elisabetta Valdifiori, impressed with their 5 hoops routine to clinch the third European title on offer today. With a score of 24.100, Italy beat Poland by two tenths while Israel edged Spain for the bronze medal.

The host nation’s group wrote history too: the Estonians girls qualified for both apparatus finals, finishing 5^th all-around, 6^th with 5 hoops and 4^th with 5 clubs. Smiles all around in the Estonian delegation and amongst the fans!

 

Congratulations to the medallists!

All-Around

GOLD Ukraine 48.200

SILVER Spain 47.950

BRONZE Italy 47.450

 

5 Hoops

GOLD Italy 24.100

SILVER Poland 23.900

BRONZE Israel 23.450

 

5 Clubs

GOLD Ukraine 24.650

SILVER Israel 24.100

BRONZE Bulgaria 24.050

 

Find the full results on our website: 2025 Rhythmic Europeans - Tallinn (EST) | European Gymnastics.

These European Championships continue tomorrow with the first day of qualifications for senior individuals!