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MEET REPORTS
· 2005 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - EVENT FINALS
Vault - Benolli vaulted
a high Yurchenko double-twist with a tiny hop (9.487) and a Podkopayeva (9.337)
with the same landing for a 9.412 and first place. Pavlova took
second with a 9.312, showing a clean Yurchenko double (9.300) that was
landed low with a large step and a layout Podkopayeva (9.325) with the same
problems. Vanwalleghem nabbed the
bronze with an average of 9.193 after a nearly Yurchenko 1 1/2 (9.312) and a hop
back on her piked Lucconi (9.075). Ariella Kaeslin showed a mighty front
tuck full with a small step to the side (9.150) and a Tsukahara 1 1/5 that low
with a large step off the side of the mat (9.162) to finish just out of the
medals in fourth (9.156).
Elena Zamolodchikova had the best
landing on her Yurchenko-double (9.400) but a giant hop backwards on her
Tsukahara 1/1 (8.862) put her in fifth place with a 9.131. Sixth, Sherbatykh showed the now-compulsory
Yurchenko double (9.250) but had form problems and a step back. Her second vault
was a new Omelianchik with a large step forward (9.000) to average a 9.125.
Harmes landed her Yurchenko 1 1/2 well (9.212) abut had a big step to the
side on a piked Lucconi (9.000) to finish 7th with an average of 9.106. Sam
Bayley of Great Britain was obviously not planning on qualifying to this
final, as she showed a front tuck first vault and had way too much power,
rolling out of it (8.225). Her Podkopayeva was clean, but low, with only a
step on the landing (9.075) for an 8.650 average and 8th place.
Bars - Lepennec won the
gold with her usual flashy and daring routine (hop 1/1 + Def, Hindorff) with
just a tiny hop on her full-in dismount for a 9.687. Tania Gener
was second (9.562) with a nice routine: stalder + in bar stalder + inbar
stalder 1/1 + Gienger, Pak + stalder 1/2 + stalder 1/1 + stalder shoot, full-in.
Her handstand positions need a bit of work, however. Daria Zgoba was
clean here for a 9.500 and bronze (inbar stalder + inbar stalder 1/2 to L
+ Ono +
Jaeger, Pak + stalder 1/2, toe-on 1/2 to L + double front). Her routine is one
of the more balanced of the field, with a variety of pirouetting skills. Debauve
was 4th (9.350) with a relatively unexciting routine: Shaposhnikova + overshoot + toe
shoot, clear hip 1 1/2 + Jaeger, Kim + double front.
Jana Sikulova showed inbar stalders on the low bar (inbar stalder + inbar
stalder 1/1 + toe shoot) and the rest of her routine was clean (toe-on + giant
1/1 + Gienger, overshoot + toe-on 1/1, stalder 1/2 + double front) to place
5th with a 9.325. Scherbatykh had sloppy form and missed
handstands (front 1/2 to L + front 1/1 + Ono + Jaeger, stalder 1/2 + Pak) but a
stuck double arabian to place 6th with a 9.137. Campos was 7th
with an interesting routine (clear hip 1/2 to L + front 1/1
+ front 1/1 + straddled Jaeger, hop change + piked Jaeger, Pak, double layout)
but missed too many handstands to score higher than an 8.937. Daniela
Sofronie finished 8th (7.825) after a disastrous routine, falling
over on a stalder full and falling off on a stalder 1/2; the rest of the routine
involved a Kim + Jaeger, giant 1/1 + Kim + barani, and a giant step on her low
full-in dismount.
Beam -
Catalina Ponor was her usual solid self here, earning the gold with a 9.737
(Onodi + flip flop + 1-arm flip flop + layout, switch leap + Kochetkova, tuck
jump 1/1, front aerial + flip flop + back pike, Omelianchik, double pike) to
distance herself from the rest of the field. Debauve nabbed the silver
with another clean routine (standing arabian, 2 foot layout, tuck jump full +
Omelianchik, front aerial + side somi) and a score of 9.487. Pavlova
earned her third medal of these Championships, this time a bronze on beam with a
9.325 (front aerial + side
somi, Rulfova, Onodi, triple twist) with a few wobbles.
Ilaria Colombo, a veteran of the Sydney Olympics, just missed the medals
in 4th with a 9.212 with impressive skills (punch front + double stag
mount, front aerial + flip flop + layout with a pause in connection, switch
side, switch leap + sheep jump, punch front, switch ring, two flip flops +
double tuck) and interesting choreography. Harmes earned 5th with a 9.087 (front aerial + Rulfova,
side somi, switch leap + Khorkina, 2 1/2 twist) and her fellow teammate Linders
was 6th with a 8.750 due to a mistake-riddled routine; she failed to
connect her switch leap + wolf 1/1, bent over on a punch front, wobbled on her
layout series, and had a very sloppy Kochetkova and a large step on her double
pike dismount. Vanwalleghem was 7th with an 8.400 with small
wobbles throughout the routine and a missed connection (switch leap + straight
jump 1/1) and Lepennec
had another disappointing beam routine for 8th place (8.025); she had a
giant wobble on her standing arabian, barely staying on the beam after a
tremendous fight, large wobbles on her punch front and Kochetkova, then she fell
on her layout series and missed her switch leap + Rulfova connection!
Floor
- Isabelle Severino continued the French medal haul by winning the gold
on floor (9.575). In addition to her clean tumbling (piked full-in, 2 1/2
twist + front 1/1, triple twist) and dance combinations, her routine was
captivating and expressive. Harmes managed to place second (9.375)
with a relatively unexciting routine in comparison to the French team. She
tumbled all of Severino's passes in a slightly different order (piked full-in,
triple twist, 2 1/2 twist + front 1/1) and added a front double twist but some
of her dance combinations were incomplete. Lepennec added another
medal for the French with an exciting routine of her own, nabbing the bronze (9.337);
she tumbled the exact same passes as her teammate Severino but her landings
weren't as clean. Olympic Champion Catalina Ponor was
uncharacteristically fourth here, with a sloppy and low opening piked full-in
and a step out of bounds on her 2 1/2 twist + front layout. Ponor's triple twist
was also sloppy, but landed perfectly, and she finished with a double pike. She
was in tears after her score (9.200) was posted.
Benolli added some variety with a whip + tucked full-in (tiny hop),
triple twist (small hop), and a double pike (hop), as well as classical
choreography. Her routine was really gorgeous but her landings weren't good
enough to finish higher than fifth (9.075). Lozhecko was sixth (8.925)
after nailing her opening double arabian (straight from a roundoff!) but her
other two passes (double front, 2 whips through to double pike) were very low.
Polish gymnast Marta Pihan was a surprise finalist and she made some
unfortunate mistakes: roundoff + double arabian (huge step, almost out of
bounds), running double front (very low). The rest of her very long routine was
very clean (front full + punch front, cat leap 2/1 + tour jete 1/2, triple turn
+ Popa, double turn + tuck jump 2/1, front double twist) for an 8.875 and
7th place. Zamolodchikova finished 8th (8.475) with her
crowd-pleasing routine despite nailing her opening tucked full-in. Her whip +
triple twist was quite short and so was her 2 1/2 twist, forcing her to fall to
the side; she finished with a low double pike.
EVENT-FINALS
| VAULT |
UNEVEN-BARS |
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Name
| Score |
Name
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Score |
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1. Francesca Benolli - ITA
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9.412 |
1. Emilie Lepennec - FRA
|
9.687 |
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2. Anna Pavlova - RUS
|
9.312 |
2. Tania Gener - ESP
|
9.562 |
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3. Aagje Vanwalleghem - BEL
|
9.193 |
3. Daria Zgoba - UKR
|
9.500 |
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4. Ariella Kaeslin - SUI
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9.156 |
4. Marine Debauve - FRA
|
9.350 |
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5. Elena Zamolodchikova - RUS
|
9.131 |
5. Jana Sikulova - CZE
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9.325 |
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6. Olga Scherbatykh - UKR
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9.125 |
6. Olga Scherbatykh - UKR
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9.137 |
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7. Suzanne Harmes - NED
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9.106 |
7. Laura Campos - ESP
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8.937 |
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8. Sam Bayley - GBR
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8.650 |
8. Daniela Sofronie - ROM
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7.825 |
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| BALANCE-BEAM |
FLOOR-EXERCISE |
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Name
| Score | Name |
Score |
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1. Catalina Ponor - ROM
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9.737 |
1. Isabelle Severino - FRA
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9.575 |
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2. Marine Debauve - FRA
|
9.487 |
2. Suzanne Harmes - NED
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9.375 |
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3. Anna Pavlova - RUS
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9.325 |
3. Emilie Lepennec - FRA
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9.337 |
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4. Ilaria Colombo - ITA
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9.212 |
4. Catalina Ponor - ROM
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9.200 |
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5. Suzanne Harmes - NED
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9.087 |
5. Francesca Benolli - ITA
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9.075 |
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6. Loes Linders - NED
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8.750 |
6. Yulia Lozhecko - RUS
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8.962 |
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7. Aagje Vanwalleghem - BEL
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8.400 |
7. Marta Pihan - POL
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8.875 |
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8. Emilie Lepennec - FRA
|
8.025 |
8. Elena Zamolodchikova - RUS
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8.475 |

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