26. Mai 2024  
Budapest, HUN  
Rhythmic Gymnastics

40th Europeans of Rhythmic Gymnastics 2024

The 40th Anniversary European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2024 will be held in the Hungarian capital Budapest from 22 to 26 May. The venue for the competitions will be the Budapest Laszlò Papp Sportaréna, named after the 3-time Hungarian Olympic boxing champion.
Last year's bronze medallist, Bulgaria's Stiliana NIKOLOVA, secured the all-around victory with three best scores (except hoop) and 143.750 points, relegating former world champion Sofia RAFFAELI (139.750) to silver, just like last year. Bronze went to current world champion Darja VARFOLOMEEV (GER), who relegated defending champion Boryana Kaleyn to 4th place with a score of 138.450.
* On the final day, the four European titles with the hand apparatus went to top gymnasts from four nations:
Boryana KALEYN (BUL) with the hoop, Sofia RAFFAELI (ITA) with the ball, Daniela MUNITS (ISR) with the clubs and Darja VARFOLOMEEV (GER) with the ribbon, with Raffaeli and Varfolomeev successfully defending their previous year's titles.
* After the all-around victory of the Spanish group, they also won the group final with the combination routine (3 ribbons/2 balls. Group gold with the 5 hoops went to ITALY ahead of Spain and Israel. The Azerbaijan group was the last to qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris.


  40th EUROPEANS RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS


♦ JECh (Juniors), Qualifications & Team decision
   & JECh App. Indiv. Finals ( → for more see below)
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* ECh-Qualifications, Friday, May 24
  (Elite): Clubs & ribbon, AA completed

   ECh RESULTS TEAM Competition:
1. BULGARIA - 269,150
2. ITALY           - 267,350
3. GERMANY    - 265,500

4. ISR - 264,450;  5. HUN - 257,250;  6. ESP - 255,850
       ►► Detailed Results
  * ECh-Qualifications (Elite):
H o o p;     ► B a l l;  C l u b sR i b b o n
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ECh (Elite) - Indiv. ALL-AROUND FINAL (Saturday, May 25)


* Before the end of the final, Italy's former world champion Sofia Raffaeli was still leading with 139.750 (+1.3 points ahead) ahead of the current world champion Darja Varfolomeev (GER; 138.450) and Bulgaria's Borjana Kaleyn (135.550). In the end, however, Bulgaria's Stiliana NIKOLOVA came out on top with a super series of three best performances (except for the hoop) and pushed the last two all-around world champions of recent years, Sofia RAFFAELI (ITA) and Darja VARFOLOMEEV (GER), into the medal ranks:

  ECh - ALL-AROUND
1. NIKOLOVA, Stiliana    (BUL) - 143,750
2. RAFFAELI, Sofia              (ITA) - 139,750
3. VARFOLOMEEV, Darja   (GER) - 138,450

  ... 7. KOLOSOV, Margerita      (GER) - 133,400
       ►► Detailed Results
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  ECh - INDIVIDUAL APP. FINALS  (Sunday, May 28)

 ECh (Elite) - GROUPS, App. FINALS
SPAIN proved to be the most successful group today.
Their 5 hoops routine earned 38.750. Enough for the silver medal behind the experience Farfalle from ITALY.

 * ITALY - the best with a dynamic hoop routine!

Then Spain did one better, grabbing the last gold medal of these Championships, after a simply stunning 3 Ribbons & 2 Balls performance.
The group from Israel also won two medals: bronze with 5 hoops and silver in mixed apparatus. Ukraine returns home with the bronze for their ribbon / balls combination.
* FIVE HOOPS
1. ITALY        - 39,350
2. SPAIN         - 38,750
3. ISRAEL       - 38,650

  ... 7. GERMANY   - 35,750
       ►► Detailed Results
            * Qualification: ► Group,5 hoops;
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* Spanish group with silver and gold - most successfully!
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* 3 Ribbons / 2 Balls (Combi Exercise)
1. SPAIN         - 34,700
2. ISRAEL         - 34,500
3.UKRAINE      - 33,900

      4. Azerbaijan    - 70,200 (qu OS)
 ... 6. GERMANY    - 32,150
       ►► Detailed Results
            * Qualification: ► Groups, combi
 


  J E Ch - Junior Europeans  2024


JECh Team Results: (Wednesday, May 22)

The first decision of the European Junior Championships was made on the first day of competition:
In the national competition, victory went to Romania and the medals to Israel and Azerbaijan.

1. ROU - 125,100;    2. ISR - 123,750;     3. AZE - 117,400;
4. BUL - 117,300;     5. ITA  - 113,750;      6. EST - 113,350;
     Detailed Results
In total, juniors from 36 nations took part in this competition.
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♦ JECh Ind. Apparatus Finals (Thursday, May 23)
* H o o p
1. LICA, Amalia (ROU) - 32,850;
2. TAL FRANCO, Alona (ISR) - 32,750;
3. MASLOV, Olivia (POL) - 32,250;

               Detailed Results
*  B a l l

1. SUMKIN, M.Maayan (ISR) - 33,550;
2. PIERGENTILI, Anna  (ITA) - 31,250;
3. VALKOVA, Magda   (BUL) - 31,150;

     Detailed Results

*   C l u b s
1. LICA, Amalia           (ROU) - 30,800;
2. PONIKVAR, Alja       (SLO) - 30,550;
3. TAL FRANCO, Alona  (ISR) - 30,450;

    Detailed Results

* R i b b o n
1. LICA, Amalia        (ROU) - 30,950;
2. MALINOVA, Dara  (BUL) - 29,600;
3. KAJAIA, Barbare (GEO) - 29,000;

     Detailed Results

* Individual App. Qualification (Wednesday, May 22)
H o o p ;      ► B a l l      ► C l u b s;     ► R i b b o n;