Romanian Double Peak with Iordache and Bulimar vs. Russian Stars

The 34th WOMEN's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships 2013, - the 5th since 2005 as so-called "Individual ECh", began this morning in the Great Hall of the Olympic Sports Complex in Moscow with the qualifying rounds.
After completion of the preliminary fights, there was the expected dominance of Romanian gymnasts larisa Iordache and Diana Bulimar and the Russian hosts, with Anastasia Grishina, Aliya Mustafina and Ksenia Afanasieva.
Best on vault was the Swiss Giulia Steingruber and a strong impression on uneven bars left Germany's European Junior Champion Sophie Scheder ...

* Thursday, April 18
DAY 2, WOMEN's - Qualification
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Total occur according to event list to 74 gymnasts from 30 European nations. Unlike the men, the most significant plans to complete the entire four-fight ... ...

> Startlist Subdivision 1 (- 10.30 local time)

Absolutely no surprise was the Russian leadership and one of the favorit on medals, Anastasia Grishina, who scored 56.065 points in all-around.
As for men also set the Britons young girlslike Ruby Harrold, the current fourth of the British Championships in March in Liverpool, ranked second place with 54.799 points, just ahead of the young Italian Elisa Menenghini (54.782), which is still in the previous year junior range the JECh just missed a medal on fourth place Brussels last year.
17 of the 23 launched gymnasts in this first group completed the full all-around on, however, the current British Champion Gabrielle Jupp (only bars and beam; 5 of JECh in the previous year) waived as well, as well as Germany's Junior European Champion at the uneven bars (Brussels, 2012), Sophie Scheder from Chemnitz: with 14,700 points they scored the maximum value in this group in their specialized and only apparatus..
>> Results after Subdivision 1

> Startlist Subdivision 2 (- 2.30 pm local time)

In this second group were with Larisa Iordache and Diana Bulimar the two Romanian rivals who were most likely to occur in the medals area.
And indeed they sat in this order (57.198, 56.132 points) even before Grishina to the top of 30 gymnasts so far more fighters from the previous 46 competitors.
Behind Ruby Harrold (GBR), Elisa Meneghini and Giorgia Campana (both Italy) on the other places.

Germany's Sophie Scheder peak on parallel bars (14.700) was exceeded only by the Briton Rebecca Downie (14,733) and the young debutante Cagla Akyol (GER) ranked at the end of the 2nd group on 12th place with best chances for the all-around final.
The Best of Switzerland Jessica Diacci ranked on 17th place only - not enough for the top 24 at the end ...
>> Results after Subdivision 2

British Gymnastics TV met the British best in all-around, Ruby HARROLD after the qualification:
* GYM video ---: Ruby Harrold (GBR)

* Youtube (250)

... and also Rebecca Downie (GBR) after her phantastic uneven bars routine ((14,733):
* GYM video ---:

* Youtube (155)

> Startlist Subdivision 3 (- 5.15 pm local time)

The leading trio after first and second group had stock:
Iordache in front of Bulimar and Grishina, behind them with 56,057 points Russia's Aliya Mustafina and Ksenia Afanasjewa (55.099), followed by the Spanish Roxana Popa Nedelcu (55.065).
Mustafina is at the forefront of the uneven bars score before the British Rebecca Downie and before Germany's European Junior Champion Sophie Scheder. Less than o,1 points Germany's Lisa-Katharina Hill missed the UB final ... ...
The Romanian duo Iordache / Bulimar leads the balance beam ranking and the floor world champion of Tokyo 2011, Ksenia Afanasjewa shone as best on the floor exercisest. Overall, the differences of the leaders of the devices are so scarce that exciting and open finals are to be expected!

Also Giulia Steingruber (SUI) moved up as number nine still among the all-around's Top Ten and even leads the result on vault with 14.783 points, ahead of Russia's Maria Paseka.
Both Germans - Lisa-Katharina Hill (51,965) as the seventeenth as well Cagla Akyol (22) are qualified for the all-around final, as well as Switzerland by Ilaria Käslin (17) is represented as twice among the top 24 finalists, as well as Austria with Lisa Ecker (20) and Elisa Hammerle (24).
Altogether 54 of the 74 starters from 30 different European nations completed a full all-around competition.
The all-around finals of men and women take place on Friday, April 19.

* Final standing:
>> Women's qualification results, all
> Women's all-around;
>> Results, overview (- inclusive all qualifiers)

** ... >> Men's Qualification, yesterday

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