47th EUROPEANS of WOMEN Artistic Gymnastics 2026

Angelina MELNIKOVA, best athlete also in Europe

In the 63-year history of the European Women’s Gymnastics Championships (- since Bucharest in 1957), team medals are being awarded for the 19^th time (since Stockholm in 1994). At this year’s 47^th European Women’s Gymnastics Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, the Italian Squadra Azzurra is now aiming for a hat-trick following its first gold in Volos (2006), having been crowned champions again in Rimini / ITA (2024) and most recently in Leipzig / GER (2025), after their victory in Munich / GER (2022). However, the controversial admission of RUSSIA under ‘neutral status’ (WG2) threw a spanner in the works:
The Russian team, led by the exceptional athlete and newly crowned European all-round champion Angelina MELNIKOWA, won their sixth European Team Championship gold since 2000 in Zagreb, relegating ITALY to second place ...:

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Although Team Germany has won its only team medals to date over the last four years – bronze in Munich (2022) and silver in Leipzig (2025) – hopes of a medal are less realistic, as the Russian gymnasts are back in contention – albeit without the national symbolism – having won the team title five times in the new millennium, most recently in 2018.
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47*. TURN-EUROPAMEISTERSCHAFTEN der FRAUEN (13. - 16. August)

* Sunday August 16,
♦♦ T E A M F I N A L

On the final day of the European Championships, the Russian women relegated the two-time champions and defending title-holders from ITALY to second place this time round. FRANCE, on the other hand, achieved a ‘mini hat-trick’, winning the bronze medal for the third time in a row.
Although Team Germany had won its only team medals to date – bronze in Munich (2022) and silver in Leipzig (2025), their medal hopes were less realistic from the outset, as the Russian gymnasts – albeit without the added weight of national symbolism – once again made a strong impact on the team competition and fielded a high-calibre line-up featuring the current all-around world champion Angelina MELNIKOVA and the new European all-around runner-up, Anna KALMYKOVA. In the new millennium (most recently in 2018), the Russian women had won the team title five times to date.
Hosts and last year’s runners-up, Germany, despite putting in their strongest team performance on the uneven bars (Helen Kevric again scoring the day’s best mark of 14.700), were overtaken by all three medallists – as well as the British team – on the remaining three apparatus, and ultimately finished in 5th place ahead of the Netherlands.
♦ ECh TEAM FINAL
1. WG2 (RUS) - 165,430
2. ITALY - 161,796
3. FRANCE - 159,263
4. GREAT BRITAIN - 157,764
5. GERMANY - 156,664
6. NETHERLANDS -152,995
7. SPAIN - 150,130
8. BELGIUM - 147,829
► Detailed Results:
► Historical ECh Team results
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47^th ECh WOMEN's Artistic Gymnastics (August 13 - 16)

♦ ALL-AROUND + Qualification, Elite
* The Russian women, now eligible to compete again without national symbols, were expected to dominate: Angelina Melnikova (55.932) and Anna Kalmykova (54.932) set clear benchmarks in the all-around as the top favourites, followed by Elena Colas (FRA; 53.966) and the third Russian, Lyudmila Roshchina (53.866) .
The 26-year-old reigning all-around world champion (2025), Angelina Melnikova, has thus secured her first continental all-around title, following her bronze (2019) and silver (2021) medals!
♦ ECh ALL-AROUND (=FINAL)
1. MELNIKOVA, Angelina (WG 2) - 55,932
2. KALMYKOVA, Anna (WG 2) - 54,632
3. COLAS, Elene (FRA) - 53,966
4. VISSER, Naomi (NED) - 53,299
5. PETISCO, Alba (ESP) - 53,198
6. MARANO, July (ITA) - 53,033
... 10. BICKEL, Lena (SUI) - 51,732
... 13. QUAAS, Lea Marie (GER) - 51,132
... 24. BOHLE, Leni (AUT) - 49,398
* The best all-rounder from the German-speaking world was Lena Bickel of Switzerland, who finished 10th (51.732) and even qualified for the floor final.
The best German in the all-around was Lea Marie Quaas from Chemnitz, who finished 13th (51.132).
* Detailed Results: ► ALL-AROUND
> Historical AA balance
.* The Russian team (referred to as “World Gymnastics II”) is well clear at the top of the team standings, followed by defending champions Italy and Great Britain. The German team qualified for the team final in fourth place, closely followed by the French and Dutch teams.
* Detailed results: ► Team qualifikation
* Russia’s top duo secured seven of the maximum possible eight places in the finals; Melnikova qualified on all four apparatus – achieving her personal best on vault and floor; Kalmykova qualified for three finals, excluding the floor.
* Germany’s medal hopes in the apparatus finals rest with Helen Kevric, who scored the day’s highest mark (14.766) on the uneven bars, although she had only competed on two apparatus and had missed out on the balance beam final, finishing tenth. German vault champion Karina Schoenmaier finished second behind Melnikova, and Austria’s Charlize Moerz also reached the final of the top eight here!
* Final-Qualification: ► Vault; ► Uneven bars; ► Balance beam; ► Floor ecerc
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* SAT, August 15
♦ ECh APPARATUS F I N A L S, Elite

V A U L T --:
1. MELNIKOVA, Angelina (WG2) - (5.0/5.6) =14,166
2. SCHÖNMAIER, Karina (GER) - (5.0/4.8) =14,066
3. VAELEN, Lisa (BEL) - (5.4/4.4) =13,983
► Detailed Results
* Quali: ► Vault;

U N E V E N B A R S -- :

1. KEVRIC, Helen (GER) - (6.2) = 14,500
2. IORIO, Elisa (ITA) - (6.3) = 14,333
3. PEROTTI, Giulia (ITA) - (6.1) = 14,233
► Detailed Results
* Quali: ► Uneven bars;

B A L A N C E B E A M -- :

  1. COLAS, Elena (FRA) - (5.8) =13,933
2. ESPOSITO, Manila (ITA) - (5.8) =13,833
3. MELNIKOVA, Angelina  (WG2) - (5.6) =13,700
        ► Detailed Results
* Quali:  ► Beam ;

. F L O O R E X E R C I S E S - - :
1. ESPOSITO, Manila (ITA) - (5.8) =13,700
2. COLAS, Elena (FRA) - (5.5) =13,633
3. MELNIKOVA, Angelina (WG2) - (5.9) =13,566
► Detailed Results
* Quali: ► Floor exerc.
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♦♦ 15^thJECh - Junior Championships 2026

* FRI, August 14:
♦ ALL-AROUND + Qualification, Juniors
With Alexandra ANDRIANOWA (53.565) and Polina DMITRIEWA (53.165), two Russian junior gymnasts competing under neutral status (WG2) took the top two places in the all-around standings. Close behind in third place was Italy’s Clarissa RINALDI (52.698).
Apart from Russia, only Italy and France had two gymnasts in the top ten. Luna Zimmermann was the best German junior, finishing in 11th place (48.632), whilst the only other competitor from the German-speaking world was Anni Sohnsmeyer (47.466), who came 18th out of the 24 competitors.
♦ JECh- All-around
1. ANDRIANOVA, Alexandra (WG2) - 53,565
2. DMITRIEVA, Polina (WG2) - 53,165
3. RINALDI, Clarissa (ITA) - 52,698
.   ► Detailed Results
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♦ TEAMS Juniors  (26 nations)
1. WORLD GYMNASTICS 2 (RUS) - 158,629
2. ITALY - 153,762
3. FRANCE - 153,129
4. GBR - 148,462; 5. BEL - 147,563; 6. WG1 (BLR) - 144,897
7. GER - 144,364; 8. ISR - 143,896; 9. ESP - 143,664;
   10. SUI - 141,796;... 14. AUT - 136,030; ..22. LUX - 127,530;
.   ► Detailed Results

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* SUNDAY, August 16
♦ APPARATUS FINALS JuniorS

V A U L T --:

1. TUDOR, Aniela (ROU) - (4.4 / 4.8) =13,383
2. MIRONOVA, Daria (WG2) - (4.2 / 4.0) =13,166
3. MARLIAC, Lilou (FRA) - (4.4 / 4.0) =13,133
4. Zimmermann, Luna (GER) - (4.2 / 3.6) =13,015
► Detailed Results

U N E V E N B A R S - :

1. DMITRIEVA, Polina (WG2) - (6.0) = 13,900
2. ANDRIANOVA, Aleksandra (WG2) - (5.7) = 13,666
3. RINALDI, Clarissa (ITA) - (5.6) = 13,533
► Detailed Results

B A L A N C E B E A M -- :

  1. DMITRIEVA, Polina (WG2) - (5.8) = 13,933
   2. PLISSON, Louane (FRA) - !(5.1) =13,166
   3. CARDELLI, Elisabetta (GBR) - (5.3) =12,833
► Detailed Results

. FLOOR EXERCISES:
  1. DMITRIEVA, Polina (WG2) - (5.2) = 13,233
2. ANDRIANOVA, Aleksandra (WG2) - (5.2) = 12,966
   3. RINALDI, Clarissa (ITA) - (4.9) = 12,633
  ► Detailed Results

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