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Russia's gymnasts took six more gold medals as the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival concluded Friday and Saturday in Győr, Hungary. Pictured: Women's all-around champion Ksenia Klimenko (Russia) won gold medals on balance beam and floor exercise

Russia's gymnasts took six more gold medals as the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival concluded Friday and Saturday in Győr, Hungary.

The Russians dominated the biennial event, topping the medal standings with 16 of the 42 medals awarded in Győr, inlcuding nine golds. Italy was next best with seven medals, followed by Spain and Great Britain with four each. A dozen nations won medals this week.

Women's all-around champion Ksenia Klimenko, who led Russia to the women's team title, added two more gold medals on balance beam (13.866/5.8) and floor exercise (13.266/5.0) and a silver on uneven bars, where Elisa Iorio's 6.0-Difficulty routine impressed for first place.

Russia's Valeria Saifulina won vault with a 14.149 average over Denisa Golgotă (14.033), whose silver was the lone medal for Romania in Győr.

Top qualifier Asia D'Amato of Italy, who was a delighted silver medalist in the all-around, won the bronze (14.016). She added the silver on balance beam on Saturday (13.266/5.1).

Germany's Emelie Petz, who qualified for all four finals, won the silver on floor exercise (13.133/4.9) ahead of France's (12.866/4.7).

2017 EYOF Medal Count

Country		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Russia	9	5	2	16
2.	Italy	1	4	2	7
3.	Spain	1		3	4
4.	Great Britain	2	1	1	4
5.	Switzerland	1		1	2
6.	Germany		1	1	2
7.	Belgium			2	2
8.	Romania		1		1
9.	Croatia		1		1
10.	Belarus		1		1
11.	France			1	1
12.	Bulgaria			1	1

The British, now firmly established as one of the top gymnastics power in Europe for men and women, performed under expections with few spots in finals, and won just two medals. However, the two gymnasts who qualified for finals each earned a medal: a gold for all-around champion Jamie Lewis on still rings and a bronze for Amelie Morgan on uneven bars.

Spain's Nicolau Mir Rosselló, the all-around bronze medalist, added the gold medal on floor exercise and bronze medals on vault and parallel bars to close out a hugely successful EYOF for him. Mir Rosselló trains at the Xelska club in Palma de Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, which is run by his parents, Práxedes Rosselló and Pedro Mir.

Sergei Naidin, after a disappointing all-around finish, rebounded with gold medals on pommel horse (13.600/4.8) and parallel bars, and the silver on still rings. On pommel horse, Naidin earned the largest margin of victory of the day, winning by more than a full point. Russians Alexander Kartsev won the gold on high bar and silver on parallel bars, while all-around silver medalist Yuri Busse took second on floor exercise and third on rings.

Bulgarian-American David Huddleston, who lives and trains in San Antonio, Texas, made his long journey worthwhile with the bronze medal on floor exercise, the only event he competed at the EYOF after suffering a shoulder injury prior to the meet.

Switzerland's Andrin Frey won the gold meal on vault (13.916 average) over Belarusian Sviataslau Dranitski (13.849) and Mir Rosselló (13.549).

Belgium picked up two bronze medals from Ward Claeys on pommel horse (12.466/4.1) and Mattis Bouchet on high bar (13.133/4.1).

Mauro Nemčanin won the silver on pommel horse (12.566/4.5), continuing Croatia's strong tradition on the event.

The 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, while the junior European championships will take place next year in Glasgow.

External Link: Official Website

2017 European Youth Olympic Festival
July 27, Győr, Hungary

Women's Vault Final			D	E	ND	Score	Average
1.	Valeria Saifulina		5.0	9.033		14.033	14.149
			5.4	8.866		14.266
2.	Denisa Golgotă		5.4	9.000		14.400	14.033
			4.8	8.866		13.666
3.	Asia D'Amato		5.4	8.766	0.1	14.066	14.016
			5.2	8.766		13.966
4.	Emelie Petz		5.0	9.066		14.066	13.783
			4.6	8.900		13.500
5.	Dominika Ponížilová		5.0	8.700		13.700	13.616
			4.8	8.733		13.533
6.	Sanna Veerman		5.0	8.766	0.1	13.666	13.616
			4.6	8.966		13.566
7.	Elisa Iorio		5.4	8.133	0.3	13.233	13.366
			4.6	8.900		13.500
8.	Csenge Bácskay		5.0	7.666		12.666	13.033
			4.6	8.800		13.400

Uneven Bars Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Elisa Iorio		6.0	8.100		14.100
2.	Ksenia Klimenko		5.8	8.266		14.066
3.	Asia D'Amato		5.5	7.833		13.333
4.	Varvara Zubova		5.2	8.100		13.300
5.	Anastasia Bachynska		5.2	7.833		13.033
6.	Sanna Veerman		5.5	7.333		12.833
7.	Leonie Meier		4.9	7.533		12.433
8.	Emelie Petz		3.8	7.200		11.000

Balance Beam Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Ksenia Klimenko		5.8	8.066		13.866
2.	Asia D'Amato		5.1	8.166		13.266
3.	Amelie Morgan		5.1	8.133		13.233
4.	Anastasia Bachynska		5.1	7.900		13.000
5.	Nica Ivănuș		5.3	7.700		13.000
6.	Emelie Petz		5.0	7.566		12.566
7.	Valeria Saifulina		5.1	6.900		12.000
8.	Iulia Berar		4.9	6.433		11.333

Women's Floor Exercise Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Ksenia Klimenko		5.0	8.266		13.266
2.	Emelie Petz		4.9	8.233		13.133
3.	Célia Serber		4.7	8.166		12.866
4.	Csenge Bácskay		4.9	7.933		12.833
5.	Amelie Morgan		4.6	8.066		12.666
6.	Anastasia Bachynska		4.6	8.033		12.633
7.	Bianka Schermann		4.7	7.933		12.633
8.	Varvara Zubova		4.9	7.666		12.566

Men's Floor Exercise Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Nicolau Mir Rosselló		5.0	8.933		13.933
2.	Yuri Busse		5.0	8.766		13.766
3.	David Huddleston		5.0	8.833	0.1	13.733
4.	Andrin Frey		4.9	8.666		13.566
5.	Nicolo Mozzato		5.1	8.433		13.533
6.	Theodor Gadderud		4.5	9.000		13.500
7.	Lucas Kochan		4.7	8.766		13.466
8.	Krisztofer Mészáros		4.8	8.533		13.333
9.	Alexander Kartsev		4.5	8.666		13.166

Pommel Horse Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Sergei Naidin		4.8	8.800		13.600
2.	Mauro Nemcanin		4.5	8.066		12.566
3.	Ward Claeys		4.1	8.366		12.466
4.	Jamie Lewis		5.7	6.400		12.100
5.	Quentin Bègue		4.5	7.266		11.766
6.	Yuri Busse		5.0	6.633		11.633
7.	Dominic Tamsel		4.0	7.566		11.566
8.	Davide Bieri		4.2	7.233		11.433

Still Rings Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Jamie Lewis		4.5	9.233		13.733
2.	Yuri Busse		4.3	9.166		13.466
3.	Sergei Naidin		4.3	8.900		13.200
4.	Karim Rida		4.3	8.466		12.766
5.	Dominic Tamsel		4.2	8.533		12.733
6.	Nicolo Mozzato		3.6	8.500		12.100
7.	Rafael Szabó		4.5	7.600		12.100
8.	Fabrizio Valle		3.6	7.433		11.033

Men's Vault Final			D	E	ND	Score	Average
1.	Andrin Frey		5.2	9.066		14.266	13.916
			4.8	8.766		13.566
2.	Sviataslau Dranitski		5.2	8.966		14.166	13.849
			4.8	8.733		13.533
3.	Nicolau Mir Rosselló		4.8	8.966	0.1	13.666	13.549
			4.4	9.033		13.433
4.	Ondřej Kalný		4.8	8.766		13.566	13.399
			4.4	8.833		13.233
5.	Daniel Ponizil		4.8	9.000		13.800	13.366
			4.0	8.933		12.933
6.	Sergiy Onbysh		4.4	8.866	0.1	13.166	13.166
			5.2	7.966		13.166
7.	Oriol Salguero Aura		4.8	8.800	0.1	13.500	13.133
			4.0	8.766		12.766
8.	Olegs Ivanovs		4.8	8.866		13.666	13.049
			3.2	9.233		12.433

Parallel Bars Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Sergei Naidin		5.2	8.666		13.866
2.	Alexander Kartsev		4.6	8.933		13.533
3.	Nicolau Mir Rosselló		4.7	8.700		13.400
4.	Dominic Tamsel		4.4	8.766		13.166
5.	Lay Giannini		4.5	8.600		13.100
6.	Jamie Lewis		4.8	8.300		13.100
7.	Olegs Ivanovs		4.5	8.433		12.933
8.	Andrin Frey		4.1	7.533		11.633

High Bar Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Alexander Kartsev		4.4	8.766		13.166
2.	Nicolo Mozzato		4.5	8.666		13.166
3.	Mattis Bouchet		4.1	9.033		13.133
4.	Nicolau Mir Rosselló		4.5	8.633		13.133
5.	Andrin Frey		4.1	8.933		13.033
6.	Yuri Busse		4.4	8.500		12.900
7.	Sviataslau Dranitski		4.2	8.666		12.866
8.	Lucas Kochan		4.4	7.466		11.866

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