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2017 Belgian Championships: gold for Daan Kennis and Justin Pesesse

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In Libramont, the competition was really tight in the Seniors division, with Daan Kenis being crowned National Champion. Things were differents in the Juniors ranked, with Justin Pesesse easily winning the all-around gold and being closer to an EYOF selection. Credit: Belgian Gymnastics After placing 16th at the last European Championships, Daan Kenis was once again the best Belgian in competition, winning the all-around competition with a total score of 81.300, despite a fall on high bar and a 0.4 penalty on floor exercise, where he stepped out of bounds twice. He got his best score on parallel bars with 14.200. Credit: Belgian Gymnastics In second place, just 0.3 behind Kenis , was Maxime Gentges , who struggled on parallel bars but had a clean competition otherwise, earning his best score on pommel horse with 13.800. 4th at last year's Belgian Championships, Gentges is now back on track, after placing 19th in Cluj last month. Credit: Belgian Gymnastics

2017 Belgian Championships: Rune Hermans, Julie Vandamme on top

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Last weekend, Libramont hosted the 2017 Belgian Championships, an important competition on the way to EYOF and Worlds. For her first competition since Rio, Rune Hermans took the all-around crown on the Seniors'side, while Julie Vandamme came on top in the Juniors ranks. Credit: Belgian Gymnastics Rune Hermans wasn't the only one to make a comeback in Libramont. Maellyse Brassart and Axelle Klinckaert also competed this weekend, after a broken toe and a knee injury, respectively. Note that Axelle only competed on bars. These Championships were also the first competition for Julie Meyers since the European Championships. Credit: Belgian Gymnastics The girls started on vault, where they showed good full twisting Yurchenkos, Maellyse earning the best score with 13.550. On bars, Axelle presented a piked Jeager, a Tkatchev and a full twisting double back dismount to earn 13.650. Julie Meyers started off really well until she unfortunately fell on her Tkatchev