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Nina Derwael and Noah Kuavita are the 2018 Belgian Champions!

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This weekend, Izegem hosted the 2018 Belgian Championships. With just a little over two months to go until the European Championships, our national teams, both Juniors and Seniors, are determined to show the best of themselves. Credit : Florence Lestienne On the women's side, Nina Derwael took the title easily, depsite two falls on beam, with the score of 53.050. Her best event was, no surprise here, the uneven bars, where she once again broke her record, scoring 15.350. Nina then delivered a good floor routine to win the first Seniors National title of her career. In silver position, we have Axelle Klinckaert , who showed an impressive and controlled Yurchenko full twist on vault. Beam was an issue for her too, but she delivered some good moves and even competed a brand new mount, a roundoff layout with full twist. She finished strong on floor with her Harry Potter-themed routine, to score 51.000. Senna Deriks completes the podium. She also had troubles on beam

2018 Belgian Championships : who will take the crown?

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The 2018 national season comes to an end, but things really only get started for our Juniors and Seniors this weekend, as they compete at the 2018 Belgian Championships, a competition that also serves as a test for the upcoming European Championships and the Youth Olympic Games. Credit : GymFed On the Juniors side, last year's champion, Julie Vandamme will be one to follow as she'll compete to retain her title. Margaux Daveloose , Kay-Li De Neef  and Stacy Bertrandt will be right there too, fighting for a spot on the European Championships team, that will be held this summer in Glasgow. Keep an eye on Jade Vansteenkiste too, as well as young Fien Enghels . Other contenders also include last year's Top Gym participants, Lisa Vaelen and Cato Fleurackers , and FIT Challenge contender Margo Van Linden . Noemie Louon , who showed great promises earlier this year at internal tests, will unfortunately not compete, due to a broken foot.  On the seniors side, th