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2019 Europeans: 6th place for Jade Vansteenkiste on floor!

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The European Championships concluded this Sunday with the last apparatus finals. Jade Vansteenkiste did great in her first major final and placed 6th.  Credit: Belgian Gymnastics Jade was the 4th gymnast to compete in this final. She kept her head cool and showed a clean exercise with a good triple twist and expressive choreography. Her difficulty level is not yet at the level of the top gymnasts but she had the third execution score from the finalists with 13.233. French all-around champion Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos won the gold, Eythora Thorsdottir from the Netherlands the silver and Russia's  Angelina Melnikova the bronze. Floor final results: 1. Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos (FRA) 13.833 2. Eythora Thorsdottir (NED) 13.666 3. Angelina Melnikova (RUS) 13.466 4. Denisa Golgota (ROU) 13.366 5. Claudia Fragapane (GBR) 13.266 6. Jade Vansteenkiste (BEL) 13.233 7. Alice Kinsella (GBR) 13.100 8. Marine Boyer (FRA) 12.933

2019 Europeans: Jimmy Verbaeys 22nd, Jade and Maellyse in the top 20 in the all-around finals!

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On Friday Jimmy Verbaeys, Maellyse Brassart and Jade Vansteenkiste competed in the all-around finals. The girls both made the top 20 while Jimmy placed 22nd.  Credit: Belgian Gymnastics Jimmy  competed on Friday afternoon in the men's final. He started on vault with a solid Kasamatsu full for which he scored 13.766. He showed clean work on parallel bars and was rewarded with a 14.000. On the horizontal bar, he miraculously managed to stay on the apparatus after he lost direction on one of his pirouettes (12.466). He moved on to the floor where he had to make some adjustments on his landings (13.133). Things were a little bit more complicated for him on pommel horse but he managed to stay on to score 12.300. He finished his competition on still rings with a solid routine for which he got 12.700. Overall he was happy to be back in an all-around final at this level and was pleased with his final. Jimmy placed 22nd with a total of 78.365. The gold was won by Nikita Na

2019 Europeans: 3 finals for the girls !

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Today Jade Vansteenkiste, Fien Enghels and Maellyse Brassart competed in qualifications in Szczecin.  They qualified for 3 finals. Credit: Belgian gymnastics.  In her first major competition as a senior,  Jade Vansteenkiste  was the very first gymnast to compete on floor exercise. She scored 13.133 for her routine that included a triple twist and lots of jungle themes. She moved on to the vault were she scored 13.500 for her full twisting Yurchenko. She kept the head cool on bars with a solid routine (12.733). She finished her competition on beam and that's where the nerves hit her. She fell twice and scored 10.366. She finished 27th in the all-around standings with 49.732 but nevertheless qualified, thanks to the two-per-country rule. She also qualified for the floor final in 5th position ! Fien and Maellyse started their qualifications on beam. Maellyse was really solid until she fell on her switch ring leap (11.366).  Fien showed a solid routine including

2019 Europeans : Jimmy Verbaeys qualified for the all-around final!

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The Polish city of Szczecin is hosting the 2019 Individual European Championships the coming days. Today the men took the stage for their qualifications. Jimmy Verbaeys qualified for the all-around final. Credit : Belgian Gymnastics Luka Van den Keybus  competed in the first of the three subdivisions. He started his competition on pommel horse with a score of 11.233. On rings, he scored 12.533 and 13.700 on vault. He made a small error and received 11.633 on parallel bars. He came back strong on the horizontal bar with 13.766, his best score of the day. He finished his competition on floor with a 13.566.  He finished 44th in the all-around qualifications, with a score of 76.431. Jonathan Vrolix   and  Jimmy Verbaeys  competed in the second subdivision. They started on floor. Jimmy scored 13.566 and Jonathan received 14.300. He went out of bounds on his first pass, which cost him a qualifying spot for the final. Jimmy mastered the pommel horse and scored 13.300. Both  Jona