European Games 2019: 4 finals for Team Belgium.

Today both men and women completed their qualifications at the European Games in Minsk. They did a good job and qualified for 4 finals. 

Jimmy Verbaeys was the first Belgian gymnast to compete today in Minsk. He started his competition on floor with a score of 13.933. On pommel horse, he got 12.700.

Nina Derwael and Senna Deriks started on beam. Nina performed a solid routine that was rewarded with 13.600, the highest qualification score on that event. Senna Deriks had to count a fall on beam and scored 11.500. 

In the third rotation Jimmy competed on rings, where he unfortunately fell to score 11.533. Senna was next on floor. She went out of bounds and scored 11.833. They then both moved on to vault. Jimmy scored 13.133 and Senna 13.266.

The girls were up next on bars, where Nina Derwael's routine was the one to watch. But it's Senna who was the first to go. She showed a beautiful exercise that scored 13.533. Nina showed her new exercise but had to make a small adjustment. She scored 14.433 and qualified in 2nd place for the uneven bars final.

Senna scores 50.132 in the all-around and qualifies in 16th place for the final on Saturday.

Jimmy competed on parallel bars and scored 13.933. In the final rotation, he performed on high bar and scored 13.600. He qualifies in 17th place for the all-around final on Saturday with a total score of 78.832.


The top 18 in the all-around qualifications advance to the final (max. 2 per country), while the top 6 on each event (max. 1 per country) will compete in the finals.

Women's all-around final qualifiers:

1. Angelina Melnikova (RUS) 54.266
2. Georgia-Mae Fenton (GBR) 53.733
3. Lorette Charpy (FRA) 53.299
4. Anastasiia Bachynska (UKR) 53.065
5. Diana Varinska (UKR) 52.833
6. Denisa Golgota (ROU) 52.232
7. Anastasiya Alistratava (BLR) 51.832
8. Filipa Martins (POR) 51.699
...
16. Senna Deriks (BEL) 50.132 

Women's uneven bars final qualifiers:

1. Rebecca Downie (GBR) 14.433
2. Nina Derwael (BEL) 14.433
3. Anastasiia Iliankova (RUS) 14.300
4. Anastasiya Alistratava (BLR) 14.166
5. Naomi Visser (NED) 14.100
6. Lorette Charpy (FRA) 14.000

Women's beam final qualifiers:

1. Nina Derwael (BEL) 13.600
2. Lorette Charpy (FRA) 13.400
3. Angelina Melnikova (RUS) 13.133
4. Denisa Golgota (ROU) 12.966
5. Diana Varinska (UKR) 12.933
6. Georgia-Mae Fenton (GBR) 12.900

Men's all-around final qualifiers:

1. David Belyavskiy (RUS) 86.499
2. Artur Davtyan (ARM) 83.231
3. Robert Tvorogal (LTU) 82.731
4. Nestor Abad (ESP) 82.699
5. Vladislav Poliashov (RUS) 82.431
6. Marios Georgiou (CYP) 82.233
7. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 81.698
8. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 81.632
...

17. Jimmy Verbaeys (BEL) 78.832

The all-around finals will take place on Saturday at 13:00. The event finals will be held on Sunday.