British Juniors Stun Europe

Daniel Keatings, 2008 Junior European champion

Great Britain defeated Russia by more than two points. Germany, the defending champion from 2006, finished third ahead of the host Swiss. Ukraine, second to Great Britain at the halfway point, fell to fifth.

The title — the best international result by a British team in history — comes as London prepares to play host to the 2009 Worlds and 2012 Olympic Games.

"This is the greatest team Britain has ever assembled!" said Trevor Low, chairman of the British Gymnastics Men's Technical Committee. "This is a team for London 2012. The work and commitment of the gymnasts and their personal coaches has allowed British Gymnastics to help them toward this European title."

Britain's Daniel Keatings and Daniel Purvis finished first and second in the all-around. The British nabbed eight spots to Sunday's finals, with Keatings the top qualifier on pommel horse and Theo Seager the top qualifier on vault.

"The boys delivered!" said Paul Hall, Keatings' personal coach. "At every stage they met each target and showed a committment and a belief in themselves that I have never seen in a British team before."

Keatings, 18, has already had success as a senior. He won the silver medal on pommel horse at the 2007 European Championships, and finished seventh on the event at the 2007 Worlds.

In another historic finish, Gustavo Simoes won the all-around bronze for Portugal.

Competition continues Saturday with the senior team final.

Click here to download detailed results.

2008 Men's European Championships
May 9, Lausanne, Switzerland

Team Competition
1. Great Britain 265.475
2. Russia 263.300
3. Germany 258.475
4. Switzerland 255.275
5. Ukraine 255.075
6. Spain 252.975
7. Greece 252.900
8. France 250.950
9. Belarus 250.425
10. Romania 250.075
11. Hungary 247.750
12. Italy 247.450
13. Portugal 243.700
14. Netherlands 243.675
15. Belgium 240.725
16. Lithuania 238.900
17. Austria 238.675
18. Bulgaria 234.750
19. Turkey 232.550
20. Poland 230.775
21. Croatia 227.550
22. Czech Republic 226.175
23. Cyprus 222.125
24. Finland 220.050
25. Denmark 218.675
26. Norway 217.550
27. Slovenia 202.475
28. Ireland 187.400

All-Around
1. Daniel Keatings GBR 89.700
2. Daniel Purvis GBR 87.600
3. Gustavo Simoes POR 86.500
4. Amin Garibov RUS 86.050
5. Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 86.025
6. Christian Bazan ESP 85.950
7. Sam Oldham GBR 85.875
7. Igor Pakhomenko RUS 85.875
9. Andreas Toba GER 85.675
10. Philip Sorrer GER 85.475
11. Vlad Cotuna ROM 85.300
12. David Belyavsky RUS 84.925
13. Sebastian Krimmer GER 84.900
14. Silvan Honauer SUI 84.400
15. Andrea Cingolani ITA 83.550
16. Stravos Kekelos GRE 83.425
17. Lucas Fischer SUI 83.350
18. Artsiom Bykau BLR 82.950
19. Rokas Guscinas LTU 82.900
20. Eleftherios Kosmidis GRE 82.700
21. H. Petrosian UKR 82.650
22. Alexander Pristauka BLR 82.550
23. F. Artur Duka HUN 82.200
24. Gabriel Rossi AUT 81.925
25. Axel Augis FRA 81.825
26. Bence Talas HUN 81.525
27. Bart Deurloo NED 81.250
28. Dimitris Krasias CYP 81.175
29. Jeremy Bourgois BEL 81.150
30. Rohan Sebastian IRL 81.100
31. Bertosz Reginiak POL 80.725
32. Velislav Valchev BUL 79.725
33. Fabio Maglioni ITA 79.625
34. Jacopo Desolati ITA 79.475
35. Ozgur Sanli TUR 79.350
36. G. Georgiadis GRE 79.225
37. Patrikas Prusinskas LTU 78.825
38. Ruben Lopez ESP 78.800
39. Matthias Decker AUT 78.725
40. Kristof Schroe BEL 78.125
41. Gilles Gentges BEL 77.975
42. Ferhat Arican TUR 77.925
43. Diogo Romero POR 77.775
44. Mans Stenberg SWE 77.500
45. Vladislav Esaulov LTU 76.800
46. Mauricio Lima FRA 76.025
47. Shakir Shikhaliyev AZE 75.650
48. Arnas Stoskus LTU 75.575
49. Mesut Karakus TUR 75.275
50. Richard Brablik CZE 75.125
51. Oliver Waldbillig LUX 74.750
52. Piotr Jarzabek POL 74.575
53. Jiri Bomer CZE 74.375
54. Joachim Winther DEN 73.625
55. Slavomir Michnak SVK 73.375
56. Denis Snirer SVK 73.300
57. Stian Skjerahaug NOR 72.025
58. Marcus Fulgsig DEN 71.475
59. Jiri Vesely CZE 71.250
60. Josip Duspara CRO 71.200
61. Andrei Medvyedev ISR 70.425
62. Marcus Conradi NOR 70.300
63. Ziko Stevanovic SLO 69.625

Floor Exercise Finalists
1. Eleftherios Kosmidis GRE 15.400
2. Daniel Keatings GBR 14.800
3. Stravos Kekelos GRE 14.750
4. Lucas Fischer SUI 14.675
5. Daniel Purvis GBR 14.650
6. Igor Pakhomenko RUS 14.500
7. Christian Bazan ESP 14.500
8. Vlad Cotuna ROM 14.475
R1. David Belyavsky RUS 14.475
R2. Vladislav Yaroslavtsev UKR 14.450
R3. Mathieu Jordan FRA 14.375

Pommel Horse Finalists
1. Daniel Keatings GBR 15.825
2. Matvey Petrov RUS 15.225
3. Reece Pearson GBR 14.975
4. Philip Sorrer GER 14.675
5. Igor Pakhomenko RUS 14.650
6. Viktor Stepanenko UKR 14.525
7. Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 14.500
8. Sebastian Krimmer GER 14.450
R1. Artsiom Bykau BLR 14.425
R2. Gustavo Simoes POR 14.425
R3. Alexander Pristauka BLR 14.050

Still Rings Finalists
1. Christian Bazan ESP 15.125
2. Gustavo Simoes POR 15.100
3. Enrique Navarro ESP 14.700
4. Amin Garibov RUS 14.500
5. Matvey Petrov RUS 14.500
6. Daniel Purvis GBR 14.475
7. Eleftherios Petrounias GRE 14.475
8. Daniel Keatings GBR 14.450
R1. Eleftherios Kosmidis GRE 14.450
R2. Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 14.300
R3. Bertosz Reginiak POL 14.275

Men's Vault Finalists
1. Theo Seager GBR 15.975
2. David Belyavsky RUS 15.937
3. Mathieu Jordan FRA 15.912
4. Stravos Kekelos GRE 15.762
5. Christian Bazan ESP 15.750
6. Eleftherios Kosmidis GRE 15.700
7. Andrea Cingolani ITA 15.512
8. Ivan Bykov GER 15.487
R1. Jeffrey Telussa NED 15.462
R2. Gabriel Rossi AUT 15.375
R3. Daniel Purvis GBR 15.287

Parallel Bars Finalists
1. Axel Augis FRA 14.950
2. Daniel Keatings GBR 14.875
3. Amin Garibov RUS 14.775
4. Sebastian Krimmer GER 14.650
5. Kirill Ignatenkov RUS 14.625
6. Christian Bazan ESP 14.600
7. Dimitris Krasias CYP 14.575
8. Philip Sorrer GER 14.575
R1. Viktor Stepanenko UKR 14.575
R2. Daniel Purvis GBR 14.550
R3. Silvan Honauer SUI 14.500

High Bar Finalists
1. Amin Garibov RUS 14.450
2. Kirill Ignatenkov RUS 14.400
3. Andreas Toba GER 14.200
4. Max Wittenbergvoges GER 14.175
5. Rokas Guscinas LTU 14.150
6. David Vecsernyes HUN 14.150
7. Alexander Pristauka BLR 14.125
8. Simon Nützi SUI 14.075
R1. F. Artur Duka HUN 14.025
R2. Vlad Cotuna ROM 14.025
R3. Sam Oldham GBR 14.000