Iordache, Tulloch Win Again as EYOF Ends

Iordache, Tulloch Win Again as EYOF Ends
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Friday, 29 July 2011 21:21

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All-around champions Larisa Iordache (Romania) and Courtney Tulloch (Great Britain) struck more gold Friday as the European Youth Olympic Festival concluded in Trabzon, Turkey.

Italy's Erika Fasana won three more medals in finals.

Iordache took silver medals on women's vault and uneven bars and golds on balance beam and floor exercise. The 15-year-old Romanian is too young for October's world championships in Tokyo but will be age eligible for the 2012 Olympics in London.

Germany's Janine Berger vaulted a layout Rudi and Tsukahara full to edge Iordache for the vault gold medal by .025. Fasana, the all-around silver medalist, won her first of three medals Friday with the bronze.

Hungarian Noemi Makra, 14, took the gold medal on uneven bars, showing outstanding lines.

Another promising talent for 2013, Britain's Gabrielle Jupp won the silver medal on balance beam behind Iordache. Jupp, coached by Steve Price at Sapphire Gymnastics, will compete for England at the Commonwealth Youth Games in September.

Yevgenia Shelgunova won the bronze medal on floor exercise, the only medal in Trabzon for the Russian women. Shelgunova, who turns 14 on Aug. 8, is coached by Lyudmila Marunova and Nadezhda Tikhonova.

Great Britain was the most successful in the finals, with gold medals from Tulloch on still rings and Frank Baines on parallel bars. Baines, who turned 16 on July 16, was a member of Britain's gold-medal team at the 2010 Junior Europeans in Birmingham. Both Tulloch and Baines are on Britain's TOP junior squad preparing for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Gymnasts from four other nations won gold medals in the men's finals: Romanian Daniel Radeanu (floor exercise), Belarusian Vasily Mikhalitsyn (pommel horse), Spain's Julian Perez and Switzerland's Christian Baumann (high bar).

Turkish gymnast Ibrahim Colak brought a medal for the host nation, finishing third on still rings.

The next European Youth Olympic Festival takes place July 14-19, 2013, in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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2011 European Youth Olympic Festival
July 28, Trabzon, Turkey

Women's Vault Final		D	E	Score	Average
1.	Janine Berger	6.3	8.475	14.775	14.250
		5.2	8.530	13.725
2.	Larissa Iordache	5.8	8.700	14.500	14.225
		5.0	8.950	13.950
3.	Erika Fasana	5.8	8.650	14.450	14.088
		5.3	8.425	13.725
4.	Yevgenia Shelgunova	5.0	8.550	13.550	13.775
		5.8	8.200	14.000
5.	Dorina Jelencsics	5.3	8.500	13.800	13.775
		5.0	8.750	13.750
6.	Ellen Rabaut	5.0	8.625	13.625	13.338
		4.4	8.650	13.050
7.	Elisa Meneghini	5.0	8.625	13.625	13.313
		4.4	8.600	13.000
8.	Abigail Caig	5.0	8.450	13.450	13.175
		4.4	8.500	12.900

Uneven Bars Final		D	E	ND	Score
1.	Noemi Makra	5.1	8.425		13.525
2.	Larissa Iordache	5.8	7.675		13.475
3.	Erika Fasana	5.4	8.050		13.450
4.	Anne Kuhm	5.1	8.325		13.425
5.	Elisa Meneghini	4.9	8.100		13.000
6.	Doriane Thobie	5.0	7.725		12.725
7.	Daryna Lyubytska	5.4	6.650		12.050
8.	Sophie Scheder	5.6	5.725	0.5	10.825

Balance Beam Final		D	E	Score
1.	Larissa Iordache	6.4	8.600	15.000
2.	Gabrielle Jupp	5.8	8.225	14.025
3.	Francesca Deagostini	5.7	8.225	13.925
4.	Anne Kuhm	5.4	8.350	13.750
5.	Georgiana Gheorghe	5.4	8.225	13.625
6.	Elisa Meneghini	5.4	7.475	12.875
7.	Anna Rodionova	5.2	7.250	12.450
8.	Cagla Akyol	5.3	6.625	11.925

Women's Floor Exercise Final		D	E	ND	Score
1.	Larissa Iordache	5.7	8.575		14.275
2.	Erika Fasana	5.4	8.125		13.525
3.	Yevgenia Shelgunova	5.4	8.125		13.525
4.	Terri Grandry	5.3	8.175		13.475
5.	Anna Rodionova	5.3	8.200	0.1	13.400
6.	Khrystyna Sankova	5.4	7.925		13.325
7.	Elisa Meneghini	5.2	8.100		13.300
8.	Maria Balea	5.3	7.675		12.975

Men's Floor Exercise Final		D	E	Score
1.	Daniel Radeanu	5.3	8.825	14.125
2.	Frank Baines	5.4	8.650	14.050
3.	Andrei Lagutov	4.9	9.000	13.900
4.	Sergei Stepanov	5.2	8.475	13.675
5.	Andrei Groza	5.2	8.550	13.650
6.	Levente Vagner	5.2	8.400	13.600
7.	Courtney Tulloch	5.0	8.575	13.575
8.	Andrej Korosteljev	5.1	8.350	13.450

Pommel Horse Final		D	E	Score
1.	Vasily Mikhalitsyn	5.0	8.900	13.900
2.	Sergei Stepanov	4.8	8.925	13.725
3.	Maxime Gentges	4.9	8.375	13.275
4.	Elvin Aghadadayev	4.9	8.175	12.775
5.	Grigory Zyrianov	4.7	7.700	12.400
6.	Bram Louwije	4.6	7.525	12.125
7.	Armen Petrosyan	4.6	7.525	12.125
8.	Michalis Krasias	4.6	6.425	11.025

Still Rings Final		D	E	Score
1.	Courtney Tulloch	5.4	8.950	14.350
2.	Stephen Micholet	5.5	8.700	14.200
3.	Ibrahim Colak	5.2	8.950	14.150
4.	Andrei Groza	5.2	8.625	13.825
5.	Julian Perez	4.8	8.800	13.600
6.	Michalis Krasias	4.8	8.725	13.525
7.	Veliko Tushev	4.8	8.700	13.500
8.	Eddy Yusof	5.0	8.450	13.450

Men's Vault Final		D	E	Score	ND	Total
1.	Julian Perez	6.2	9.000	15.200		14.737
		5.4	8.875	14.300
2.	Marco Walter	6.2	8.825	15.000		14.625
		5.4	8.825	14.200
3.	Christian Baumann	6.2	8.925	15.100	0.1	14.587
		5.4	8.750	14.200
4.	Daniel Radeanu	6.6	8.100	14.700	0.3	14.512
		6.2	8.425	14.600
5.	Courtney Tulloch	6.6	7.850	14.500		14.400
		5.4	8.950	14.400
6.	Casimir Schmidt	6.2	8.550	14.800		14.000
		4.6	8.650	13.300
7.	Maxime Gentges	5.8	7.875	13.700		13.737
		5.4	8.500	13.900	0.1
8.	Heikki Saarenketo	5.8	8.600	14.400	0.3	13.175

Parallel Bars Final*
1.	Frank Baines	14.100
2.	Andrei Groza	13.950
3.	Vasily Mikhalitsyn	13.925
4.	Grigory Zyrianov	13.875
5.	Eddy Yusof	13.700
6.	Marco Walter	13.450
7.	Courtney Tulloch	13.225
8.	Daniel Weinert	13.025

High Bar Final		D	E	Score
1.	Christian Baumann	5.0	8.800	13.800
2.	Robert Tvorogal	5.3	8.225	13.525
3.	Karl Kosztka	4.5	8.675	13.175
4.	Tom Arnon	4.8	8.275	13.075
5.	Eddy Yusof	4.6	8.300	12.900
6.	Lukas Schlotterer	4.5	8.275	12.775
7.	Andrei Lagutov	4.8	7.625	12.425
8.	Michalis Krasias	4.8	6.850	11.650