Preview of the 2017 Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships in Ancona (ITA)
On Friday competition will begin for the 21 participating Federations at Ancona’s Palaprometeo Liani Rossini. Europe’s best junior and senior gymnasts in Aerobic Gymnastics will battle for the continental titles. Held every two years, these Championships are the first under the new FIG Code of Points, valid from 2017 to 2020. Several stars including Spain’s mixed pair Sara Moreno and Vicente Lli and Hungary’s Dora Hegyi, have indicated that Ancona will be their last competition so the desire to finish on a high note is strong.
Who to watch?
The participants’ list is impressive: defending European Champions, World Champions, European and World Games Champions and World Cup series winners … an extremely strong field of experienced gymnasts will battle for the titles in Ancona! Headlined by Spain’s mixed pair Sara Moreno and Vicente Lli, Italian superstars Michela Castoldi and Davide Donati and Hungarians Daniel Bali and Dora Hegyi, the home crowd will put the pressure on the Italian team as they face stiff competition from Romania, Hungary, Russia and Spain. We’ll also see 2015 junior European Champions Marcello Patteri (ITA), Louise Mesle, Florian Bugalho and Tom Jourdan (FRA) competing in the senior ranks.
In the junior competition, 19 federations are sending gymnasts. 2015 junior Champion Francesca Morar (ROU) is making her return in the individual category and in the mixed pair where she won the title 2 years ago. Italy’s Davide Nacci will look to improve on his silver in the individual men competition while successfully defending the title he won as a member of the trio.
Competition format
These European Championships are for juniors (15 to 17 years old) and seniors (18+). The juniors compete in 5 categories: individual men (IM), individual women (IW), mixed pairs (MP), trios (TR) and groups (GR) while the seniors also add Aero Dance (AD) and Aero Step (AS) to their programme.
The qualifications for juniors (Friday) and seniors (Saturday) determine the team standing and the finalists. The top 8 of IW, IM, MP, TR and GR advance to the final with a maximum of 2 per country except groups where only 1 per country can qualify. The top 6 of AS and AD advance to the final, maximum 1 per federation.
The team ranking list will be established by adding the 4 best rankings obtained during the qualifications in the following categories: Individual Men or Individual Women, Mixed pairs, Trios and Groups. The Federation with the lowest number of points is declared Team European Champion.
Schedule
Friday 22 September 2017 – JUNIOR QUALIFICATIONS AND TEAM COMPETITION
09:45 – 10:00 Opening Ceremony
10:00 – 13:00 Individual Women / Trios
14:30 – 17:15 Individual Men / Mixed Pairs / Groups
17:30 – 18:00 Award ceremony Junior Team ranking
Saturday 23 September 2017 – SENIOR QUALIFICATIONS AND TEAM COMPETITION
13:00 – 13:30 Opening Ceremony
13:30 – 17:00 Aero Step / Aero Dance / Individual Women / Trios
17:30 – 20:00 Individual Men / Mixed Pairs / Groups
20:15 – 20:30 Award ceremony Senior Team ranking
Sunday 24 September 2017 – FINALS
Juniors
09:45 – 09:55 Presentation of the Nations
10:00 – 10:50 Individual Women / Individual Men
10:50 – 11:10 Award Ceremony
11:15 – 12:30 Mixed Pairs / Trios / Groups
12:30 – 13:00 Award Ceremony
Seniors
15:00 – 15:15 Presentation of the Nations
15:15 – 16:40 Aero Step / Aero Dance / Individual Women / Individual Men
16:45 – 17:10 Award Ceremony
17:15 – 18:30 Mixed Pairs / Trios / Groups
18:35 – 19:00 Award Ceremony
How to follow the competition?
Our global partner SmartScoring will provide a livestream of the entire competition on gymtv.online. Live scoring will be linked to the livestream.
Also, the Olympic Channel will broadcast this event. The Olympic Channel is a ground-breaking global platform where fans can experience the power of sport and the excitement of the Olympic Games all year round, and is available worldwide via mobile apps for Android and iOS devices and at olympicchannel.com.
As usual UEG will provide start lists, results, interviews, quotes, videos and competition reports on its website and social media. Results of past championships are available on our website.
Official hashtag of the event: #eurobics2017
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