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MAG Europeans 2012 - key points and BBC TV schedule

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Anton Golotsutskov will represent Russia once again at the European Championships.  Picture courtesy of the RGF.


MAG Europeans begin in the beautiful city of Montpellier in the South of France this week, and the Russians have already arrived.  I wish I could be there.

Nominative registrations are available on the UEG site.  The Russian teams are as follows :

Senior

Denis Ablyazin
Emin Garibov
David Belyavski
Anton Golotsutskov
Alexander Balandin

This is a strong team with two all arounders (Garibov and Belyavski) and three specialists, a mixture of youth and experience, and very ambitious.  I hope they do well.

Juniors

Grigori Zyrianov
Sergei Stepanov
Vladislav Polyashov
Ivan Stretovich
Kirill Prokopev

It will be great to see some videos of these juniors, who have featured recently in international and domestic junior competitions.

Juniors start on vault in subdivision 1 on the Wednesday morning; seniors start on high bar in subdivision 2. 

The competition schedule is available at the organiser's website and is fundamentally the same as for the women with a few small changes to the timing.  Interestingly, there is a gala on the Saturday evening after the team final, though who will perform in it is anyone's guess! 

The BBC will be covering this event, as follows:

Red Button

Saturday 26th May      13.25 to 16.25
Sunday 27th May         13.25 to 16.25 (Freeview from 13.55 to 17.35)

BBC2

Sunday 3rd June          14.30 to 16.30  (highlights)

Good luck to all the men competing, and I hope the Russians can show good results.
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  1. Anonymous21 May 2012 at 18:09

    GO RUSSIA !!!!
    At list our mens team should show something special

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