Young Russia. Back row from left to right - national junior coach Bulgakova, ?, national junior coach Voinov, Andrei Rodionenko, ?. Front row - Maria Bondareva, Angelina Melnikova, Seda Tutkhalyan, Daria Skrypnik, Anastasis Dmitrieva Congratulations to the ambitious young Russians who today won the Junior European team championships in a tight competition, but eventually by a fairly substantial margin. Britain is the up and coming nation in European WAG, dominating on vault and floor with powerful work, but stalwarts Romania put up a strong fight for bronze, only a very small margin behind. Their top gymnast, Jurca, will be looking to prove herself in the remaining individual competitions. You can find the full results at http://www.longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000D000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFF02 Melnikova and Tutkhalyan lead Friday's all around qualifying On vault , Tutkhalyan is an impressively powerful gymnast who could compete with Downie, Ju...
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