Ivan Stretovich from Novosibirsk enjoys gold in the parallel bars Every member of Russia's boys' team at this year's EYOF took home an individual gold medal in addition to the team silver they earned behind Britain in Tuesday's team final. The team as a whole collected 3 gold medals, one behind the British who were dominant at this competition. The graceful Ivan Stretovich, substituted for Kirill Potapov in the all around final, also finished in third place there. Results (including D scores for the event finals) are reproduced below from links given at the RGF website , and you will find videos of the gold medal winning routines here . Pictures come from the Koningfoto gallery. Valentin Starikov, of Sizran, Samara Oblast, won gold on the floor Kirill Potapov, from Tomsk, won gold on the vault
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