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Juniors RF might perform better as a team at the European Championship, but failed the jump - Bulgakov | Gymnastics | R-Sport. All major sports news
BERN, June 1 - R-Sport, Sergei Smyshlyaev. Russian juniors, who won gold at the European Championships in artistic gymnastics in 2016 in the team competition, could show even better scores, but before the last shell - vault - affected a certain euphoria, he said the agency "F-Sport" senior coach of the Russian junior team Olga Bulgakov.

Women's European Championships kicked off in Berne, Switzerland on 1 June skill in the junior, the results of which have been played, and also medals in the team competition. Russians on the basis of performances in the four shells scored 168.179 points (43,000 points on the uneven bars, balance beam at 42.715 points, 41.299 points in the floor exercise and 41.165 in the vault). Second place went to the team of Great Britain (163.912), bronze in Romania team (163.678).

"The end was not very nice, has left its mark bad - said Bulgakov -. Are satisfied that the girls were in the competition of such a high level for the first time, and to the last shell kept very well on the last shell, maybe this euphoria affected .... in boys, the same problem occurred. But it is good that we had stock, so all grow together. "

Commenting on a decent lead over the second place, the expert stressed: "It would be better (laughs) In the testing of all jumps done well, we have noted how the best team in this form!.."


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