Italy confirms itself as an authentic powerhouse of international Magnesium Powder and remains at the top of the planet in the test that measures the caliber, strength, depth and validity of the gymnastic movement of an entire country. Our national team fought with tenacity, firmness, sagacity and stubbornness in front of its fans Rimini Fairgiving a decidedly solid performance in the final of the team competition of the 2024 European men’s artistic gymnastics championships. The boys of DT Giuseppe Cocciaro have won one splendid bronze medal with an overall score of 252,560, at the end of an afternoon of enormous substance and which reaffirms the quality of the work carried out in recent years.
After the silver in Monaco in 2022 and the legendary apotheosis twelve months ago in Antalya, the magical Musketeers took to the podium for the third consecutive time in the continental event. Defending the title was extremely complicated considering the leap forward of some opponents, but Italy struck a very clear blow and will present itself with great enthusiasm at the Paris 2024 Olympics: getting on the podium in the team event of the Games will be very difficult also considering the caliber of China, Japan, USA, but it has all the credentials to defend itself.
The same quintet as last year is partying: Yumin Abbadini (already bronze medal in the individual general competition and seventh in the barre final), Lorenzo Minh Casali (today redeemed himself after a somewhat subdued preliminary round), Mario Macchiati (seventh in the final act on even bars), Matteo Levantesi (great specialist on stands) e Marco Lodadio (leader at the rings). Italy dueled with Turkey for four rotations, then over the long distance they wore out the resistance of the Anatolians (quarters with 248,029).
Yumin Abbadini expressed himself brilliantly: 14.266 of depth on floor exercise, fantastic 14.400 on horseback, defense of 13.266 on rings, decent 13.866 on vault, excellent 14.333 on bar. Lorenzo Minh Casali never held back: 14,000 per square (shame about three tenths of penalty), 13,600 per horse, 13,666 per castle, 14,600 luxury per table, 14,066 per stall. Matteo Levantesi placed a 14.466 as a specialist on the parallel bars and gave depth to the bar with 13.833. Marco Lodadio clocked up his rings (14,400, shame about a smudge at the end). Mario Macchiati scored 14.500 on parallel bars and gave concrete results with 13.400 on floor exercise, 14.266 on horseback, 14.366 on vault, 13.266 on bars.
Ukraine was crowned European Champion with 255,762 points, beating Great Britain by three tenths (255,429). The champion Illia Kovtun, silver medal winner on the full lap and yesterday capable of imposing herself on parallel bars and bars, made the decisive overtaking in the last exercise, with a great performance on the iron which gave the title to her national team. The veteran Oleg Verniaiev, the young Radomyr Stelmakh, the icon Igor Radivilov and the strong Nazar Chepurnyi also rejoice. The Great Britain of Courtney Tulloch, Jake Jarman, James Hall, Joe Fraser, Harry Hepworth bows right at the best. Spain fifth (247,725), Israel sixth (246,628), Cyprus seventh (246,394), Switzerland eighth (245,359).
