At the Rimini Fair took place European Specialty Finals 2024 women’s artistic gymnastics. The four titles and twelve medals on individual apparatus were awarded at the end of a highly spectacular day which proved to be very satisfying for Italy.
Alice D’Amato confirmed herself as European Champion on uneven bars after the seal twelve months ago in Antalya, climbing onto the continental podium for the fourth time in his career. The 21-year-old put the gold medal around her neck with a score of 14.600, signing a splendid double with Elisa Iorio (14.366), his first career title at continental level. Bronze goes to the British Georgia-Mae Fenton (13,900).
Manila Esposito performed a killer exercise on the beamwas rewarded with an exceptional 14.400 (6.1 D Score) and checkedmated, graduating European champion after the seal two days ago in the individual general competition. Bell became the first Italian to win the 10cm in the history of the continental event, improving the silver of twelve months ago. The 17-year-old prevailed in the duel with Romanian Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, bowing with 14.166 despite a huge D Score of 6.5. Alice D’Amato fifth with 13.266, the French Marine Boyer completed the podium (14.033).
Manila Esposito then signed an anthological encore of the floor exercise, becoming the first Italian to win three golds in the same edition of the European Championships. The bell performed a splendid exercise and was rewarded with a significant 13.833, thus managing to once again beat the Romanian Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (13.700). Splendid bronze for Angela Andreoli (13,666), which replicates third place two years ago.
There were no Italians competing on vault (no one performed the two jumps in qualifying) and the Frenchwoman Coline Devillard won her third European title in her career after those of 2017 and 2023. The transalpine won with an average of 13.866, preceding the Bulgarian Valentina Georgieva (13.799) and her compatriot Ming van Eijken (13.699).
EUROPEAN SPECIALTY ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS FINALS
TURNING
1. Coline Devillard (France) 13,866
2. Valentina Georgieva (Bulgaria) 13,799
3. Ming van Eijken (France) 13,699
ASYMMETRIC PARALLELS
1. Alice D’Amato (Italy) 14,600
2. Elisa Iorio (Italy) 14,366
3. Georgia-Mae Fenton (Great Britain) 13,900
Artistic gymnastics, Alice D’Amato confirms herself as European Champion on parallel bars! Legendary double with Iorio
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BEAM
1. Manila Esposito (Italy) 14,400
2. Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (Romania) 14.166
3. Marine Boyer (France) 14,033
5. Alice D’Amato (Italy) 13,266
Artistic gymnastics, Manila Esposito cover girl at the European Championships! Golden magic on the beam, the first Italian one in history
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FREE BODY
1. Manila Esposito (Italy) 13,833
2. Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (Romania) 13,700
3. Angela Andreoli (Italy) 13,666
Manila Esposito gives gymnastics lessons: third gold at the European Championships! The history of Italy rewritten, Andreoli bronze
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ITALY WINS THREE SPECIALTY GOLDS: ESPOSITO AND ALICE D’AMATO EXCELLENT
ITALY WINS THE EUROPEAN MEDALS!
ALICE D’AMATO CONFIRMS PARALLEL CHAMPIONSHIP, DOUBLE WITH ELISA IORIO
MANILA ESPOSITO COVER GIRL OF THE EUROPEANS: GOLD ON THE BEAM, FIRST ITALIAN IN HISTORY
MANILA ESPOSITO GIVES LESSONS: GOLD IN FREE BODY, ANDREOLI THIRD
MANILA ESPOSITO SETTING A RECORD: THREE RECORDS IN THE SAME EUROPEANS, LIKE VANESSA FERRARI
ALICE D’AMATO AS COMANECI, DERWAEL, MUKHINA: DOUBLE AS A GROWN, TEARS SHEDDED
MANILA ESPOSITO’S STATEMENTS
ALICE D’AMATO’S STATEMENTS
