41st Europeans of Rhythmic Gymnastics 2025

Following the 2025 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships for women and men in Leipzig, now the ECh's for Europe's best female rhythmic gymnasts will follow almost seamlessly in the first week of June (4–8 June 2025). For the first time, the Estonian capital Tallinn is hosting such a major gymnastics event.
In Tallinn's ‘Unibet Arena’, last year's European champion Stiliana NIKOLOVA from Bulgaria was pushed into second place by Taisia ONOFRIICHUK from Ukraine. Germany's ‘Sportswoman of the Year’ and Olympic champion from Paris 2024, Darja VARFOLOMEEV, won the all-around bronze medal again, as she did last year.
 * On the final day (8 June 08), European champion Stiliana NIKOLOVA (BUL), who had been dethroned in the all-around competition, took her revenge and was celebrated as a triple European champion with the hand apparatus. Germany's Olympic champion Darja VARFOLOMEEV successfully defended her European title with the ribbon, after her Schmiden club colleague Anastasia SIMAKOVA had won the European vice-championship title with the ball. All-around winner Taisiia Onofriichuk added silver with the clubs and two bronze medals with the hoop and ribbon to her successful record.
* In the groups disciplines SPAIN was the triple gold medal winner in all-around but also in the both final events!

♦  ECh  F I N A L S  (Sunday, June 08)

* H o o p / Reifen
1. NIKOLOVA, Stiliana      (BUL) - 30,300
2. RAFFAELI, Sofia             (ITA) - 30,050
3. ONOFRICHUK, Taisiia   (UKR) - 29,850

        ► Detailed Results
          * Qualification:   ► H o o p;
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* B a l l
1. NIKOLOVA, Stiliana        (BUL) - 29,800
2. SIMAKOVA, Anastasia     (GER) 28,700
3. SUMKIN, Meital Maaxan   (ISR) - 28,600
      ► Detailed Results 
          * Qualification : ► B a l l;

Triple final gold medallist Stiliana NIKOLOVA (middle), followed by the ball
by Anastasia Simakova (GER; left) and Meital Maaxan Sumkin from Israel 
(c) EG 
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♦ The Groups Competitions

* Donnerstag / Freitag (05. / 06. Juni)
 ♦ EM-Einzel-Qualifikationen:
Nach TAG 1 (Reifen + Ball) war für Deutschland das Schmidener Trio Darja Varfolomeev, Lada Pusch, Anastasia Simakova  und Neuling Lada Pusch am Start mit den beiden Geräten des Starttages, Reifen und Ball.
Olympiasiegerin Darja Varfolomeev markierte mit dem Reifen die Tageshöchstwertung (30,000) und ließ Ball aus (Zur Mehrkampfqualifikation reichen drei der vier Handgeräte.).. Mit dem Ball platzierte sich Anastasia Simakova (GER;28,050) als zweite hinter Stiliana Nikolova (BUL;28,350) ebenso fürs Finale.
Am TAG 2 (Keulen + Band) markierte Taisiia Onofrichuk (UKR) den Bestwert mit den Keulen, Deutschlands EM-Neuling Lada Pusch qualifzierte sich als Fünfte fürs Finale, das allerdings Darja Varfolomeev nach einigen Fangfehlern und zwei Geräteverlusten als Neunte um -0,2 Punkte knapp verpasste. Dafür erzielte die Olympiasiegerin mt einer nahezu perfekten Bandübung die Tageshöchstwertung (30,150).
Onofrichuk führt in der Summe der drei besten Gerätewertungen die Mehrkampfqualifikation an (90.050), gefolgt von Darja Varfolomeev (88,650) und von Stiliana Nikolova (BUL;87,400). Auch Anastasia Simakova (GER; 81,800) erreichte als 12. das Mehrkampffinale der besten 24 Gymnastinnen.
♦ E R G E B N I S S E:
* Qualifikation:
> MEHRKAMPF: > Reifen;  >  Ball;  >  > Keulen;  > Band
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♦ RG Juniors ECh 2025

* Wednesday, May 5
The opening day of the European Gymnastics Championships at the "Unibet Arena" in Tallinn was historic in several respects: 
For the first time, the Estonian Gymnastics Federation is hosting a gymnastics tournament, the European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics, starting with the junior groups.

♦ JECh groups:
The junior group from UKRAINE with Ahata Bilenko, Marharyta Melnyk, Anastasiia Nikolenko, Taisiia Redka, Oleksandra Nikol Samoukina and Kateryna Shershen won their first gold medal with a combined score of 48.200 points (5 hoops + 5 pairs of clubs), but only by a razor-thin margin of +0.250 points ahead of SPAIN, which won silver. The Estonian hosts also performed successfully, finishing in an impressive 5th place in the all-around competition and qualifying for both finals for the first time.

Victory ceremony of Junior Groups (c) EG
In the final of the 5 clubs, the Ukrainian girls were unbeatable, and the girls from Italy dominated with 5 hoops.
The German group, the only representative of the German-speaking region, did not make it past 11th place in the final standings out of a total of 22 nations that competed.
* JECh - R e s u l t s:
►► All-around;  ►FINAL 5 HOOPS;  ►FINAL  5 Pairs of CLUBSKeulen
           * Qualification:   > 5 Hoops;                    > 5 Pairs of Clubs;
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