European Youth Olympic Festival – Trabzon 2011
Translated from our Romanian article:
Between the 24th and the 29th of July, the Yomra Gymnastics Hall in Trabzon, Turkey will host the 11th edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival. More than 170 gymnasts of 38 European countries will have a chance to experience their first competition under the Olympic spirit.
In the women´s competition, every country will be able to send a maximum of 3 gymnasts from the 1996/1997 generation while the men are permitted 3 gymnasts from the 1994/1995 generation. The competition will follow the classical order: qualifications, team final, all-around and apparatus finals.
Event schedule:
- Sunday, 24th of July: MAG Official podium training
- Monday, 25th of July: WAG Official podium training
- Tuesday, 26th of July: Men´s qualification (all-around and apparatus finals) + team final
- Wednesday, 27th of July: Women´s qualification (all-around and apparatus finals) + team final
- Thursday, 28th of July: MAG & WAG All-around final
- Friday, 29th of July: MAG & WAG Apparatus finals
Romania at the European Youth Olympic Festival
Having participated in all the previous editions of the competition, Romania will also take part in this year’s Olympic event. The following 6 gymnasts will represent the country: Larisa Iordache, Maria Balea and Georgiana Gheorghe in the women’s competition and Andrei Groza, Daniel Radeanu and Alexandru Avram/Andrei Savu/Raul Paraschivu (the name of the third gymnast has not yet been confirmed) in the men’s.
The highlight of this year’s competition will be represented by the much awaited “duel” between Larisa Iordache and the Russian gymnasts: Anastasia Grishina and Anastasia Sidorova. The EYOF is the second stage in this confrontation: the first took place last year at the Junior European Championships, where Larisa and Grishina tied for first place in the floor final.
The challenge between Romania and Russia is now a tradition at the European Youth Olympic Festival. Two years ago, at the Tampere event, the competition was dominated entirely by Amelia Racea (with 6 medals) and Viktoria Komova. The Romanian gymnasts took home 10 medals from the 2009 event: 2 golds, 6 silvers and 2 bronze.
Good luck to all our gymnasts at Trabzon. Hai Romania!!!
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