:00:30. > :00:34.Hello, and welcome to highlights of the European Gymnastics
:00:34. > :00:38.Championships. Now, the British team out in Moscow had a storming
:00:38. > :00:43.qualification, with our gymnasts taking 13 places in the finals. Our
:00:43. > :00:50.medal count started on Friday with a silver in the men's all-around
:00:50. > :00:55.competition, and this is how Max Whitlock did it. So all our eyes,
:00:55. > :01:04.then, on 20-year-old Max Whitlock. He's fabulous at twisting, flips on
:01:04. > :01:09.lovely high - oh. Costly landing. What a cracking routine for Max.
:01:09. > :01:17.Max Whitlock now up into third. his moves are done with great flair.
:01:17. > :01:23.A really efficient routine from Max there. Oh, we like that. Round of
:01:23. > :01:27.triple twists - what a cracking routine. Well done, Max.
:01:27. > :01:35.A cracking routine indeed. Come on, Max. Building the difficulty all
:01:35. > :01:43.the time - well done, Max. He's there. He's in contention! He knows
:01:43. > :01:46.he has to do the routine of his life. A great route own, job done.
:01:47. > :01:50.Great work from Max, fantastic competition, second in Europe, a
:01:50. > :01:54.fantastic achievement, Max. What a competition to have witnessed, and
:01:54. > :01:59.it was the highest placing ever for a British gymnast at the Europeans
:01:59. > :02:05.in the all-around competition, and this is how Max summed it all up.
:02:05. > :02:07.My aim was go out there and do a clean routineed a hopefully a
:02:07. > :02:11.similar routine to the qualification round. I am happy to
:02:11. > :02:15.do that so I am happy with the silver medal. In the past people
:02:15. > :02:19.have seen you as a pommel horse specialist, obviously, on the
:02:19. > :02:23.ground. You have take and massive leap forward since the Olympics.
:02:23. > :02:27.That's what I wanted to do. During the Olympics I wanted to go out and
:02:27. > :02:31.prove myself as an all-arounder. This is my first all-around in
:02:31. > :02:34.major competition. It was really good, and to come up with a medal -
:02:34. > :02:38.that's really what I was hopefully aiming for. I am delighted to say
:02:38. > :02:44.that joining me this afternoon are two British Olympians. We have
:02:44. > :02:47.Jennifer Pinches and three-times Olympic medallist Lewis Smith. A
:02:47. > :02:50.phenomenal performance from Max, it goes without saying, but Daniel
:02:50. > :02:55.Purvis as well, he also placed incredibly high with a fifth. Did
:02:55. > :02:59.you expect that from Dan? It's nice the see Dan back on the up. I have
:02:59. > :03:02.been talking to him at the Olympic Games. He said he wasn't quite on
:03:02. > :03:07.form. He wasn't at his best. He has had a bit of a dip. Why do you
:03:07. > :03:10.think he didn't quite hit it? had a hard couple of years towards
:03:10. > :03:13.the Olympic games. He did every competition there was going. I
:03:14. > :03:18.think he peaked a little bit too early, but he seems very motivated.
:03:18. > :03:22.He's back training hard now, and he did well at the European Gymnastics
:03:22. > :03:25.Championships. I am happy for him. You're taking a bit of a break from
:03:25. > :03:33.the sport. You have been climbing mountains and all sorts since 2012?
:03:33. > :03:39.Yeah, after the Olympics I went on a two-month volunteering - know I
:03:39. > :03:42.am back in school and living a bit more of an average life. Are you?
:03:42. > :03:46.Ruby Harrold is out flying the flag for Great Britain at the moment.
:03:46. > :03:50.She got the highest ever placing in Europe for Britain's women. She's
:03:50. > :03:53.filling the shoes. Yeah, she has done fantastically. I think she
:03:53. > :03:57.came into this competition aiming to do well on the bars. That was
:03:57. > :04:02.her main aim, but she's done really well in the all-around competition
:04:02. > :04:05.and not only qualified for the bar final, but for the beam final. So
:04:05. > :04:09.yeah. Charlie Fellows, the first year of senior competition for her.
:04:09. > :04:13.Another new experience for her being in the senior European
:04:13. > :04:16.Championships but she's done really well again, came 18th in the all-
:04:16. > :04:20.around final, definitely got some potential for the future. Coming
:04:20. > :04:24.into this championships there was a lot of talk about a certain Gabby
:04:24. > :04:28.Jupp. But qualification - it was a real shame for her because she was
:04:28. > :04:31.on form in the first senior British. Definitely. Last month she won the
:04:31. > :04:36.British Championships. She has been looking absolutely amazing, and
:04:36. > :04:38.then it was really unfortunate just at the end of this fantastic theme
:04:38. > :04:44.routine in which she would have qualified for the final, she just
:04:44. > :04:47.seemed to, as you see there, grab her knee. They have flown her home
:04:47. > :04:51.back to the UK for further medical... We're still waiting to
:04:51. > :04:55.hear from the outcome of that'll be. What a trajectory she was on. Let's
:04:55. > :04:58.just hope it's not going to be too serious. My thoughts are with her.
:04:58. > :05:01.We're now concentrating on the specialists. We're going to focus
:05:01. > :05:07.on the finals with British interests, of course, so let's have
:05:07. > :05:11.a look at our finalists, so we've got on the floor Max Whitlock and
:05:11. > :05:14.Sam Oldham on even bars, Rebecca Tunney - we'll talk more about her
:05:14. > :05:24.as the evening progresses as well as Ruby Harrold, who we were just
:05:24. > :05:31.
:05:31. > :05:40.So we are going to start with the men's floor, but before we see any
:05:40. > :05:43.of the action, let's hear from Sam We go to competitions expected to
:05:43. > :05:49.winned meas. We're not just going there to compete, so yeah, there is
:05:49. > :05:52.a lot of expectation, but we change the game day in and day out all the
:05:52. > :05:56.time now, and everyone is just striving to get on the team. It's
:05:56. > :05:59.almost harder to get on the team than sometimes it is to qualify for
:05:59. > :06:03.these finals that can only be a good thing for British gymnastics.
:06:03. > :06:07.The floor has improved a lot for me. I have improved my difficulty and
:06:07. > :06:10.it has been going really well over the last couple of months. I think
:06:10. > :06:14.all the guys on the floor are quite close in scores and in qualifying
:06:14. > :06:17.and star values as well. I think it will be really difficult, but
:06:18. > :06:22.hopefully we can go out there and do great routines and try to stick
:06:22. > :06:26.a few landings and see if we can grab a medal or two. Grab a medal
:06:26. > :06:35.or two - sounding very, very optimistic! And there's the start
:06:35. > :06:38.Is it good news to be going out first? I think the good thing for
:06:38. > :06:46.Max is he's consistent. Though he's first, he can almost set the
:06:46. > :06:49.standard, which is a good place to Alexander Shatilov is always worth
:06:49. > :06:54.the mention. He's an enormous gymnast. He's pretty much going in
:06:54. > :06:59.the middle of the pack with Sam Oldham. Two gymnasts follow him.
:06:59. > :07:06.Let's get into action. Joining me is Christine Still and former
:07:06. > :07:16.Here we go, then, first floor finalist, Great Britain's Max
:07:16. > :07:17.
:07:17. > :07:27.three-and-a-half, tuck, full twist. Second tumble, two-and-a-half, one-
:07:27. > :07:33.
:07:33. > :07:37.and-a-half, nailed. Such precise new cord - the gymnasts only
:07:37. > :07:47.allowed to perform one of those - into the flair work, back up into
:07:47. > :07:55.
:07:55. > :08:04.flairs, down into flairs, air great control, takes a slight
:08:04. > :08:10.breath. The handspring, two-and-a- half twist, yet again another great
:08:10. > :08:15.landing, showing great composure and maturity. Preparing for the
:08:15. > :08:21.final tumble, roundoff triple twist, a great way to start the final.
:08:21. > :08:25.What a start indeed. He scored a 15.466 in qualification. He upped
:08:25. > :08:30.that in the all-around final to a 15.5, which would be enough, I
:08:30. > :08:34.think, to take gold, certainly for a medal, Chris. It was a great
:08:34. > :08:41.opening - it was difficult for us to see, but I think on this first
:08:41. > :08:46.tumble that he did just hop out of the floor. We saw the red flag go
:08:46. > :08:50.up. We'll wait for confirmation of that. That's a fantastic tumble as
:08:50. > :08:56.well, that two-and-a-half twist forwards. Just wonderful style.
:08:56. > :09:00.He's got such a great future ahead of him at 20 years old, Chris. Oh!
:09:00. > :09:03.That's the little bit they wanted to capture. He has. He has a
:09:03. > :09:07.fantastic future, and he's very cool, very calm. We saw yesterday
:09:07. > :09:12.he made a little bit of an error, not a huge error, but a little bit
:09:12. > :09:15.of an error on his first piece. He didn't let it throw him. Many
:09:15. > :09:19.gymnasts - we saw the Ukrainian gymnast - once an error was in
:09:19. > :09:24.there, they sort of fell apart a little bit, but Max, no, just
:09:24. > :09:31.battled on through. He really has got a great temperament. It's a
:09:31. > :09:40.score of 15.333 - .1 penalty. that was great, just the .1. Will
:09:40. > :09:44.it be enough for a medal? We'll have to wait and see. What does
:09:44. > :09:48.Alexander Shatilov have to say about this, a vastly experienced
:09:48. > :09:55.gymnast? We have watched him for many a year, a huge lad. He will
:09:55. > :10:00.twist and work his way around the court. Thing is, if you're a tall
:10:00. > :10:07.gymnast and can really harness it, you look so elegant. Now, that was
:10:07. > :10:12.how to do a front somersault, half- turn, wasn't it, a little kick out.
:10:12. > :10:19.Whoa! Double twisting, double tuck, and because he's tall, he can't
:10:19. > :10:29.take a great, long run, just calm of steps into every roundoff - two-
:10:29. > :10:44.
:10:44. > :10:49.and-a-half, front somersault with that exit out of a tumble once.
:10:49. > :10:54.They're only allowed to roll out once. That was his. It was very
:10:54. > :10:58.clean, well executed. A full twisting double back to finish,
:10:58. > :11:02.just a tiny hop. That is a challenge, I think. He made it look
:11:02. > :11:07.easy. He absolutely did, and he's got quite a high difficulty value.
:11:07. > :11:13.Yeah, it was a very precise routine. He's probably the best we have seen
:11:13. > :11:19.so far on the landings. And you can see there at the start very precise,
:11:19. > :11:23.nailed there, stepped back into the corner. He had a great balance of
:11:23. > :11:27.routine with combination, then the double twisting, double back and a
:11:27. > :11:34.full in, back out, a really, really good routine, and for me, I think
:11:34. > :11:40.that might just go into the lead. You can see there - that is the
:11:40. > :11:46.full in, back out, slight hop back for a 10th, but very, very precise.
:11:46. > :11:51.His start value we think is .1 lower than Max has gone into the
:11:51. > :11:55.lead with, 15.333 - he's tied with Max Whitlock at the moment, and
:11:55. > :12:02.here we go with Sam Oldham, part of the bronze medal-winning team at
:12:02. > :12:10.the Olympics. Another very bright young star of British gymnastics.
:12:10. > :12:16.Oh, just held that in, I think. A difficult combination to start with
:12:16. > :12:26.- half into double - fight, fight, Sam. He does. But there will be
:12:26. > :12:34.
:12:34. > :12:39.He's a naturally really precise extended gymnast. He's just
:12:39. > :12:49.struggling slightly with these landings today. But here you can
:12:49. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:16.see toes pointed, legs straight, we go. Triple - he's cleanly around,
:13:16. > :13:25.but he really has given a 10th or so away on every single landing.
:13:25. > :13:29.needs over 14.666 for a medal at this stage. He twists absolutely
:13:29. > :13:34.fantastic. He does a great execution there, as she said, on
:13:34. > :13:40.the roll-out. He's kicking out. He looks elegant, but just can't hold
:13:40. > :13:43.it together with the landings, and that'll cost him with the
:13:43. > :13:46.deductions. You know, demonstrating great flair work there, toes
:13:46. > :13:56.pointed, flair up into the handspring, dropping back down into
:13:56. > :14:02.flair. What do we think here as a sceer? -- score? He qualified with
:14:02. > :14:06.a 15.3 - no, that'll be costly. See, if they think that was only a 2.5,
:14:06. > :14:13.which they might do, then he loses his dismount because he's already
:14:13. > :14:23.completed a two-and-a-half somewhere else. Just outside the
:14:23. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:37.medals there and a 14.4 for Sam the last two European Championships.
:14:37. > :14:43.He finished 46th on floor and 42nd. He has done remarkably well to get
:14:43. > :14:53.here in the top eight. A very clean opening tumble, second tumble, the
:14:53. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :15:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:15:35. > :15:40.roll-out in the straight position, straight half with ease. Into the Do
:15:40. > :15:47.is the final tumble. Round off triple twist. One little step. A
:15:48. > :15:57.great routine. That could push up into the medals. He got a 15. A
:15:58. > :16:11.
:16:11. > :16:16.15.166 for qualification. 6-2 Many of them are doing
:16:16. > :16:20.two-and-a-half into front fall, so their tumble half will be given more
:16:20. > :16:25.marks. But you always have to marry it with the control and not getting
:16:25. > :16:29.the deductions. When I say the two-and-a-half into full is worth
:16:29. > :16:33.perhaps 0. 0.2 moreness that the one-and-a-half into front half. If
:16:33. > :16:40.you are going to take a big step, you will lose big points. This is
:16:40. > :16:50.why a Teddy routine like this will often win out. 14. 14.9 is enough
:16:50. > :16:54.
:16:54. > :16:59.Alexander Shatilov. Double celebration for them. Wonderful for
:17:00. > :17:08.Max to get the gold. The first time Shatilov has a gold on the floor of
:17:08. > :17:13.the European Championships. What a story for Cingolani, who takes
:17:13. > :17:18.bronze. Alexander Shatilov and Great Britain's Max Whitlock take gold in
:17:18. > :17:22.the men's floor final. It has been a great two days of
:17:22. > :17:28.competition for Max Whitlock. Yesterday he received the men's
:17:28. > :17:38.all-around silver. Today he's got a gold medal hanging round his neck.
:17:38. > :17:38.
:17:38. > :18:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:18:57. > :19:01.Ladies and gentlemen, the national well at this stage? The all-around
:19:01. > :19:04.first and ratus final... He has always had the potential. He's such
:19:04. > :19:09.a talented kid. We have always known he could do very well at
:19:09. > :19:13.levels like this. It's nice to see him fulfilling that, and it's
:19:13. > :19:17.brilliant. Like I said, he didn't expect to get the gold, but he is
:19:17. > :19:21.crowned world champion on floor. shares it with Alexander Shatilov.
:19:21. > :19:26.It's a very controversial point, this, because at European level
:19:26. > :19:30.you're allowed to share the medals, but at world, Olympic medal, as you
:19:30. > :19:34.have experienced, even if you have the same score, execution comes
:19:34. > :19:39.over difficulty, and there you can see Krisztian Berki took the gold
:19:39. > :19:41.in 2012. You took the silver, but did get the same score. It's a
:19:41. > :19:47.difficult question to ask you because obviously you passionately
:19:47. > :19:52.want the gold, but how do you think European gymnastics compares on
:19:52. > :19:56.that point? It makes sense - if first place has the same scores,
:19:56. > :20:00.then it makes stones give them both the gold medal. It does.The code
:20:00. > :20:04.in the last cycle was developed that you push to do the most
:20:04. > :20:07.difficult - you make the routine more exciting, yet when you're tied
:20:07. > :20:10.for score, they use that as a disadvantage, so they used your
:20:10. > :20:20.high start scores and big scores against you. So it doesn't really
:20:20. > :20:31.
:20:31. > :20:38.alongside L arcs is was Becky Downie, but I'm delighted to say
:20:38. > :20:43.that Becky is back. I've done numerous finals between
:20:43. > :20:47.4th and 8th. I've had mistakes and after having too many set-backs I've
:20:47. > :20:52.worked really hard. I've been waiting for a long time for this
:20:52. > :20:57.moment. Hopefully it goes well. I'm going to give it my best shot. It is
:20:57. > :21:04.nice to have the team alongside you. Me and Ruby know we really came here
:21:04. > :21:08.for bars. Ruby has done great in qualifications and getting further,
:21:08. > :21:13.but we knew we wanted to hit the routines and get into the final. We
:21:13. > :21:16.are both really happy we've done that. I came to the European
:21:16. > :21:21.Championships to focus on the bar final, because I've got some unique
:21:21. > :21:28.combinations. I was hoping that it would be enough to make another bar
:21:28. > :21:34.final like I did last year. My coach came up with the idea of a new
:21:34. > :21:41.combination that has never done before. I go from top to bottom. It
:21:41. > :21:49.gives me quite a high bonus. Everybody's talking about that move.
:21:49. > :21:58.She calls it the Schloerdn but you call it unique. It is definitely
:21:58. > :22:04.different. It is difficult to whip around such rotation and pot it.
:22:04. > :22:14.Straight up and straight back down to the low bar. It is lovely to Dee
:22:14. > :22:20.Rebecca back. She won the British bar title last month as was -- and
:22:20. > :22:30.was looking brilliant. She's is out there to medal. This is the order
:22:30. > :22:35.
:22:35. > :22:41.Do you think Becky will be able to hold her nerve? It will be a
:22:41. > :22:49.difficult task. Aliya is Olympic champion. She doesn't buckle under
:22:49. > :22:59.pressure. And in front of her home crowd in Moscow. Exactly. She will
:22:59. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:15.want to pull out a brilliant in the all round. Watch this bar
:23:15. > :23:15.
:23:15. > :24:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:24:09. > :24:16.once you've fallen. How do you pull through that absolutely clean, but
:24:16. > :24:22.she just mistimed the shoot-down. Two D elements together. Apart from
:24:22. > :24:28.that moment it was incredibly dynamic wasn't it? Very dynamic.
:24:28. > :24:34.Very interesting bar work as well. Great flight there, transfer to the
:24:34. > :24:38.shop bar. Just pops off a little bit too early, misses the handstand and
:24:38. > :24:45.ended up coming down the wrong way. One split second later and it what
:24:45. > :24:52.have been perfect. A very exciting gymnast and something that is
:24:52. > :25:02.exciting for the future. Ruby's also in the beam final.
:25:02. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:09.will be disappointed with this. 12. 12.9. All eyes now focussing on
:25:10. > :25:19.the Olympic champion, Aliya Mustafina. She took gold in the
:25:20. > :25:46.
:25:46. > :25:52.That was a really efficient routine. Goodness! Potential for a couple of
:25:52. > :25:58.tens but you can't deduct more than that can you? Even the dismount,
:25:58. > :26:03.straight to the finish. Bang! That's how you land an uneven bars routine.
:26:03. > :26:08.It was a confident routine from the start. The stews from the
:26:08. > :26:15.all-around. A stooping full turn bang into handstand. There's the on
:26:15. > :26:25.and off up to the top bar with the half turn. Highest difficulty. Look
:26:25. > :26:32.at that, toes pointed. That's the tricky combination. Most gymnasts
:26:32. > :26:37.add an extra in the middle. All those pirouettes so clean. Straight
:26:37. > :26:44.up into the half turn. APPLAUSE
:26:44. > :26:53.15. 15.3. An enormous score that puts Aliya Mustafina well ahead of
:26:53. > :27:02.the rest of the field. It is an epic score to try to beat. Great
:27:02. > :27:12.Britain's Becky Downie qualified with 14. 14.733. How wonderful to
:27:12. > :27:13.
:27:13. > :27:23.see her back. Oh. She uprised straight into the
:27:23. > :27:24.
:27:24. > :27:34.Tkachev. So disappointed with herself. Huge difficulty. She needs
:27:34. > :28:03.
:28:03. > :28:09.A wonderful demonstration of what Becky is capable of there. It was
:28:10. > :28:14.just that blink of an eye moment and suddenly it's all gone. It was a
:28:15. > :28:22.very difficult combination she was doing, but she isally wibble to do
:28:22. > :28:26.it -- she is well able to do it and has done it many times. These are
:28:26. > :28:32.difficult combinations into the Tkachev. Work of the highest
:28:32. > :28:36.difficulty there. When you go for broke, if things aren't just right,
:28:36. > :28:41.you can be off. She just pulled and her feet went over the bar a little
:28:41. > :28:45.bit too much, which caused her to come away from the bar. She's
:28:45. > :28:51.obviously been putting in an incredible amount of work in the gym
:28:51. > :29:01.to get back. She was obviously, that moment aside, routine. Brilliantly
:29:01. > :29:32.
:29:32. > :29:41.performed. 13 scored puts her in into the next element, a nice
:29:41. > :29:49.pirouette, a big, high Tkatchev. Super, super style, building her
:29:49. > :29:52.difficulty, nothing too enormous, just very clean, tidy work, swings
:29:52. > :29:59.beautifully, and that double straight was very nice indeed. That
:29:59. > :30:06.was a truly classy routine. Well, to get up into the medals, she
:30:06. > :30:12.needs over 14.066. Well, she qualified with a 14.3, so I would
:30:12. > :30:18.suspect that that routine is well able to medal there. I agree with
:30:19. > :30:25.you, what a lovely routine, and you can see here great height and
:30:25. > :30:34.flight to the top bar, swings back, spots the bottom bar there, into
:30:34. > :30:38.the handspring, great control, back up to the top bar. It's never a
:30:38. > :30:48.flicker of bent legs, is there? It's really stylish work. She could
:30:48. > :30:53.even push for a silver here. could even look at this - kicks up,
:30:53. > :31:00.great extension, form, what a lovely routine. Like you said, it's
:31:00. > :31:05.looking for over 14.066 for a bronze, 14.366 for a silver. It is
:31:05. > :31:09.a silver. It's 14.633. APPLAUSE
:31:09. > :31:15.Jonna Adlerteg goes into silver medal place with one gymnast
:31:15. > :31:19.remaining, so she's guaranteed a medal. A fantastic story, and
:31:19. > :31:29.really, that was a triumph of style over difficulty. Well, the second
:31:29. > :31:30.
:31:30. > :31:40.Russian in this uneven bars final is Maria Paseka. Starts confidently.
:31:40. > :31:49.
:31:49. > :31:53.Here we are - she's done lots of really complicated moves linked
:31:53. > :31:57.together, a good half turn there, a forward element you have to include
:31:57. > :32:02.- into the double front dismount - good dismount, but were there too
:32:02. > :32:05.many execution errors? You could see right from the word "go" the
:32:06. > :32:10.legs were a little untidy. I have to agree with Christine there. For
:32:10. > :32:16.me, it looked a bit laboured in parts, quite loose in the lower
:32:16. > :32:18.back as well in parts of the routine, soft in the legs. It might
:32:18. > :32:24.just take it because of the difficulty, but we'll have to wait
:32:24. > :32:30.and see. Certainly, there were - you know, if you watch here, legs
:32:30. > :32:36.apart - that sort of thing - lots of openings for the judges to
:32:36. > :32:44.deduct. Yes, not as good a routine as the one we have seen previous.
:32:44. > :32:50.Oh, hang on. That reaction says you've got yourself a bronze - 14.4
:32:50. > :32:55.for Maria Paseka. She stayed with the 5.8 difficulty, so interesting
:32:55. > :32:58.scoring in front of her home crowd. In the absence of the great Beth
:32:58. > :33:04.Tweddle, Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina takes gold in the uneven
:33:04. > :33:14.bars final ahead of Jonna Adlerteg in her first senior final and
:33:14. > :33:15.
:33:15. > :33:20.down to experience. Definitely. Just coming here to
:33:20. > :33:23.compete in a bar final is amazing. I am really disappointed. I have
:33:23. > :33:27.waited a long time for this moment, and it didn't quite come off again
:33:27. > :33:31.today, so it looks like it's going back, picking myself up again and
:33:31. > :33:34.trying for the next one. You can see obviously how much it means for
:33:34. > :33:38.Becky. She's vastly experienced. She has been on the world stage
:33:38. > :33:43.before. She has been there. She has done it, obviously, emotional. It's
:33:43. > :33:45.a big deal at the moment, but how much do you think in the long run
:33:45. > :33:49.this is going to affect her? Definitely disappointing for that
:33:49. > :33:52.final, but as you said, she's an experienced gymnast. She'll be able
:33:52. > :33:57.to pick herself back up, keep training for the next goal. She's
:33:57. > :34:02.more than capable - if she'd done what she did in qualification and
:34:02. > :34:05.caught that reLee, she would have got herself a silver. That moment
:34:05. > :34:09.was sandwiched with the most beautiful moments. You can see as
:34:09. > :34:14.we run through here some of the moves she's got in her armoury.
:34:14. > :34:18.I said, it's a very difficult routine. You can see there all the
:34:18. > :34:22.combinations that she's trying to put together. Yeah.And there is
:34:22. > :34:26.risk involved. I mean, you know her very well, obviously. She's very
:34:26. > :34:30.emotional in her training. Her life is gymnastics. All their lives are
:34:30. > :34:35.gymnastics, but for her, you can either stand back and say, you know,
:34:35. > :34:39.what, another day is coming along, or you can take it to heart, and
:34:40. > :34:44.Becky is one - Yeah, she really puts her heart into everything she
:34:44. > :34:47.does. You can see as soon as she missed that, she was gutted. Yeah.
:34:47. > :34:51.Well, we wish Becky, of course, all the very best with everything.
:34:51. > :34:55.We're now going to move on to the women's vault, and Britain have no-
:34:55. > :35:05.one in the women's vault final, but as it's such an explosive event to
:35:05. > :35:09.
:35:09. > :35:12.watch, then we wanted to show you She has absolute power - the one-
:35:12. > :35:17.and-a-half twist there - it's the difficulty here that really sets
:35:17. > :35:22.her apart, because you can see the height, the way she converts all of
:35:22. > :35:26.that speed into the upward lift. Extremely difficult vault. I should
:35:26. > :35:31.know because I competed this vault in a tucked position in the past,
:35:31. > :35:34.and you need a lot of strength, a lot of power to be landing that
:35:34. > :35:38.vault successfully. She was the highest qualifier. We did expect it,
:35:38. > :35:42.and she was so good as well in the all-arounds, just outside of the
:35:42. > :35:46.medals there, but a fourth place with a gymnast is renowned for just
:35:46. > :35:50.kind of vault and floor - what a performance all around for her.
:35:50. > :35:54.impressed me as well. I have only ever seen her in the vault. We saw
:35:54. > :35:57.her on the floor final. She's going to be amazing, then the all-around
:35:57. > :36:01.- great potential, and I think she's definitely one to watch out
:36:01. > :36:11.for. Well, it is time now to bring on the strong men, so warm up your
:36:11. > :36:23.
:36:23. > :36:29.biceps and join in if you can. This Radivilov - 20 years old, third
:36:29. > :36:34.highest qualifier. That is the ring specialist at work, isn't it? So
:36:34. > :36:43.strong - look at that. Winding up now. Double twisting double back,
:36:43. > :36:51.nailed on the landing! What a routine. 15.466 - going to be up
:36:51. > :37:00.there. Samir Ait Said, the last gymnast in his rings final. Off to
:37:00. > :37:07.a strong start, a nice solid hand stand, into the swinging element.
:37:07. > :37:15.A full twisting double straight - nailed the dismount. Oh! Oh, my
:37:15. > :37:19.goodness me! He's gone into gold medal position. He's tried. Proving
:37:20. > :37:24.to be an exciting World Championships indeed. Louis has
:37:24. > :37:28.been one of the pioneers taking British gymnastics to new heights,
:37:28. > :37:32.another is Daniel Keatings. He became Britain's men's champion in
:37:32. > :37:40.2010, and he did it on the pommel horse.
:37:40. > :37:46.Very, very strog, this. -- strong, this. It's going to be close indeed.
:37:46. > :37:50.I think he's put the cat among the pigeons. Louis knows it too.
:37:50. > :37:53.Keatings is the European champion. In 2010 I got one of the best
:37:53. > :37:59.results of my career. I became European champion on the pommel
:37:59. > :38:03.horse. I went back into the gym to start training again and tore my AC
:38:03. > :38:09.up pretty much a couple of months after I got back, did both my
:38:09. > :38:14.ankles as well. In the end it caused me to miss the Olympics. I
:38:14. > :38:18.have gotten over it and back in the GB squad. We're just really
:38:18. > :38:23.missesing Louis. Hopefully because I missed out on the Olympics, it's
:38:23. > :38:28.like reliving it, if you know what I mean? Louis and Dan, you have
:38:28. > :38:32.done so much together, kind of grown up as well training in the
:38:32. > :38:36.same gym. You must be delighted he is back. It has been a hard road
:38:36. > :38:39.for Daniel the last couple of years - you saw, getting back from injury.
:38:39. > :38:45.We're good friends. We're like family. I am so happy for him, for
:38:45. > :38:50.his mum and dad, his girlfriend who have been on that journey with him.
:38:50. > :38:53.It's nice to see him back on top and winning a gold as well. From
:38:53. > :38:57.your perspective, how do you think he's feeling in the run-up to this?
:38:57. > :39:02.It was his big chance to say, I didn't make the Olympic team, but
:39:02. > :39:07.watch this. He just missed out on that. He was reserve. This is his
:39:07. > :39:12.best chance to say, watch out. I am back with a bang. I think he did it.
:39:12. > :39:17.As well as for Dan, guess who is going for his third medal at the
:39:17. > :39:27.Euros? It is of course Max Whitlock, but a pommel final wound be a
:39:27. > :39:28.
:39:28. > :39:32.pommel horse final without World European final Max Whitlock.
:39:32. > :39:36.It's great to have Christian back, who is a massive - is a gold
:39:36. > :39:39.medallist at the Olympics. It's great to look up to him in the
:39:40. > :39:43.routines and be in the finals competing against him. He's really
:39:43. > :39:47.good. I qualified in second place behind him, which is an achievement
:39:47. > :39:57.in itself for me, and I am looking forward to the final. Well, let's
:39:57. > :40:07.
:40:07. > :40:11.see that yaum important order -- after? It's a difficult one. If it
:40:12. > :40:16.was me, it wouldn't really faze me. I never felt threatened by him. I
:40:16. > :40:20.always focused on what I needed to do. I would say if I was Max, it's
:40:20. > :40:23.better to go before and put in a good performance, perhaps try and
:40:24. > :40:28.worry him. I doubt Berki will be worried, but he's human, so he can
:40:29. > :40:36.mast make mistakes. We're going to get or of your commentary because
:40:37. > :40:39.you'll be joining us in the commentary Max. Now we'll join
:40:39. > :40:43.Max's routine. What does the pommel horse have in
:40:43. > :40:48.store for Max Whitlock, has a silver, the men's all-around. He's
:40:48. > :40:54.just got himself a gold in the floor final. Can he increase that
:40:54. > :41:00.medal haul? Will he deliver? little cleaner at the start there
:41:01. > :41:08.than we saw in the all-around, massive difficulty on the one
:41:08. > :41:17.handle - light frame - he works really well above the handles. Good
:41:17. > :41:23.and smooth, keeping his rhythm. Oh, that's the tough one, a built of a
:41:23. > :41:31.knee bend, but he held it well, just has to keep his focus, keep
:41:31. > :41:34.the difficulty building. Come on. Here we go into the big dismount.
:41:35. > :41:39.Well, what a fantastic Championships. What a great routine
:41:39. > :41:43.for him to finish. Louis, you're clapping. He coped very well with
:41:43. > :41:48.the pressure. He kept going when he needed to. He stepped up the
:41:48. > :41:53.routine, made it harder, put an extra Russian on one handle, which
:41:53. > :41:58.made it an F as opposed to an E association he made it that little
:41:58. > :42:01.bit more. It affected him a little bit on the spindle, got me on the
:42:01. > :42:05.edge of my seat, not going to like, but he did it in style. He didn't
:42:05. > :42:11.have anymore errors, so that's a great performance Max has done.
:42:11. > :42:14.so cool there on the handles. He has his stocklies on the one
:42:14. > :42:18.handle before he goes into the Russian swing, you know, a great
:42:18. > :42:28.extension. It's nice to see him stepping it up for the final.
:42:28. > :42:32.
:42:32. > :42:37.That's what we like to see. That's him. Does that put pressure on
:42:38. > :42:41.Berki now? I don't think he looks at the other competitors as
:42:41. > :42:48.pressure. I think he wants to get through his own routine, and that
:42:48. > :42:51.is the best way to think. 15.5. That is a big score. That's
:42:51. > :42:55.it. That is a very good score, considering there was an error. I
:42:55. > :43:03.think he'll be very pleased with that. Here he is Krisztian Berki,
:43:03. > :43:13.28 years old, the highest qualifier, Olympic gold medallist, world
:43:13. > :43:22.
:43:22. > :43:27.champion, European champion, keep great style, the flairs, the leg
:43:27. > :43:32.separation. Everything looks so very measured - legs locked
:43:32. > :43:38.together, picks the pace up a little bit - in fact, that is
:43:38. > :43:43.something I really like about his pommel horse work, not just the
:43:43. > :43:48.difficulty, but the virility in it and the variety of pace. And for a
:43:48. > :43:54.big gymnast he doesn't skew on the pommel horse. A lot of the gymnasts
:43:54. > :43:59.- oh - skew. His hands are very much in line. Lifts, lifts, lifts -
:43:59. > :44:04.the extra turn. There was just a little flicker in the middle there,
:44:04. > :44:08.but that was the work of a champion. Lewis, how good... Oh!Normally
:44:08. > :44:12.you're used to seeing him from the floor, but I have to ask you to
:44:12. > :44:16.comment on - he is a master, isn't he? He's a master at getting
:44:16. > :44:20.through the routine. He went for his easy routine. I noticed right
:44:20. > :44:23.away he didn't go for the flair full spin at the start. He's
:44:23. > :44:28.thinking Lewis isn't here, it should be an easier field. I think
:44:28. > :44:31.it threw him a little bit. OK.Got towards the end of the routine, hit
:44:31. > :44:37.the pommel horse. That's a deduction and his dismount didn't
:44:37. > :44:42.finish in control, so, again, that could be up to a 5 or 3/10
:44:43. > :44:46.deduction. Max is in with a chance. He'll still get the start score,
:44:46. > :44:50.but the deductions might be more decreased. We'll have to see. I
:44:50. > :44:54.would say he'd just creep in in front of Max, but wouldn't be
:44:54. > :45:02.surprised if it was under either. Max Whitlock has the score of 15 -
:45:02. > :45:08.he's just creeped ahead at a 15.533 - Whoa! Berki by the skin of your
:45:08. > :45:13.teeth. He does it every time, doesn't he? It is an exciting final.
:45:13. > :45:17.A really tight final. I know what Dan is thinking now. What is he
:45:17. > :45:27.thinking He's thinking Berki has a low score. I need to smash this
:45:27. > :45:43.
:45:43. > :45:53.routine. He needs to stay calm. in the middle. Spindle on the end.
:45:53. > :45:53.
:45:53. > :46:01.Good extension. Hasn't hit the pommel. Picks up great into the
:46:01. > :46:08.travel. Not skewing an awful lot. Keeping square. Just the dismount
:46:08. > :46:16.lef He's up, he spins, he's down, yes! And he shouts on his dismount
:46:16. > :46:22.as well. We know it's close, but is that enough? If I was judging it,
:46:22. > :46:29.that would be a gold medal for me. I would give that 15. That 15.7, 15. ,
:46:29. > :46:34.15.8. Would you? 15. 15.533. The form in this, to keep the composure
:46:34. > :46:41.under extreme pressure. It was a great routine. That's all Dan needed
:46:41. > :46:45.to do, get through his routine the way he knows he can do it. I would
:46:45. > :46:49.say that's a deserved gold. Well, whatever, it is a fantastic
:46:49. > :46:53.performance and the performance that Dan really needed for his own
:46:53. > :46:58.confidence and to put himself back on the world stage. He's a great
:46:58. > :47:05.gymnast. I guess we are allowed to think that as your training partner
:47:05. > :47:12.all the years you can be slightly biassed. You can see how nervous he
:47:12. > :47:17.is. Yes, he says, it is 15. 15.6. Daniel Keatings is in gold medal
:47:17. > :47:27.position in this men's pommel horse final. There are two gymnasts le to
:47:27. > :47:28.
:47:28. > :47:37.go. This guy, he has the potential to score a 16. Let's hope it is not
:47:37. > :47:47.today. He just never goes through his routine in the finals, buckles
:47:47. > :48:04.
:48:04. > :48:14.Just a flicker of the legs apart. He has got a lovely swing and a great
:48:14. > :48:27.
:48:27. > :48:31.speed and rhythm to the routine. He through, that was a fighting
:48:32. > :48:37.performance. He did well. There were a few times I thought he would be
:48:37. > :48:42.off, but he got through to routine. Fair play to him but I don't think
:48:42. > :48:52.it is enough to beat Daniel. Esaid he had the potential to go up to
:48:52. > :48:54.
:48:54. > :48:59.16.He was full of confidence and he gripped when he needed to. A 15. A
:48:59. > :49:09.15.1. Donna Donny Truyens is in sixth.
:49:09. > :49:19.
:49:19. > :49:24.Great Britain's Daniel Keatings It is incredible to think that in
:49:24. > :49:29.the three finals of the men's we've had four medals in it It is
:49:29. > :49:39.absolutely fantastic. People used to say who is Britain in the gymnastics
:49:39. > :49:39.
:49:39. > :50:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:50:21. > :50:26.It has been a tough couple of years for you. That must be a phenomenal
:50:26. > :50:32.feeling to be back on the podium, at the top of your sport? Yes, the last
:50:32. > :50:37.few years have been hell through injury. It is the first time I've
:50:38. > :50:42.been back since 2010. This is my first major since then. I came here
:50:42. > :50:46.and I've done my job. I only scraped through in qualification, so I was
:50:46. > :50:52.nervous, but I've retained the title. I had a chance to retain it
:50:52. > :50:55.and I did, so I'm really happy. Max, congratulations. It was a close one
:50:55. > :51:01.but you completed the set though. I'm really happy to have completed
:51:01. > :51:08.the set. It was much more than I needed to do. That is the best final
:51:08. > :51:12.I've ever done, the craziest one and the closest one. He managed to pull
:51:12. > :51:17.through that and done an amazing routine. He deserved that gold
:51:17. > :51:23.medal. You were celebrating as soon as you landed. How soon did you
:51:23. > :51:27.know? I didn't know I had won. I just knew I had done a really good
:51:27. > :51:32.routine, the best I could do. And I had the start score. I knew it was
:51:32. > :51:35.going to be in the mix. It was more a sign of relief after everything
:51:35. > :51:38.that's gone on in the past. Just getting the routine in the final.
:51:38. > :51:45.I'm over the Moon. APPLAUSE
:51:45. > :51:54.We've got to applaud him. Well Max summed it up, under extreme pressure
:51:54. > :52:00.he knew what he was capable of. A. . It has been hard for Dan. Funding
:52:00. > :52:04.has been an issue. To do that, he can not worry about funding and he
:52:04. > :52:08.can just get back into training and being focussed. I'm very happy to
:52:08. > :52:14.him. Also treat ourselves to another look at the end of the routine. Is
:52:14. > :52:20.he going to pick up now where you left off? I hope so. I think it will
:52:20. > :52:26.be a battle between him and Max who is going to fill the spot I once had
:52:26. > :52:32.on pommel horse. First and third, unbelievable. Listen to him on the
:52:32. > :52:37.end of the dismount. Yes!He knows. The relief. Everything went into
:52:37. > :52:41.that. We were just saying there Jenny, can you believe we've heard
:52:42. > :52:48.the national anthem played twice now, in Russia? Fantastic. I'm so
:52:48. > :52:52.proud of our gymnasts. It made our day. It certainly made Dan's life.
:52:52. > :53:01.The equivalent of the men's pommel horse is the women's beam.
:53:01. > :53:05.Representing Great Britain in this final is Ruby Harrold. I can't
:53:05. > :53:11.believe I'm in the final. A few years ago I was a very nervous
:53:11. > :53:18.person on the beam. It is another apparatus where I can gain
:53:18. > :53:22.experience from. I haven't got the highest start but I know if I do the
:53:22. > :53:28.routine to the best of my ability, I could perform well. Let's look at
:53:28. > :53:31.the order of balancing. I do hope the nerves have settled.
:53:31. > :53:40.Beam is the last place that you want the jitters, especially when you're
:53:40. > :53:48.up first. Ruby Harrold for Great Britain, her
:53:48. > :53:54.first ever beam final. She's had a fantastic European Championships
:53:55. > :54:04.here. Calmly into the handstand and the Healey turn. Very nice original
:54:05. > :54:10.
:54:10. > :54:17.Sets herself up for the front somersault. Beautifully high and
:54:17. > :54:21.controlled. Now the back flip and the layout somersault. Two acrobatic
:54:21. > :54:31.moves that gymnasts are required to incloud, linked together. Very
:54:31. > :54:32.
:54:32. > :54:42.nicely done on the change-leg leap with the quarter turn. Well
:54:42. > :55:04.
:55:04. > :55:08.connected. Two leaps connected forwards and backwards elements. And
:55:09. > :55:18.runs into the full twisting front somersault dismount. Very good
:55:19. > :55:21.
:55:21. > :55:31.secure opening from Ruby. Flick, layout, very solid and finishing off
:55:31. > :55:39.
:55:39. > :55:49.a straight front somersault, full turn, controlled nicely. 13. 13.633.
:55:49. > :56:03.
:56:03. > :56:13.Very good Diana Laura Bulimar, from Romania impressed us with her
:56:13. > :56:42.
:56:42. > :56:47.of the apparatus. Beam work is a great deal about confidence. If
:56:47. > :56:51.you're confident, perform every skill with purpose, you are much
:56:51. > :56:59.more likely to be able to maintain balance and control the middle of
:56:59. > :57:05.the body. She's barely had a wobble. Up into a double pike. That really
:57:05. > :57:13.was a very impressive routine. APPLAUSE
:57:13. > :57:17.There's the free walkover into the immediate leap, and again.
:57:17. > :57:22.judges have to decide if they feel it was immediate from the free
:57:23. > :57:32.walkover into the jump she gets a bonus. A beautiful double pike back
:57:33. > :57:33.
:57:33. > :57:42.to finish. That will score well. 14.833 puts her into the lead. Very
:57:42. > :57:50.good work there. The local favourite, third in the all round.
:57:50. > :57:55.From Russia it is Anastasia Grishina. Didn't have a great deem
:57:55. > :58:05.routine in qualification but is capable of fabulous work here. So
:58:05. > :58:11.
:58:11. > :58:21.supple, so fluent. Really positive on that landing.
:58:21. > :58:47.
:58:47. > :58:55.Super hands. Her fluency and Very difficult and unusual that
:58:55. > :59:05.combination. No pause. Really special work.
:59:05. > :59:06.
:59:06. > :59:13.And she hits the splits in her leaps effortlessly.
:59:13. > :59:20.Lovely style. Big double pike. Just a little pace.
:59:20. > :59:26.That was superb work from Grishina. APPLAUSE
:59:26. > :59:31.Look at the height in the round-off straight back. Sets up, wraps in for
:59:31. > :59:40.the double pike back. Look at the toes pointed for the landing, arms
:59:40. > :59:50.forward, one pace back. The smile says it all. 5. 5.6 difficulty. Not
:59:50. > :59:51.
:59:51. > :00:01.quite enough to take her into first place. Larisa Iordache from Romania.
:00:01. > :00:24.
:00:24. > :00:28.Impressed us immensely during the the leg lifted high - that'll give
:00:28. > :00:36.her plenty of marks - that difficult element, and the change
:00:36. > :00:46.leg leap with the half turn. Free walk-over, and she didn't go for
:00:46. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :01:00.the jump there that we probably be joined. They can be simple, but
:01:00. > :01:09.they have to be joined. Very good pace and rhythm to this routine, no
:01:09. > :01:16.long pauses, use of arms, very nice. Now watch this dismount - roundoff,
:01:16. > :01:21.back flip, punch-up, triple twist, clean as can be. Now, that beam had
:01:21. > :01:27.all the difficulty, all the pace. This is my favourite, this dismount,
:01:27. > :01:33.of all. Seen her do this since a very young junior, and it's always
:01:33. > :01:42.been stunning. Wrapped in for the triple twist, not only the best
:01:42. > :01:51.routine for me so far, but the most accurate dismount. And it's up to
:01:51. > :01:56.15.266. That's a massive score, 6.4 difficulty that puts the Romanians
:01:56. > :01:59.first and second, Iordache first, Bulimar second, Grishina from
:01:59. > :02:04.Russia third, Ruby Harrold performing excellently in sixth
:02:04. > :02:10.place - that's the highest score for her of this Championships.
:02:10. > :02:15.She'll go very pleased. I couldn't agree more, congratulations to Ruby
:02:15. > :02:21.Harrold, unsurprisingly, the two Romanians one and two. Orarea we
:02:21. > :02:31.showed you the women's vault final, so it's only fair we do the same
:02:31. > :02:38.
:02:38. > :02:44.with the men, and here are the Hasn't he just? Look at the height
:02:44. > :02:49.he gets. Unbelievable.Plenty of time to spot the landing and
:02:49. > :02:55.straight down the middle. Flavius Koczi took silver, believe it or
:02:55. > :03:01.not, a triple twisting - well, he was the European champion. Ooh!
:03:01. > :03:08.That wraps it in, that twist. much of a somersaulter, but he can
:03:08. > :03:14.twist. 6, difficulty, as well. about made it there. The gold who
:03:14. > :03:20.landed on the medal was Denis Ablyazin. Watch this, a double Pike.
:03:20. > :03:24.He had so much time, so much space. How can you get that high just by
:03:24. > :03:28.running down a runway and then hitting a large object? Denis
:03:28. > :03:33.Ablyazin is proof of that. The penultimate final for the men is
:03:33. > :03:43.the parallel bars, got no British finalists here, but here is the
:03:43. > :03:52.
:03:52. > :03:56.from Ukraine, always faultless on the parallel bars. A very difficult
:03:56. > :04:03.combination - the final pause, wraps up, a double Pike-back, what
:04:03. > :04:08.a performance. What a contender. Oleg Stepko wins the gold medal. So
:04:08. > :04:10.he had a much happier time in the parallel balls, finally ending in
:04:10. > :04:14.the all-around, but Mustafina has been the star of the show from a
:04:14. > :04:20.Russian perspective so far, and Jenny, I know that you are a huge
:04:20. > :04:25.fan of hers. You even film her routines off the telly. Yeah, she's
:04:25. > :04:30.a beautiful gymnast, puts the "artistic" in artistic gymnastics,
:04:30. > :04:34.and to be performing in front of a home crowd for her must be very
:04:34. > :04:38.special. What was it like competing against her on the floor alongside
:04:38. > :04:43.someone you respect so much? To be on par technically with her in the
:04:43. > :04:47.competitions is amazing because she's such an aspiring gymnast. I
:04:47. > :04:52.just look up to her. What is it about her because everybody loves
:04:52. > :04:56.her, don't they? Not only is she an absolutely brilliant gymnast, but
:04:56. > :05:01.she's very modest, a team player, and she's just really what you can
:05:01. > :05:04.call beautiful. Great eyes as well. She qualified with one of the
:05:04. > :05:08.highest scores on the floor but content with two European goals
:05:08. > :05:11.already she's pulled out of the final to give her team-mate
:05:11. > :05:21.Anastasia Grishina a chance, and here are the highlights from that
:05:21. > :05:34.
:05:34. > :05:37.Romania. Such precision - double straight somersault, the body
:05:37. > :05:47.travels straight through the air in that position. Here we have - oh,
:05:47. > :06:00.
:06:00. > :06:08.so high into the double tuck, difficult leaps, and she gives
:06:08. > :06:14.herself plenty of time to do that, doesn't rush them into a corner.
:06:14. > :06:24.Obviously, a hugely skilful tumbler, full twisting double backed Pike
:06:24. > :06:41.
:06:41. > :06:51.include five acrobatic skills and three dance elements for their
:06:51. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :06:56.difficulty. This was packed full with them both. What about that?
:06:56. > :07:01.Talk about a little pocket rocket - from the start to the finish, it
:07:01. > :07:06.was dynamic. I always like to see the Romanians on the floor. They
:07:06. > :07:11.have great choreography and spend a lot of time in the gym working on
:07:11. > :07:19.this aspect. As we can see there, on the tumble there, round-off
:07:19. > :07:24.flick, double lay-out, straight from top to toe, nailed the landing.
:07:24. > :07:30.Look at this - the full twist, half, walk-out, round-off flick, has to
:07:30. > :07:40.really power back into the double- back somersault, very difficult to
:07:40. > :07:47.generate a double somersault from a walk-out. Combines some beautiful
:07:47. > :07:51.dance work and power. There we see there the full twist in the first
:07:51. > :08:01.somersault, pipe back out, the highest difficulty. For me this
:08:01. > :08:05.routine had it all. 14.533, Diana Bulimar goes into first place. A
:08:05. > :08:14.great favourite of the Russian crowd, certainly this gymnast
:08:14. > :08:24.qualified top. Afanasyeva. Superb double straight, world champion on
:08:24. > :08:30.
:08:30. > :08:40.floor. Two whips into a triple twist, very cleanly performed.
:08:40. > :09:08.
:09:08. > :09:18.Combination of spins, beautifully a-half, straight front. Only one-
:09:18. > :09:37.
:09:37. > :09:41.she left herself enough energy? Yes, she has, great double Pike finish,
:09:41. > :09:45.what an exciting, mature performance from Afanasyeva.
:09:45. > :09:52.Certainly proving there why she is the world champion and such power.
:09:52. > :09:56.Look here at the tumbles. Round-off, double lay-out, great extension and
:09:56. > :10:03.execution, perfect on the landing. There's the whip, generating the
:10:03. > :10:09.power, flick, stands up, into the triple twist, perfect landing again.
:10:09. > :10:16.So in those two tumbles, she's shown such variety, double rotation,
:10:16. > :10:21.multiple twists, and the jump is so well executed and cleverly landed.
:10:21. > :10:25.Yes, 15.166, slightly down on the difficulty, but first place, and
:10:25. > :10:35.that is a massive score. That's going to be difficult to match or
:10:35. > :10:38.
:10:38. > :10:42.beat. So Larisa Iordache, silver all-around - gold on beam. She'll
:10:42. > :10:47.be wanting to add another gold to her tally, and watch this first
:10:47. > :10:56.tumble - double twisting, double tuck, but that was a big step
:10:56. > :11:06.forwards. Such a dynamic gymnast, though, full-twisting double-back,
:11:06. > :11:24.
:11:24. > :11:34.all those leaps, works very hard on the new rule of not waiting in the
:11:34. > :12:13.
:12:13. > :12:16.pauses. Really ambitious routine, no major errors, but there were a
:12:16. > :12:21.couple of steps on landing that might well be the difference
:12:21. > :12:24.between the gold and the silver. There were errors, unfortunately.
:12:24. > :12:31.If anybody could challenge for the top spot, it would have been
:12:31. > :12:36.Iordache, and as we can see this, this is a very big full in, back
:12:36. > :12:43.out, slight hop-back. That wasn't anything too major on the
:12:43. > :12:48.deductions. Here we see again - generates great power in the round-
:12:48. > :12:54.off flick flack, stands up into the double tuck, opens up in plenty of
:12:54. > :13:04.time, slight hop-back. 15.166 to beat. It will be up there, but will
:13:04. > :13:10.it be in the 15s in well, -- 15s? Well, the replay didn't show us but
:13:10. > :13:15.there was an error on the first tumble. 14.733 - she's not going to
:13:15. > :13:22.take the gold, but she's in the silver medal position. Afanasyeva,
:13:22. > :13:32.the world champion on floor, adds the European title to her
:13:32. > :13:36.
:13:36. > :13:39.incredibly relaxed - obviously relief there performing in front of
:13:39. > :13:42.the home crowd, so much expectation on her shoulders as the world
:13:42. > :13:46.champion. A little bit because I think that's the only final she did
:13:46. > :13:51.qualify for, but she clearly made the most of it. She's a very
:13:51. > :13:56.enjoyable competitor to watchen the floor, and deserving I think.
:13:56. > :14:01.moving on to the blue-ribboned event. It's the men's high bar and
:14:01. > :14:07.one of the two British high fliers we have got going in this one is a
:14:07. > :14:12.new face to the British public. Meet Ashley Watson. I'm at
:14:12. > :14:20.university. I am doing my dissertation on pre-performance
:14:20. > :14:25.routines in gymnastics and anxiety levels. I try to incorporate that
:14:25. > :14:31.stuff into my routine, and it seems to have done the trick. It's my
:14:31. > :14:39.first big sport as senior. All of my training has been building up to
:14:39. > :14:44.this routine. My focus was on the bars, messed it up, now I am
:14:44. > :14:48.working on the high bar. I am not looking for any medals at this
:14:48. > :14:54.stage, but if I can sneak one in, I would be happy with that. To
:14:54. > :15:04.experience it will be good enough for me. It's always a nailbiter.
:15:04. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :15:43.well, if they keep their nerve. Lads, just hang on. Aliaksandr
:15:43. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :16:13.Tsarevich open this is high bar A slight fight but he's got it over
:16:13. > :16:18.
:16:18. > :16:24.into the Markelov. Another Healey turn.
:16:25. > :16:32.Kicks it up, triple-back somersault, nail the landing... Well, what an
:16:32. > :16:36.opener! APPLAUSE
:16:36. > :16:42.The Kovac, the somersault over the bar, caught with a bit of a bend
:16:42. > :16:51.over the arms. And this, the dismount. Knees beautifully together
:16:52. > :17:00.as well. Very good dismount. 14. 14.833, a very good score to
:17:00. > :17:06.start this competition. Ashley Watson from Great Britain.
:17:06. > :17:13.His first senior European final. A great junior gymnast, one of the
:17:13. > :17:19.team that won the Junior Europeans. Has been dogged by injury for the
:17:19. > :17:27.past few years but performed fantastically.
:17:27. > :17:37.The one-armed swing. Impressive work. Confident in the twist, the
:17:37. > :17:44.
:17:44. > :17:51.one-and-a-half twist, straight up Oh, what a shame, the full twisting
:17:51. > :17:57.Kovac, over the bar with the full twist. So little room for error.
:17:57. > :18:03.was going for broke there, the full twisting Kovac's not round enough.
:18:03. > :18:08.One hand gets on first and then just misses out with the other. This is
:18:08. > :18:15.the highest difficulty. But what a gutsy performance.
:18:15. > :18:25.The coach puts him back up on the high bar in a final. You have to go
:18:25. > :18:31.
:18:31. > :18:36.for broke. Everyone else will be Has to nail the dismount. Very nice.
:18:36. > :18:45.He will be desperately disappointed but it's been a long wait from
:18:45. > :18:52.qualification until now. Here's the squat with the half turn.
:18:52. > :19:00.Straight into the somersault with an extra full turn. Very difficult to
:19:00. > :19:10.keep your legs together. He did that element as well as I've
:19:10. > :19:10.
:19:10. > :19:14.seen it done by anybody. Really stylish. He almost caught that. He
:19:14. > :19:18.just didn't get the dowell over the bar, so his hand touched. You have
:19:18. > :19:22.to get the block, the dowell, in the hand guard over, so that you can
:19:22. > :19:30.resist the forces that hit the bottom of the swing. There you go,
:19:30. > :19:36.and the timing was perfect. He just released a little bit too late. But
:19:36. > :19:41.finished very vongole here -- finished very strongly here. Full
:19:41. > :19:47.twisting double straight. Ashley Watson from Leeds. Here is his
:19:47. > :19:57.score, 12. 12.833. Second at the moment but I guess there'll be more
:19:57. > :20:04.
:20:04. > :20:13.big scores to come. Fabian Hambuechen from Germany. European
:20:13. > :20:23.champion in '07 and '08. This will be something spectacular.
:20:23. > :20:28.
:20:28. > :20:35.That's the full twisting cover after caught at full extension. The Kovac.
:20:35. > :20:42.There's a squat full. Oh, came out too early. Down on to the apparatus.
:20:42. > :20:52.That's cost him. That is so unusual for Fabian Hambuechen. He usually
:20:52. > :21:09.
:21:09. > :21:16.loves the pressure. We've seen him A great dismount. He will be
:21:16. > :21:24.disappointed with that performance. Good form on the dismount. The
:21:25. > :21:34.landing as confident as ever. 13. 13.966. In second, ahead of Ashley
:21:35. > :21:36.
:21:36. > :21:46.Watson, but behind Aliaksandr Tsarevich. Emin Garibov from Russia,
:21:46. > :21:46.
:21:46. > :22:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:22:43. > :22:48.the only gymnast to post a start What a performance!
:22:48. > :22:54.He makes a half turn before his body swings through the bottom, and that
:22:54. > :22:58.way he can swing back up to handstand. The half turn. He took an
:22:58. > :23:05.extra long swing there before he went into this difficult
:23:05. > :23:10.combination. Stoop Tkachev, straddle with half turn. Now it is linking
:23:10. > :23:15.those difficult elements together that builds four start value. That's
:23:15. > :23:16.why his start value will be higher than others.
:23:16. > :23:24.APPLAUSE The scores are in. Seven difficulty.
:23:24. > :23:34.15. 15.433. The other gymnasts are going to have to do something pretty
:23:34. > :23:35.
:23:35. > :23:38.special to overhaul that score. The final British competitor of this
:23:38. > :23:48.European Championships that's held so much success for Great Britain.
:23:48. > :24:02.
:24:02. > :24:12.Sam Oldham, from Nottingham, comes Straight Tkachev, straddle Tkachev.
:24:12. > :24:19.
:24:20. > :24:26.Come on, Sam! Tkachev off turn, executed fantastically.
:24:26. > :24:32.There's the hopful, into the Ribalco, a hop one-and-a-half. Come
:24:32. > :24:39.on now, hold it together. Double twisting double straight, what a
:24:39. > :24:45.routine from Sam Oldham! Fantastic gymnastics. Well done, Sam. Our
:24:45. > :24:50.final competitor showed just all the fight that's been in the British
:24:50. > :24:57.team this Championships. Lovely turns, really clean, lovely style.
:24:57. > :25:01.Body shape really good. Extension, height above the bar is so
:25:01. > :25:11.impressive there. He catches really cleanly makes the turn before he
:25:11. > :25:17.hits the bottom of the swing. Super work. Toes locked together, fully
:25:17. > :25:26.extended. Kicks up high. Finishes the double twist easily, so he can
:25:26. > :25:31.make the landing. 15. 15.133! Second place. What an
:25:31. > :25:37.impressive performance. Just one gymnast to go, so he is assured of a
:25:37. > :25:47.medal. The final gymnast of these Championships, the man who shared
:25:47. > :26:15.
:26:15. > :26:20.Just a little stall on the swingout but such difficulty.
:26:20. > :26:27.Such vooishcts such difficulty in this routine. Tall gymnast swings
:26:27. > :26:34.with ease. What about the dismount? Double, double, without a flicker on
:26:34. > :26:36.landing. That was a fantastic routine.
:26:36. > :26:40.APPLAUSE Very difficult but there'll be a
:26:40. > :26:49.deduction there. You can see the arms bending and the close shoulder
:26:49. > :26:53.angle. We were looking for a good catch.
:26:53. > :27:00.Ten out of ten for effort. A late catch. He has to work very hard and
:27:00. > :27:07.bend the arms to get up to the handstand. Finishes very strongly.
:27:08. > :27:13.And fourth place, 14. 14.733. Alexander Shatilov very
:27:13. > :27:19.disappointed. Execution down. 8. 8.233 but that gives Great Britain
:27:19. > :27:24.another medal. Sam Oldham silver on high bar. And there's confirmation.
:27:24. > :27:28.First place Emin Garibov from Russia. Second, Sam Oldham from
:27:28. > :27:34.Great Britain. Third Aliaksandr Tsarevich from Belarus. What a
:27:34. > :27:43.fantastic finish. Yet again Great Britain on the medal
:27:43. > :27:48.podium. Sam Oldham took gold at the junior Europeans in 2010. Gold at
:27:48. > :27:53.the youth Olympics as well. Here is ehad taking a wonderful silver
:27:54. > :28:03.medal. It is such a difficult piece to watch when you are all wired in
:28:04. > :28:10.
:28:10. > :28:16.with microphones as we are. How do you sum that up Louis, you do
:28:16. > :28:22.wish you were there? Some part of me wishes I was there. 60% of me wishes
:28:22. > :28:28.I was there just to watch. Even if I wanted to get my leotard back on, I
:28:28. > :28:34.would struggle to get into it. need to lose a few pounds. Alright,
:28:34. > :28:40.it is OK for me to say that, the but don't be cheeky. A quick word Jenny,
:28:40. > :28:44.highlights? I'm so proud of all our British gymnastsment so many medal
:28:44. > :28:49.amounts it has been fantastic to watch. Are you in retirement now or
:28:49. > :28:53.are you coming out of it slowly. I'm officially in retirement but we'll
:28:53. > :29:00.see. It has been super to have your company this afternoon. I thoroughly
:29:00. > :29:03.enjoyed it. You can see more tonight at 7 o'clock on BBC two HD. We'll
:29:03. > :29:07.have highlights of the London Marathon. If all of that is a little