Ana Bărbosu, another bronze medal at the European Gymnastics Championships, in the final on parallel devices!
Article by Luminița Paul – published on Friday, May 30, 2025 20:26 / Updated on Friday, May 30, 2025 20:43
The Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu (18 years old) won the bronze medal at the parallel in the European Championships in Leipzig. The day before, she had climbed on the same step of the podium in the composed individual contest.
On the first day of the finals on the European Championships, Ana Bărbosu, qualified in the parallel after the withdrawal of the German representative, Helen Kevric, entered the seventh competition, managing to complete an alert exercise, with well -linked and executed elements.
The landing was firm, and in the applause of the spectators present in the stands in Leipzig, “tricolora” waited for the note.
And it was 13,766which at that time was the second of the final. Just before her, Nina Derweel from Belgium (25 years old), double world champion on this device (2018, 2019) and double European champion (2017, 2018), had succeeded an exception, rewarded as referees: 14,466.
Immediately after Ana, the Hungarian Bettina Lili Czifra evolved, who had, in turn, a spectacular exercise, put into practice, without hesitation. The result? 14,100 And, in the end, silver medal. This is because the last gymnast in the contest, Naomi Visser from the Netherlands, fell in the first part of his evolution, not having chances at the podium.
Final ranking on parallel appliances to European Photo Championships: Captura SmartScring
Ana Bărbosu, bronze medal and individual compound
The day before, in the final of the individual compound, Ana also obtained the bronze medal, with a total of 52,299 points, after the Italian Manila Esposito (54,965) and Iberica Alba Petisco (53,265).
He had problems in the beam, descending from the device to one of the acrobatic lines and reaching it to another element, receiving only 11,633 (5,100 and 6.533). The failure removed Ana from gold, slipping into the eighth position after three rotations.
However, he recovered to the ground, where he won the bronze last year at the Paris Olympics, with an exercise full of lyricism and without major mistakes.
Ana Bărbosu is also qualified in the finals on beam and soil devices, scheduled on Saturday. Also, Denisa Golgotă will compete in the last act from the beam.
In these Europeans, Romania ranked 4th in the team competition.
Romania medals at parallel at European Championships
- 6 gold – Nadia Comăneci (1975, 1977), Ecaterina Szabo (1983), Daniela Silivaș (1987), Mirela Pasca (1991), Simona Amanar (1994)
- 8 silver – Elena Leuștean (1957, 1959), Emilia Eberle (1979), Cristina Grigoraș (1981), Lavinia Agache (1983), Daniela Silivaș (1989), Steliana Nistor (2007, 2008)
- 3 of bronze – Alina Goreac (1973), Claudia Presscan (1998), Ana Bărbosu (2025)
