2014 Sofia European Men's and Women's Artistics Gymnastics Championships

Men's JuniorTeam - Results:

The battle  for the medals was a two nation competition with Great Britain determined to win their fourth consecutive European Junior Team Title, but a very impressive Russian squad had their eyes on the top prize too. GBR showed tremendous consistency and experience on the first five apparatus, while Russia impressed with their clean classic lines.

Britain managed to stay within 0.2 of the strong Russians on the first event, then continued to pull ahead throughout the competition giving themselves a 2.69 lead heading into the final apparatus, the pommel horse. Two uncharacteristic falls on the Britain’s best apparatus, put a bit of a damper on their mood, however the Russians could not catch up even after all the four gymnast in the team have hit their routines on the same event.

Great Britain takes the Team Gold for the fourth consecutive time following Lausanne, 2008; Birmingham, 2010 and Montpellier, 2012 (254.094). The Russians took the Silver (252.395) and France was thrilled to claim the Bronze Medal (246.194).

“I’m feeling very emotional. That means a lot to us and everything to me. We put a lot of time into it and we worked harder than any other nation to be the best team in Europe. Everything comes from preparation and practice. We stick to our plan and this gives us a competition spirit. The plan is to win the gold medal for a decade!” ( Barry Collie, National Coach of Great Britain )

Congratulations to all teams !