So, What Did I Miss? Euros Edition I

2015-04-14
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  And the schedule for qualifications:
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  CI WAG – Qualifications – Subdivision 1 (10h30-12h30)
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  Opening Ceremony(13h45-14h15)
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  CI WAG – Qualifications – Subdivision 2 (14h30-16h30)
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  CI WAG – Qualifications – Subdivision 3 (17h00-19h00)
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  CI WAG – Qualifications – Subdivision 4 (19h30-21h30)
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  Pastime between subdivisions:  read our <strong>previews of the competition. </strong>Per event we have so far &#8211; <a href="http://www.thecouchgymnast.com/2015/04/14/montpellier-euros-preview-all-around/">all around</a>, <a href="http://www.thecouchgymnast.com/2015/04/13/montpellier-euros-preview-vault/">vault</a>, <a href="http://www.thecouchgymnast.com/2015/04/14/montpellier-euros-preview-balance-beam/">beam</a>, <a href="http://www.thecouchgymnast.com/2015/04/14/montpellier-euros-preview-floor/">floor</a>; per country &#8211; <a href="http://www.thecouchgymnast.com/2015/04/12/montpellier-euros-preview-great-britain/">Great Britain</a> and <a href="http://www.thecouchgymnast.com/2015/04/12/montpellier-euros-preview-italy/">Italy</a>.
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  <strong>When Euros are Hosted by France</strong>&#8230; fill in the gaps. I would put &#8220;France wins a medal&#8221;. Now read <a href="http://www.thecouchgymnast.com/2015/04/12/when-euros-are-hosted-by-france/">this article </a>and find out what else happens.
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  <strong>&#8230; in News</strong>
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  The  start list for qualifications confirmed some of the suspicions of yesterday&#8217;s podium training: <strong>Anna Pavlova</strong> injured during training and will not compete.
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  On the same note, <strong>Alla Sosnitskaya</strong> was also withdrawn from the competition and was replaced by <strong>Maria Paseka</strong>. Valentina Rodionenko confirmed Alla&#8217;s ankle issues and the fact that Paseka is already in Montpellier. Paseka will do vault and bars while the second all arounder for Russia will now be Daria Spiridonova. [<a href="http://www.allsportinfo.ru/index.php?id=91849">HERE</a>]

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    TVR reports that <strong>Romania</strong> also had a drama-filled podium training, with wobbly routines from Iridon and Jurca and dissatisfying beam and floor training from Bulimar and Munteanu respectively. But Tuesday&#8217;s training is said to had been much more satisfying. [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=526534457486049">HERE</a>]

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      The All Around have <strong>podium training notes</strong>, read them <a href="http://www.the-all-around.com/2015/04/14/2015-european-championships-wag-podium-training-recap/">HERE</a>
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      The Romanians got a brand new website and a youtube channel with some nice presentation videos. This one caught my attention: <strong>Andreea Iridon</strong> &#8211; if she were a super-hero she would choose to have the power of controlling her nerves. &#8220;She is shy but calculated&#8221; say her team mates. &#8220;She can do a good beam routine or a not-so-good beam routine&#8221; says Octavian Bellu:
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      <strong>&#8230; in Video</strong>
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      from podium training  <strong>Giulia Steingruber</strong>, looking confident on all four events:
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      <strong>Maria Kharenkova</strong> &#8211; it looks like it was not a perfect training session for her either:
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      <strong>Diana Bulimar</strong> with a new floor routine. The dance looks good already!
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      Watch all the podium training videos <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ffffaaaannnnyyyy/videos">here</a>.
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      <strong>&#8230;in Podium training pictures</strong>
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      via the official competition Facebook page, here is <strong>Ksenia Afanasyeva:</strong>
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      Claire Martin:
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      Vanessa Ferrari:
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      more pictures <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.680772042051938.1073741834.634646606664482&type=3">HERE</a> and <a href="http://www.montpelliergym2015.fr/">HERE</a>
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      Did we miss anything? Please leave a comment if you have more news!
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      <strong>Article by: Bea Gheorghisor</strong>
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      <strong>Photo Cover: <a style="color: #3b5998;" href="https://www.facebook.com/EchMontpellier?fref=photo&sk=photos">Artistic Gymnastics European Championships 2015 &#8211; Montpellier</a></strong>
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