In June 2018 Baku’s National Gymnastics Arena hosted the European qualifier for artistic gymnastics at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. Girls born in 2003 and boys born in 2001 or 2002 were eligible, and 54 boys and 43 girls took part.
Girls
Ukraine’s Anastasia Bachynska won with 54.299, with the top score on beam and the third best on vault and floor. France’s Carolann Héduit took second and Russia’s Daria Belousova third. Italy’s Asia D’Amato had the best vault. European Youth Olympic Festival champion Ksenia Klimenko was the best on bars and floor, but a beam score of 9.700 dropped her to seventh.
Boys
Russia’s Iurii Busse and Sergey Naidin went head to head. Busse was the more consistent and won with 80.731 against Naidin’s 80.297. Hungary’s Krisztián Balázs placed third, four tenths ahead of Great Britain’s Adam Tobin.
The places
The first 17 girls, limited to one per country, earned a place for their nation at the Youth Olympic Games (6–18 October 2018). The top 16 boys qualified.
Related: 18 nations secure Youth Olympic places in rhythmic gymnastics.
