Italy's Mariani Wins Junior European Title

The reign of the Russian juniors over Europe may be coming to an end. 14 year old Enus Mariani has reinforced the fact that Italy are going to be a force to be reckoned with over the next olympic cycle.

For all the juniors here, London 2012 is not a possibility, they have 4 years to train smart and build-up to the next olympics in Rio.

Success on the junior level at Europeans often translates well to senior success too. Just 2 years ago the junior all around podium consisted of now-senior leaders Komova, Grishina and Iordache.

GB's Gabrielle Jupp also continued GB's streak of strong performances in Brussells, finishing 5th all-around. Team-mate Angel Romaeo had some errors on bars and finished 15th. GB will be well represented in the event finals this weekend.

(Photo credit - Alby.1412 on flickr)

European Gymnastics Youtube page has plenty of videos from today's competition.

Junior All-Around			VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	Enus Mariani		13.700	14.566	13.966	14.033	56.265
2.	Yevgenia Shelgunova		14.133	13.400	14.066	13.600	55.199
3.	Andreea E. Munteanu		13.858	12.766	14.400	13.833	54.857
4.	Elisa Meneghini		13.833	14.266	13.000	13.683	54.782
5.	Gabrielle Jupp		13.766	13.433	13.833	13.666	54.698
6.	Maria Kharenkova		13.866	13.666	12.966	14.133	54.631
7.	Berengere Fransolet		13.775	12.833	13.541	12.900	53.049
8.	Sophie Scheder		13.533	14.333	11.966	13.166	52.998
9.	Noemi Makra		13.366	13.000	13.533	13.033	52.932
10.	Eythora Thorsdottir		13.466	12.566	13.266	13.433	52.731
11.	Roxana Popa		14.641	13.233	12.300	12.366	52.540
12.	Alina Stanila		14.166	12.366	13.333	12.066	51.931
13.	Darya Matveyeva		13.500	11.566	13.700	12.933	51.699
14.	Olena Vasylieva		13.666	14.433	12.033	11.150	51.282
15.	Angel Romaeo		13.233	11.400	13.333	13.200	51.166