The 22nd European Championships are going on this weekend in Moscow, Russia! (The European Championships were going to be at Portimao, Protugal, but the European Gymnastics Union decided to give the hosting job to Moscow again.) Podium training is over and the competitions start tomorrow (Friday). First up on Friday are the first part of the team competition for juniors and the all-around for the senior groups, individual seniors all-around competition on Saturday, and on Sunday are the apparatus finals for juniors and senior groups competition too. Alina Kabaeva is the favorite to win (the hometown girl from Russia!). Pretty much the Russians are the favorite to win here. There are photos of Alina Kabaeva on the Gym Chat multimedia page, check it out!

Russia got 10 medals, 9 gold and 1 silver. Belarus got 3 silvers and 1 Bronze, Bulgaria got 2 silvers and 2 bronze, Italy got 2 silvers and 1 bronze, and Ukraine got 4 bronze. Highlights: Junior Apparatus Finals: Alexandra Yermakova (rope), Yekaterina Donich (ball), Natalia Pichuzhkina (clubs) and Darya Kondakova (ribbon) -->all Russia. Filipa Siderova (Bulgaria) and Darya Kushnerova (Ukraine) won two medals each. Senior All-Around Competition (on Saturday) Vera Sesina got 1st, Alina Kabayeva got 2nd (she's the 2004 Olympic champion). Here are the scores: Group Final - 5 Ribbons 1. Russia 16.350 2. Belarus 16.250 3. Italy 15.750 4. Bulgaria 14.825 5. Spain 14.750 6. Azerbaijan 14.525 7. Israel 13.925 8. France 13.750 Group Final - 3 Ribbons/2 Ropes 1. Russia 16.850 2. Italy 16.550 3. Bulgaria 16.225 4. Belarus 15.675 5. Israel 15.025 6. Greece 14.900 7. Azerbaijan 14.575 8. Ukraine 14.250 Junior Rope 1. Alexandra Yermakova RUS 24.875 2. Anastasia Ivankova BLR 23.775 3. Filipa Siderova BUL 22.875 4. Cristina Lautaru ROM 22.200 5. Olga Sganzerla ITA 21.975 6. Alina Maximenko UKR 21.900 7. Nela Radimerska CZE 21.125 8. Yelena Titova GEO 20.975 9. Alexandra Zapekina GER 20.675 Junior Ball 1. Yekaterina Donich RUS 24.725 2. Filipa Siderova BUL 23.900 3. Valeria Shurkhal UKR 22.375 4. Irina Lalciu ROM 22.325 5. Dora Vass HUN 22.000 6. Alicata Terranova ITA 22.000 7. Nela Radimerska CZE 21.775 8. Sofia Bacharidou GRE 21.625 Junior Clubs 1. Natalia Pichuzhkina RUS 24.800 2. Maria Yushkevich BLR 23.525 3. Darya Kushnerova UKR 23.100 4. Filipa Siderova BUL 23.025 5. Moran Buzovski ISR 22.125 6. Karolina Raskina GER 22.000 7. Monika Mickova CZE 21.900 8. Zenyab Javaldi AZE 21.325 Junior Ribbon 1. Darya Kondakova RUS 24.350 2. Bilyana Prodanova BUL 22.800 3. Darya Kushnerova UKR 22.700 4. Irina Lalciu ROM 22.325 5. Anastasia Ivankova BLR 21.975 5. Dora Vass HUN 21.200 7. Neta Rivkin ISR 21.075 8. Yelena Titova GEO 20.675

Other scores: Senior All-Around 1. Vera Sesina RUS 69.400 2. Alina Kabayeva RUS 69.150 3. Anna Bessonova UKR 67.600 4. Inna Zhukova BLR 67.525 5. Natalia Godunko UKR 66.950 6. Aliya Garayeva AZE 66.050 7. Simona Peycheva BUL 64.875 8. Lyubov Charkashyna BLR 63.850 9. Irina Risenson ISR 62.925 10. Anna Gurbanova AZE 62.900 11. Elizabet Paisiyeva BUL 61.575 12. Jenifer Colino ESP 61.350 13. Eleni Andriola GRE 58.325 14. Mojca Rode SLO 57.850 15. Romina Laurito ITA 57.200 16. Joanna Mitrosz POL 56.975 17. Carolina Rodriguez ESP 55.100 18. Iva Mendlikova CZE 53.175 19. Anna Zdun POL 50.050 20. Evanglia Gkountroumpi GRE 49.800 Junior Team 1. Russia 98.450 2. Belarus 93.100 3. Bulgaria 91.575 4. Ukraine 88.275 5. Romania 86.675 6. Israel 86.250 7. Italy 85.525 8. Czech Republic 84.975 9. Greece 84.250 10. Germany 84.025 11. Hungary 83.800 12. Georgia 82.875 13. Poland 82.700 14. Turkey 82.625 15. Latvia 82.150 16. Azerbaijan 81.250 17. Spain 81.025 18. France 80.500 19. Slovakia 80.300 20. Portugal 79.475 21. Austria 79.200 22. Cyprus 78.250 23. Moldova 77.050 24. Finland 76.850 25. Estonia 76.400 26. Slovenia 76.075 27. Croatia 75.950 28. Belgium 75.100 29. Great Britain 74.400 30. Lithuania 72.600 31. Serbia & Montenegro 71.825 32. Norway 70.925 33. Netherlands 35.250 Senior Groups - All-Around 1. Russia 33.400 2. Italy 32.150 3. Belarus 31.675 4. Bulgaria 31.325 5. Spain 29.025 6. France 28.650 7. Azerbaijan 28.525 8. Israel 28.450 9. Ukraine 28.125 10. Greece 28.025 11. Poland 26.950 12. Hungary 26.875 13. Austria 26.775 14. Finland 25.825 15. Netherlands 24.975 16. Moldova 24.250 17. Lithuania 23.475 18. Slovakia 22.925