BUCHAREST, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The European Gymnastics Championships ended on Sunday in Romania's northwestern city of Cluj-Napoca, with the Russian team ranking first in medals.
Russia won eight medals (3-3-2) in the championships; Romania finished with 2-1-1, the third position is occupied by Ukraine with 2-0-2.
The Romanian delegation obtained two gold medals through Marian Dragulescu (floor) and Catalina Ponor (beam), a silver by Marian Dragulescu (vault) and one bronze by Larisa Iordache (beam). .
The championships started on Wednesday at the Polyvalent Hall in Cluj-Napoca, with 274 gymnasts, 168 in men's events and 106 in women's events, hailing from 37 countries and regions.
As many as 13 teams won medals in Romania.
Ukrainian Oleg Verniaev won the gold medal in the men's all-around event, while Britain's Elissa Downie won the women's all-around.
The format of the event is individual only, meaning neither the women's team nor the men's team events will be held in Cluj-Napoca. Under the European Gymnastics Federation's rules, the team competitions are held every two years.
In the European Gymnastics Championships in Bern last year, Romania won two silver medals, both by Marian Dragulescu (floor and vault), and two bronzes, both by Catalina Ponor (floor and beam).
The most important gymnastics competition hosted by Romania since 1957 came at a difficult time for the sport, reported the country's official Agerpres news agency, adding that although gymnastics is the sport to have won Romania the largest tally of Olympic medals - 25 gold, 20 silver and 26 bronze medals - gymnastic achievements have worn thin over the past years, culminating with Romania's women's team failing to qualify to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Enditem
The final rankings are as follows:
1. Russia (total 8 medals) - 3 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
2. Romania (total 4 medals) - 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
3. Ukraine (total 4 medals) - 2 gold, 2 bronze
4. United Kingdom (total 6 medals) - 1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
5. Switzerland (total 2 medals) - 1 gold, 1 silver
6. France (total 2 medals) - 1 gold, 1 bronze
7-8. Greece and Belgium (total 1 medal) - 1 gold
9. Hungary (total 3 medals) - 2 silver, 1 bronze
10-11. Germany and the Netherlands (total 2 medals each) - 1 silver, 1 bronze
12-13. Israel and Armenia (total 1 medal each) - 1 bronze
