All you need to know: European Championships 2013

The one of the biggest events since the London 2012 Olympics has finally come, the 2013 European Gymnastics Championships. This year, Euro’s will be an Individual Championships – an All Around and Event Finals competition only, with the Men’s and Women’s competition being run together in Moscow, Russia.

Schedule:

Via UEG

 Wednesday 17th April

Men’s Qualification

• 10.00 – 12.30           MAG CI competition, 1st subdivision
• 14.00 – 17.00           MAG CI competition, 2nd subdivision
• 17.30                            Opening ceremony
• 18.00 – 21.00           MAG CI competition, 3rd subdivision

Thursday 18th April

Women’s Qualification

• 10.30 – 13.00           WAG CI competition, 1st subdivision
• 14.30 – 17.00           WAG CI competition, 2nd subdivision
• 17.15 – 19.45           WAG CI competition, 3rd subdivision

Friday 19th April

All Around competitions

• 13.00 – 15.45           Competition CII MAG and awarding ceremony
• 17.30 – 19.30           Competition CII WAG and awarding ceremony

• 13.30 – 16.50           Competition CIII first session (FX, PH and RI for MAG and VT, UB for WAG)

Sunday 21st April

• 13.30 – 16.50           Competition CIII second session (VT, PB and HB for MAG and BB, FX for WAG)

 Time Zones

• UK & Ireland: Moscow = 3 hours ahead
• Frankfurt, Paris, Copenhagen etc: Moscow = 2 hours ahead
• Athens: Moscow = 1 hour ahead
• New York, Montreal etc: Moscow = 8 hours ahead
• San Francisco: Moscow = 12 hours ahead
• Sao Paolo: Moscow = 7 hours ahead
• Sydney: Moscow = 6 hours behind
• Tokyo: Moscow = 5 hours behind

 

Television Broadcasting

The UEG has provided the below table which shows the television coverage of Europeans being shown in some countries. Click to enlarge the photo.

Great Britain & Ireland:

Friday April 19th

• 1pm – 4.30pm BBC 2
• LiveWomen’s AA coverage & highlights of Men’s AA

Saturday April 20th

• 10.30am – 2pm
• Red Button Live coverage from event finals

Sunday April 21st

• 1pm – 2.30pm BBC 2
• Apparatus finals highlights

Online Coverage

•   – – – (live from venue)
• The Couch Gymnast – – (live from venue)
• Full Twist – –

The very exciting news is that the UEG will broadcast the finals online for all to view. Click here to view.