Britain’s Jessica Gadirova closed off another brilliant day in her career on Sunday by becoming the European women’s all-around champion for the first time, finishing with a strong score of 55.032 and edging out Zsofia Kovacs of Hungary by 0.133. The victory also marks Gadirova’s first major international all-around title.
As the top contenders of the women’s all-around final at the European Championships arrived at the decisive, nerve-wracking balance beam, the contest remained finely balanced ahead of its third rotation. While Gadirova had begun the contest as favourite, her history with the beam has not always been pleasant.
