This has been a busy weekend for Italian gymnastics, thanks to the first ever Golden League held in Porto San Giorgio. On Saturday, Brixia Brescia brought home the team competition title while Vanessa Ferrari led the all-around ranking and collected several medals in the event finals held on Sunday.

Team Competition and All-Around

Brixia Brescia dominated the team competition, earning a 278.00 for a twelve point lead over second place GAL Lissone (266.05). Olos Gym 2000 Roma earned bronze with a 253.65 while Forza e Virtu 1982 Novi Ligure was fourth (249.00).

The 2006 world champion Vanessa Ferrari won the all-around title with a massive 58.2. On floor, she picked up a huge 15.05 with a 6.3 difficulty, hitting all four tumbling passes, including her double double with a step, a stuck double layout, a full-in, and a double pike. She also had top scores on bars (with a 5.8 difficult) and beam (5.9 difficulty); on vault, she performed a DTY, scoring a 14.7.

Elisa Meneghini was the silver all-around medalist with a 56.55 after hitting all of her routines. She was the top scorer on beam (14.45) and performed a solid Yurchenko 1.5, perfectly landed for a 14.6. Behind Meneghini for the bronze medal was 2012 Olympian Erika fasana with a 56.4; she performed a high DTY and hit a solid floor routine (full-in, double layout, double pike), earning a 14.3.

Team Final Results

Rank	Club	VT	UB	BB	FX	AA
1	Brixia Brescia	73.100	67.400	67.750	69.750	278.000
2	GAL Lissone	69.100	63.750	69.300	63.900	266.050
3	Olos Gym 2000	66.600	60.200	62.600	64.250	253.650
4	Forza e Virtu	70.200	58.450	58.400	62.800	249.850

All-Around Final Results

Rank	Athlete	Club	VT	UB	BB	FX	AA
1	Vanessa Ferrari	Brixia Brescia	14.700	14.000	14.450	15.050	58.200
2	Elisa Meneghini	GAL Lissone	14.600	13.500	14.450	14.000	56.550
3	Erika Fasana	Brixia Brescia	14.800	13.900	13.400	14.300	56.400
4	Giorgia Campana	GAL Lissone	13.700	13.950	13.800	12.600	54.050
5	Sofia Busato	Brixia Brescia	14.550	12.350	13.300	13.800	54.000
6	Lavinia Marongiu	Brixia Brescia	14.050	12.900	13.950	12.950	53.850
7	Lara Mori	Olos Gym 2000	13.400	13.800	12.550	13.950	53.700
8	Adriana Crisci	Brixia Brescia	14.550	13.300	12.300	13.500	53.650
9	Martina Rizzelli	Brixia Brescia	14.500	13.300	12.050	13.100	52.950
10	Giorgia Morera	Olos Gym 2000	13.300	13.250	13.400	12.750	52.700
11	Sofia Bonistalli	Forza e Virtu	14.600	12.750	12.050	12.800	52.200
12	Arianna Rocca	Forza e Virtu	14.250	10.300	13.950	13.600	52.100
13	Michela Redemagni	GAL Lissone	13.450	12.500	12.750	13.000	51.700
14	Alessia Praz	GAL Lissone	13.550	12.000	13.650	12.250	51.450
15	Chiara Imeraj	Brixia Brescia	12.850	12.800	12.650	12.900	51.200
16	Nicole Terlenghi	Olos Gym 2000	14.050	11.350	12.300	13.300	51.000
	Martina Maggio	Olos Gym 2000	12.700	12.050	13.550	12.700	51.000
18	Jessica Mattoni	GAL Lissone	13.800	11.800	13.300	12.050	50.950
19	Desiree Carofiglio	Brixia Brescia	13.550	11.750	11.450	12.550	49.300
20	Joana Favaretto	Forza e Virtu	14.050	12.450	10.600	12.050	49.150
21	Marta Novello	Forza e Virtu	14.100	11.300	10.550	12.300	48.250
22	Francesca Linari	Brixia Brescia	12.450	11.050	11.700	12.400	47.600
23	Caterina Vitale	Forza e Virtu	13.200	10.600	10.800	11.650	46.250
24	Emma Novello	Forza e Virtu	12.550	9.900	8.550	12.050	43.050
25	Sophia Campana	GAL Lissone	13.300	11.600	11.400	——	36.300
26	Asia Pandolfo	Forza e Virtu	12.900	——	10.550	11.700	35.150
27	Ilaria Bombelli	Olos Gym 2000	——	9.750	10.800	11.550	32.100
28	Alessia Leolini	Olos Gym 2000	13.700	11.400	——	——	25.100
29	Valentina Massone	Forza e Virtu	12.850	——	11.000	——	23.850
30	Carlotta Ferlito	GAL Lissone	——	——	14.100	——	14.100
31	Sara Giulia Pedico	Olos Gym 2000	13.150	——	——	——	13.150
32	Carlotta Necchi	Forza e Virtu	——	11.350	——	——	11.350

Event Finals

Ferrari had a good day, despite struggling with her DTY during the warm-up. She performed it without falling, earning the bronze medal in the “one vault” final with a 14.65, despite showing bent knees. On bars, she won the silver medal thanks to a solid routine that finished with a full-in with a step. On beam, she increased her D-score to a 6.1, performing a clean routine with no major mistakes, just wobbling a bit on her switch half for a 14.65. In the end, she decided to scratch from the floor final in order to preserve her energy for Worlds with Martina Rizzelli taking her place.

Meneghni, who qualified to all event finals but the “two vault” final, had a rough beginning on bars, falling twice; however, in the “one vault” final she perfectly stuck her Yurchenko 1.5, earning another 14.6 there. On beam, her pet event, she won the title with a very good routine out of a 5.9 difficulty, hitting her bhs-bhs-loso series for a 14.7. On floor, she put her hands down on her double layout and placed sixth.

2012 Olympian Giorgia Campana overcame the shoulder pain she had suffered during the Novara Cup and brought home the bars title thanks to a very strong routine. Though her 5.6 start value is a bit low for a bars specialist, her clean handstand work helped her earn a 14.05, a great score for a relatively weak bars team. On beam, she came in fifth with a 14.1.

Carlotta Ferlito competed only on beam, where she came in fourth with a remarkable 14.3 considering she didn’t perform her full difficulty (she kept out the 2.5 dismount). She’s still getting back all of her skills after the health issues she’s suffered for the past several months, and was not included on the Worlds team due to her weakened state.

Lavinia Marongiu showed a solid beam set, sticking her double tuck dismount for a 14.45, good enough for the bronze medal behind Meneghni and Ferrari.

Lara Mori had ups and downs throughout the weekend: she fell on beam on Saturday, then fell three times on bars in the event final. However, there was a silver lining – she took home the silver medal on floor, earning a 13.7. Her choreography looked really nice, and she stuck two out of her three tumbling passes (the double tuck and the double pike).

After earning good results at the Mediterranean Junior Championships, Sofia Busato had another great weekend, adding more medals to her collection. She won the silver medal in the “one vault” final, earning a 14.7, and then won a bronze on floor with a 13.35.

Martina Rizzelli had troubles on bars (11.9) and floor (12.85), but on vault she performed a DTY for a 14.5, coming in fifth.

The “two vault” final winner was Arianna Rocca with a 14.0, while 2000 Olympian Adriana Crisci was the silver medalist with a 13.725; Desiree Carofiglio won bronze with a 13.6.

Vault Final Results (Two Vaults)

Rank	Athlete	Club	D	E	ND	Total	Average
1	Arianna Rocca	Forza e Virtu	5.0	8.950		13.950	14.000
			5.0	9.050		14.050
2	Adriana Crisci	Victoria Torino	5.3	8.850	-0.1	14.050	13.725
			4.6	8.800		13.400
3	Desiree Carofiglio	Futuregym	5.0	8.800		13.800	13.600
			4.4	9.000		13.400
4	Nicole Terlenghi	Estate 83	5.3	8.900	-0.1	14.100	13.475
			4.2	8.650		12.850

Vault Final Results (One Vault)

Rank	Athlete	Club	D	E	ND	Total
1	Erika Fasana	Brixia Brescia	5.8	9.200		15.000
2	Sofia Busato	Brixia Brescia	5.3	9.400		14.700
3	Vanessa Ferrari	Brixia Brescia	5.8	8.850		14.650
4	Elisa Meneghini	GAL Lissone	5.3	9.300		14.600
5	Martina Rizzelli	Brixia Brescia	5.8	8.700		14.500
6	Sofia Bonistalli	Casellina	5.8	8.600	-0.1	14.300
7	Marta Novello	Forza e Virtu	5.0	9.100		14.100
8	Joana Favaretto	SGA Gymnasium	5.0	9.050		14.050

Bars Final Results

Rank	Athlete	Club	D	E	ND	Total
1	Giorgia Campana	Centro Sportivo Esercito	5.5	8.550		14.050
2	Vanessa Ferrari	Brixia Brescia	5.8	8.200		14.000
3	Erika Fasana	Brixia Brescia	5.4	8.250		13.650
4	Giorgia Morera	Olos Gym 2000	5.3	8.100		13.400
	Adriana Crisci	Victoria Torino	5.2	8.200		13.400
6	Martina Rizzelli	Brixia Brescia	5.5	6.400		11.900
7	Elisa Meneghini	GAL Lissone	4.3	6.350		10.650
8	Lara Mori	Ginnica Giglio	5.0	5.450		10.450

Beam Final Results

Rank	Athlete	Club	D	E	ND	Total
1	Elisa Meneghini	GAL Lissone	5.9	8.800		14.700
2	Vanessa Ferrari	Brixia Brescia	6.1	8.550		14.650
3	Lavinia Marongiu	La Fenice	5.7	8.750		14.450
4	Carlotta Ferlito	GAL Lissone	55.	8.800		14.300
5	Giorgia Campana	Centro Sportivo Esercito	5.7	8.450		14.150
6	Martina Maggio	Robur et Virtus	5.5	8.250		13.750
7	Arianna Rocca	Forza e Virtu	5.6	7.100		12.700
8	Alessia Praz	GAL Lissone	5.2	7.400		12.600

Floor Final Results

Rank	Athlete	Club	D	E	ND	Total
1	Erika Fasana	Brixia Brescia	5.6	8.450		14.050
2	Lara Mori	Ginnica Giglio	5.5	8.200		13.700
3	Sofia Busato	Brixia Brescia	5.1	8.250		13.350
4	Nicole Terlenghi	Estate 83	5.4	7.700		13.100
5	Adriana Crisci	Victoria Torino	5.2	7.750		12.950
6	Elisa Meneghini	GAL Lissone	5.7	7.150		12.850
	Martina Rizzelli	Brixia Brescia	5.7	7.150		12.850
8	Arianna Rocca	Forza e Virtu	5.3	6.550	-0.1	11.750

Article by Valeria Violi
Photo thanks to Federazione Ginnastica d’Italia