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The annual Elite Gym Massilia competition held in France is coming up in just a few short weeks, and we’re especially excited to see what should be an awesome team from Russia, this year’s silver medalists at the Olympic Games.
Olympians Daria Spiridonova and Seda Tutkhalyan will lead the team that also includes Anastasia Iliankova and Elena Eremina, both of whom were gold medalists at this year’s European Championships, with Iliankova winning the bars and beam titles while Eremina won the all-around.
The Russians will compete in the masters session against Great Britain, Australia, and the host team, France. Junior European Championships team members Taeja James, Lucy Stanhope, and Alice Kinsella will compete alongside first-year senior Georgia-Mae Fenton for Great Britain. Australia is sending Naomi Lee, Georgia Godwin, Erin Modaro, and Talia Folino, while France will include first-year seniors Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos and Coline Devillard against European Championships juniors Lorette Charpy and Morgane Osyssek.
The competition also includes an open session, which allows both federations and club gyms to register for spots. Gymnasts competing in the open can qualify to compete into the masters session as all-arounders, and any gymnast who competes in the masters session can then qualify into event finals.
Nine countries will have gymnasts competing in the open, with France sending the biggest contingent, including 12 representing the federation — including European Championship team members Alison Lepin, Janna Mouffok, Melissa Poitreau, and Alisson Lapp — and another 25 competing for various gyms. Belgium and Israel will also have a few gymnasts competing for each country, while several gyms from Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Mexico, and the United States have also opted to send gymnasts.
The big name in the open session is Irina Alexeeva of WOGA, who won the junior all-around title at the Secret U.S. Classic this summer but wasn’t eligible to compete at nationals due to her citizenship status. We’ll also see the Merkova twins, Adela and Vendula, sent by the Bohemians gym along with their teammate Kristyna Brabcova, and the Western Australia Institute of Sport will send recognizable names like Darcy Norman, Aya Meggs, and Yasmin Collier.
A full list of competitors is below.
| MASTERS COMPETITORS | |
| AUSTRALIA Talia Folino Georgia Godwin Naomi Lee Erin Modaro |
FRANCE Lorette Charpy Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos Coline Devillard Morgane Osyssek |
| GREAT BRITAIN Georgia-Mae Fenton Taeja James Alice Kinsella Lucy Stanhope |
RUSSIA Elena Eremina Anastasia Iliankova Daria Spiridonova Seda Tutkhalyan |
| OPEN COMPETITORS | |
| Alizee Aicardi, ASCM Toulon Irina Alexeeva, WOGA Mey Line Anton, Etoile Alba Ascencio, Gym Flip Beaucaire Carly Au, Futures Rosales Avery, Tumblers Mia Banks, Club Waverly Eugenia Barbosa, Elite Gym Mexico Elly Bayes, NCE Melbourne Clemence Behier, Etoile Ines Ben Rhouma, France junior Mathilde Bithore, Union Haguenau Leanne Bourgeois, France mixed Kristyna Brabcova, Bohemians Eva Breney, Union Haguenau Romi Brown, Club Waverly Vanessa Bryk, Futures Maelle Buret, Etoile Luna Cassart, Belgium Adelaide Challes, La Saint Loise Juliette Chapman, Tumblers Ana Paula Chavez, Elite Gym Mexico Rebekah Chen, Club Waverly Yasmin Collier, WAIS Niamh Collins, WAIS Tess Cuntz, Union Haguenau Margaux Daveloose, Belgium Agathe Deshayes, La Saint Loise Megan DiPietro, Dynamo Barbara Doddoli, Elite Gym Mexico Daniela Doddoli, Elite Gym Mexico Jessica Dowling, Dynamo Louna Dozon, ASCM Toulon Myriam El Koucho, Dunkerque Skylar Ellis, Futures Cassidy Ercole, Sydney West Gymsports Tzuf Feldon, Israel Cato Fleurackers, Belgium Romane Fontaine, Dunkerque Julia Forestier, France junior Audrey Foucault, Gym Fly Aline Friess, France junior Clara Gandrey, France mixed Anna Garde, ASCM Toulon Alba Gilcedopetisco, Gym Flip Beaucaire Lily Gresele, WAIS Linda Hamersak, Austria Madison Hughes, Dynamo |
Victoria Jurca, Gym Fly Assia Khnifass, France senior Sophia Kola, Belgium Ofir Kremer, Israel Alisson Lapp, France mixed Rachel Laval, Club Waverly Gabriella Lazo, Elite Gym Mexico Emma Lenoir, Dunkerque Alexandra Lens, Etoile Alison Lepin, France senior Alice Lesaffre, Dunkerque Lea Marques, France mixed Kate McDonald, Club Waverly Aya Meggs, WAIS Adela Merkova, Bohemians Vendula Merkova, Bohemians Caitlyn Montgomery, Club Waverly Brooklyn Moors, Dynamo Janna Mouffok, France seniors Hope Moxam, Futures Manon Muller, Belgium Darcy Norman, WAIS Melissa Poitreau, France seniors Loicia Porte, La Saint Loise Sophie Prince, WAIS Eadie Rawson, NCE Melbourne Carlotta Rodrigues, Gym Flip Beaucaire Mia Saint-Pierre, Gym Fly Xenia Samstag, Austria Violeta Sanchez, Gym Flip Beaucaire Celia Serber, France junior Emma Spence, Dynamo Sidney Stephens, WAIS Chloe Storey, Belgium Clementine Toulorge, La Saint Loise Alisson Truchard, ASCM Toulon Lisa Vaelen, De Gympies Margo van Linden, De Gympies Emeline Vancon, Avenir Montalbanais Julie Vandamme, Belgium Fien Vandeberg, De Gympies Jade Vella-Wright, Club Waverly Laurie-Lou Vezina, Gym Fly Ema Watterson, Delta Gymnastics Axelle Wolf, Union Haguenau Kirsi Wolfisberg, Austria Pirjo Wolfisberg, Austria |
Elite Gym Massilia begins with the open competition on Friday November 11, followed by the masters team and all-around meet on Saturday and event finals on Sunday. If you’re in the Marseilles area and want to attend, please visit the official event website for more information.
Article by Lauren Hopkins
Excited to see Team Australia back on the floor!
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Dreams for this meet:
Seda hits beam/floor/everything and scores like 60+ and the Rodionenkos will then worship her beause 60+
Irina Alexeeva gets 58-59 and American Citizenship in time for P&G Champs.
Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos unveils a dos santos on floor just because
AUSTRAILIA Does well
Both Russian juniors do well because Russian juniors.
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