Ukrainian Ilya Kovtun became the European champion in artistic gymnastics in exercises on parallel bars. Competitions were held in the Turkish city of Antalya.

For his performance, the gymnast received 15.166 points, which allowed him to take first place.. The Ukrainian was ahead of Ferhan Arikan (14.933) from Turkey and the Spaniard Tierno Diallo (14.733).

Also, the 19-year-old gymnast won bronze in the exercises on the crossbar, and earlier he managed to take third place in the individual all-around.. Igor Radivilov brought another medal to Ukraine - bronze in the vault.

Ilya Kovtun's gold was the first for the Ukrainian team in six years in the European Championship finals on parallel bars after the triumph of Oleg Vernyaev in 2017.

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Earlier it was reported that the star Ukrainian gymnast has achieved a reduction in disqualification for doping and can go to the 2024 Olympics.