Coline Devillard is crowned European champion in horse jumping. BEN STANSALL / AFP
Coline Devillard won her second title of European champion on vault, six years after the first.
Frenchwoman Coline Devillard was crowned European vaulting champion for the second time in her career on Saturday at Euro 2023 in artistic gymnastics in Antalya, Turkey. Devillard won again on his favorite apparatus, six years after a first continental title and five months after a world bronze medal. She is ahead of the Italian Asia D’Amato and the Belgian Lisa Vaelen.
A few days earlier, Devillard had announced that he wanted “retrieve (his titlein Antalya. With a score of 13.800 points, she is ahead of the Italian Asia D’Amato (13.600 pts), already vice-champion of Europe last year, and the Belgian Lisa Vaelen (13.583 pts).
Aged 22, the Gymnast had already distinguished herself with the France team this week with the best qualifying score (13.866 pts). France had settled for 6th place. The other two Frenchmen in the running on Saturday, Benjamin Osberger and Lucas Desanges took 5th and 7th places respectively in the floor final, won by Briton Luke Whitehouse.