Teams for European Championships

This is a very deep field of gymnasts for a competition were you are allowed to send four gymnasts. Here is the list of teams and the gymnasts that they are sending and what events that they are competing.

Austria
Elisa Hämmerle (AA)
Barbara Gasser (AA)
Belgium
Aagie Vanwalleghem (AA)
Julie Croket (AA)
Lisa Verschueren (BB/FX)
Antje Vandevelde (VT/UB
Belarus
Alina Sotnikova (AA)
Volha Makhautsova (AA)
Bulgaria
Ralitsa Mileva
Croatia
Tijana Tkalcec (VT/FX)
Tina Erceg (BB/FX)
Czech Republic
Kristyna Palesova (AA)
Jana Sikulova (AA)
Denmark
Mette Hulgaard (AA)
Michelle Lauritsen (AA)
Mia Ruru (AA)
Spain
Claudia Menendez (AA)
Beatriz Cuesta (AA)
Claudia Vila (AA)
Ainoa Carmona (AA)
Finland
Annika Urvikko (AA)
Rosanna Ojala (AA)
Ida Laisi (AA)
France
Mira Boumejmajen (UB/BB)
Marine Brevet (AA)
Clara Della Vedova (AA)
Marine Petit (BB/FX)
Great Britain
Danusia Francis (AA)
Jennifer Pinches (AA)
Hannah Whelan (AA)
Beth Tweddle (UB/FX)
Georgia
Ketevan Bolkvadze (AA)
Germany
Kim Bui (AA)
Oksana Chusovitina (VT/BB/FX)
Nadine Jarosch (AA)
Elisabeth Seitz (AA)
Greece
Vasiliki Millousi (AA)
Stefani Bismpikou (AA)
Paschalina Mitrakou (AA)
Elisavet Tsakou (AA)
Hungary
Renata Toth (VT/BB/FX)
Austin Sheppard (AA)
Dorina Bocozgö (AA)
Ireland
Charlotte McKenna (AA)
Iceland
Jóhanna Rakel Jónasdóttir (AA)
Embla Jóhannesdóttir (AA)
Dominiqua A. Belányi (AA)
Thelma Rut Hermannsdóttir (AA)
Israel
Valeriia Maksiuta (AA)
Roni Rabinovitz (AA)
Yuval Samouha (AA)
Sapir Hana Cohen (AA)
Italy
Vanessa Ferrari (AA)
Carlotta Ferlito (AA)
Elisabetta Preziosa (AA)
Chiara Gandolfi (AA)
Lithuania
Greta Nevedomskaite (AA)
Mante Jasilionyte (AA)
Luxembourg
Mara Kimmel (AA)
Aline Bernar (AA)
Netherlands
Yvette Moshage (AA)Naoual Ouazzani Chahdi (AA)
Céline Van Gerner (AA)
Joy Goedkoop (AA)
Norway
Haldis Naerum (AA)
Karoline Sondov (AA)
Poland
Marta Pihan-Kulesza (AA)
Gabriela Janik (VT/UB)
Katarzyna Jurkowska (BB/FX)
Portugal
Alexandra Choon (AA)
Ekaterina Kislinskaya (AA)
Romania
Ana Porgras (AA)
Sandra Izbasa (VT/BB/FX)
Diana Chelaru (AA)
Amelia Racea (AA)
Russia
Aliya Mustafina (AA)
Anna Dementyeva (AA)
Tatiana Nabieva (AA)
Yulia Belokobylskaya (AA)
Slovenia
Ivana Kamnikar (AA)
Fiona Novak (AA)
Teja Belak (AA)
Adela Sajn (AA)
Switzerland
Ariella Kaeslin (AA)
Giulia Steingruber (AA)
Jessica Diacci (AA)
Linda Stämpfli (AA)
Sweden
Jonna Adlerteg (AA)
Veronica Wagner (AA)
Turkey
Özlem Özkan (AA)
Demet Mutlu (AA)
Ukraine
Nataliya Kononenko (UB/BB)
Yana Demyanchuk (UB/BB)
Mariya Livchikova (VT/BB/FX)
Alina Fomenko (AA)

I do have concerns about who is competing and why some countries aren't sending more gymnasts. First of all, Turkey. Were is Goksu Uctas? Then there's Belarus. I know that you are low on gymnasts, but only two gymnast, really? And does anybody were Galina Ivanets is? She was a promising junior in early 2009, but then disappeared last year. And I thought that Poland would send more than three gymnasts. And where is Laura Svilpaite of Lithuania? She is very good on the uneven bars and has a good shot of going to London in 2012 as an individual. And the Czech Republic is sending only two gymnasts. The Spanish team is starting to look very good. They have several DTY and have some good specialist gymnasts. But where is the big Spanish star Ana Maria Izurieta? Is she still injured from her vault that she competed in Rotterdam? And finally the Ukraine. I completely agree with the gymnasts that they are sending. This is their top team since Anastasia Koval is injured and Dariya Zgoba has retired, I just don't understand why Mariya Livchikova isn't competing on all four of the apparatus. She is weak on bars, but if she hits, I think that should could place in the top five at this competition. But she hardly ever hits, unfortunately. It will also be interesting to see the rest of the Romanian upgrades. And to see if Yulia Belokobylskaya can hit her beam and floor routines and qualify into any finals. I will start do do predictions very soon.