Premiere: Gymnastics duo Eder/Schönmaier win European Championship gold

New competition at the Olympics

The mixed event will be part of the Olympic program for the first time at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. One woman and one man per nation will compete in the new competition. The pair is automatically made up of the two best gymnasts from the qualification on the previously determined apparatus. In Leipzig, these were floor, parallel bars and high bar for the men and vault, beam and floor for the women. 16 nations qualified for the final. The mode and format for Los Angeles has not yet been determined.

In three rounds, the starting fields were halved until only a duel for third place and the final remained. Only one apparatus was performed in each round, a different apparatus in the second than in the first and the third apparatus in the final round.

"It's really cool to be competing. I'm really excited," said Eder. Men's national coach Jens Milbradt was also looking forward to the premiere with anticipation: "I think it will be a great competition."