The German gymnasts around young star Helen Kevric have surprisingly won the silver medal at the European Gymnastics Championships in Leipzig. The 17-year-old from Stuttgart, together with Karina Schönmaier, Lea Marie Quaas (both Chemnitz), Silja Stöhr (Heddesheim) and Janoah Müller (Haßloch), scored 158.396 points in the four-event qualifying competition, which was also held as a team event to kick off the home title fights.
As in the previous year, Italy secured the title with 161.930 points. France came third with 156.728 points. The German team of Kim Bui, Elisabeth Seitz, Emma Malewski, Sarah Voss and Pauline Schäfer-Betz won bronze at the last European Championships in Munich in 2022.