Mixed team final to debut at European Gymnastics Championships
2025 Artistic European Gymnastics ChampionshipsVenue: Messe Leipzig, Germany Date: 26-31 MayCoverage: BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and app.
The mixed team final will make its competition debut at the Artistic European Gymnastics Championships.The championships, in Leipzig, Germany, begin on Monday.British Olympian Ruby Evans believes the mixed team event - which has also been added to the Los Angeles Olympics programme for 2028 - is an "exciting" addition.Evans says it "adds a different challenge and a bit of variety to the championships".But what is it and how does it work?One female and one male gymnast from each federation will compete in the event - in which scores in individual events are added together to make a team total.Female gymnasts will score on vault, balance beam and floor, while male gymnasts compete on floor, parallel and horizontal bars - and the 16 mixed teams with the best scores in individual qualification go through to the final. The make-up of the teams is not decided in advance - it is determined by the qualification scores.Jake Jarman, an Olympic floor bronze medallist for Team GB in Paris last year, said: "It's a great way to bring men's and women's gymnastics together. It's going to be really interesting to see the mixed team event debut and see how it goes down with the audience and fans."You can watch the mixed team final live on BBC iPlayer from 15:50 BST on Wednesday, 28 May.
Who else should I look out for?
Luke Whitehouse, Harry Hepworth and Jonas Rushworth make up a strong contingent from Leeds Gymnastics Centre.They will compete alongside world medallist Courtney Tulloch, British all-around champion Jamie Lewis and Olympian Jarman.Whitehouse will bid to defend his European floor title, telling BBC Sport: "I try not to think about the pressure. If I do, then I try to use it as an extra motivator."Pressure is a privilege. To go out there and win the title two years on the trot would be incredible."The men are joined by a less experienced women's team, made up of new British all-around champion Alia Leat, Ruby Stacey and Ruby Evans.Emily Roper and Frances Stone will make their respective senior major championship debuts.
How to follow
Wednesday, 28 May: Mixed team final - 15:50-18:20 on BBC iPlayer.Thursday, 29 May: Women's all-around - 13:00-15:00 on BBC Two; and men's all-around 17:25-20:20 on BBC iPlayer.Friday, 30 May: Apparatus finals - 15:00-18:00 on BBC Two; and rings final 18:00-18:40 on BBC iPlayer.Saturday, 31 May: Apparatus finals - 12:00-16:00 on BBC Two.All times are BST and subject to change
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