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BBC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
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GB's Jarman & Evans win silver in mixed team event
Great Britain's Jake Jarman and Ruby Evans combined to win silver in the first mixed team event at the European Gymnastics Championships in 23-year-old Jarman, who won gold on Tuesday night as part of the men's team, delivered on the high bar, while teenager Evans shone on the said: "That was great. Tactically we knew going with our strongest apparatus second gave us a good chance for a medal and the plan worked out perfectly."It was the perfect scenario this time round so we made the right choice and we're both super happy to have won the silver medal."It was great to have men's and women gymnastics combine. I think the competition worked really well and it's exciting for the future." Germany's Timo Eder and Karina Schoenmaier took the title title on home soil, with Manila Esposito and Lorenzo Casali of Italy winning than a 10th of a point separated the top two teams with GB's 25.466 seeing them pipped by Germany in the head-to-head 18, added: "The crowd was amazing, Jake helped calm me and we both really enjoyed it. I'm so proud of us both and really happy with this medal."Leipzig saw the first mixed team final to take place in a major artistic gymnastics event before its introduction to the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
BBC News
23-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
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, in Leipzig, Germany, begin on Olympian Ruby Evans believes the mixed team event - which has also been added to the Los Angeles Olympics programme for 2028 - is an "exciting" 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 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 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 will compete alongside world medallist Courtney Tulloch, British all-around champion Jamie Lewis and Olympian 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 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 29 May: Women's all-around - 13:00-15:00 on BBC Two; and men's all-around 17:25-20:20 on BBC 30 May: Apparatus finals - 15:00-18:00 on BBC Two; and rings final 18:00-18:40 on BBC 31 May: Apparatus finals - 12:00-16:00 on BBC times are BST and subject to change
