Elisabeth Seitz is the new European champion on uneven bars. It is the first big title for the Stuttgarter on her flagship device.
Goose bumps in the Olympic Hall. Tournament Elisabeth Seitz convinced with a flawless exercise on the uneven bars and won the European Championship title. Her teammate Kim Bui finished fifth in the last competition of her career.
Bui finishes fifth in the last competition of her career
It was also 33-year-old Kim Bui who opened the uneven bars final. Bui did his gymnastics confidently as usual and did her exercise cleanly. Only when landing did she make a small hop.
Afterwards, Bui was overcome by her feelings. At the end of a great career, she burst into tears, enjoying the audience’s ovation and celebrating 14.066 points.
Italian women push themselves in front of Bui
After her it was the turn of the two Italians who had already won gold in the team. Giorgia Villa started and finished just ahead of Bui with 14,100 points. Her teammate Alice D’Amato went one step further and moved up to the top of the field with 14,400 points.
The Brit Georgia-Mae Fenton and Naomi Visser got worse ratings than Bui, so that the Stuttgarter initially stayed on the bronze rank. But France’s Lorette Charpy then put in a strong practice between the Italians in second place.
Seitz wins European title
At the end of the competition it was Elisabeth Seitz’s turn, who also did a great gymnastics competition. Seitz seemed surprised that it wasn’t just enough for a medal, but even for gold. She could hardly believe her luck and burst into tears too. “Gold, that’s just incredible,” said Seitz in the winner’s interview.
Hungarian Kovacs European champion on vault, D’Amato crashes
However, the jumping final took place without German participation. The Hungarian Zsofia Kovacs prevailed with 13.933 points ahead of the Italian Asia D’Amato (13.716). As one of the big favorites, she twisted her ankle on landing and had to be carried off the mat.
D’Amato did not take part in the award ceremony afterwards. She was represented by her coach. The bronze medal went to Aline Friess from France.