Japan won the gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp – ahead of China and the USA. Germany finished the competition in sixth place.
In a title fight that was completely open until the very last exercise, victory went to the team from Japan, who relegated defending champions and record world champions China and the USA to second and third place. However, the equipment artists from the Middle Kingdom were not able to fully convince in the qualification. National coach Valeri Belenki’s protégés got off to a solid start on the rings even without Andreas Toba, who had a knee injury.
The Japanese Daiki Hashimoto succeeded with Japan at the World Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp.
The German gymnasts took a very good sixth place in the first decision at the World Championships in Antwerp. In the team all-around competition, Lukas Dauser (Unterhaching), Pascal Brendel (Wetzlar), Lucas Kochan (Cottbus) as well as Nils Dunkel and Nick Klessing (both Halle/Saale) collected 244,026 points.
German winning streak continued
This means that the German gymnasts’ streak has been maintained. The team has been in the top ten at all major events since the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021. The German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) team missed out on a better placement in Antwerp due to two dismounts by Kochan on the parallel bars and the horizontal bar and a mistake by Klessing on the vault.
Two days after taking part in the Olympics, she finished fifth in the qualification As announced by national coach Valeri Belenki, Lukas Dauser only did gymnastics on two devices. The 30-year-old should save his energy for the individual all-around competition on Thursday and especially the parallel bars final on Sunday, where he has the best chance of winning a medal.
Lukas Dauser in good form
In the team all-around competition, the Olympic and World Championships runner-up achieved an even higher score on his parade apparatus with 15.366 points than in the preliminary round, which he won with 15.300 points. On the high bar he received 13.266 points. Nils Dunkel only achieved 13.466 points on his special apparatus during his dress rehearsal for the pommel horse final on Saturday.
In the first interim ranking, the German team found itself in sixth place, and the numerous fans who had traveled from Germany created a great atmosphere in the Sportpaleis. But that quickly clouded over again after the jump. Nick Klessing from Halle was unable to stand his attempt, but the German all-around champion Pascal Brendel from Wetzlar at least avoided a fall. Sports soldier Lucas Kochan from Cottbus lacked the necessary difficulty. But the anger was limited because nobody believed in a real chance of winning a medal.
Superstar Simone Biles is doing gymnastics on Wednesday
The Gymnastics World Championships will take place on Wednesday (from 7.30 p.m. in the live stream on SWR Sport) continued with the women’s team decision. The US team, led by record world champion Simone Biles, is highly favored for the devicesa victory would be the 20th World Cup gold of her career for the three-time World Athlete of the Year. The quintet of the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) was unable to qualify for this decision.
