Pauline Schäfer-Betz won the title on the balance beam at the German Gymnastics Championships on the second final day. Pascal Brendel won the vault, Glenn Trebing on parallel bars and Andreas Toba on horizontal bar. Lea Marie Quaas triumphed on floor.
Pauline Schäfer-Betz (Chemnitz) is German Champion 2023 on her special balance beam device. The 2017 world champion performed a flawless exercise and showed the “shepherd’s somersault” named after her. Schäfer-Betz won with 13.700 points ahead of Emma Malewski (Chemnitz, 13.066) and Salima Bousmayo (Düsseldorf, 12.433).
Elisabeth Seitz fails in the double turn
Elisabeth Seitz had to leave the beam for the double turn, which gave her significant deductions in the rating. Also the exit the German record champion wasn’t quite perfect, so that the woman from Stuttgart only managed to score 11,900 points.
Andreas Toba convinces on horizontal bar
Andreas Toba performed a flawless exercise on horizontal bar. The 32-year-old from Hanover won with 13.866 points ahead of Gabriel Eichhorn (13.466/Stuttgart) and Fabian Lotz (13.233/Wetzlar).
Lea Marie Quaas the best on the floor
The German champion 2023 on the floor is called Lea Marie Quaas. The woman from Chemnitz, who started last, won despite a small error in the somersault with 13.133 points ahead of Anna-Lena König (13.100/Kehl) and Elisabeth Seitz (12.800/Stuttgart).
Glenn Trebbing takes the parallel bars title
Glenn Trebing did the best exercise on parallel bars, he only wobbled a little on the dismount. The 23-year-old from Hanover won with 13.933 points ahead of Alexander Kunz (Neu-Ulm, 13.600) and Nils Dunkel (13.533/ Halle/Saale).
Jump: Brendel WINS before Kovalenko and Schultze
Pascal Brendel won the jump. The man from Wetzlar showed a great second jump, which he hardly had to correct, and prevailed with 14.399 points ahead of Maxim Kovalenko (Saarbrücken, 13.883) and Tom Schultze (Cottbus, 13.833).
Defending champion Nick Klessing (Halle/Saale) landed on his back on the first jump and was deducted a point as a result. Even though his second jump was almost perfect, Klessing was only fifth (13.533).
