Lena Hentschel and Luis Avila Sanchez got the first medal for Germany at the World University Games. On the first day of the competition there were two more medals for the German team.
Hentschel and Avila Sanchez (both Berlin), who also won the 3 m board EM-Gold in the mixed synchronized competition in May, won clearly in Berlin on Thursday (288.21 points) in front of the representatives from China (275.40) and the USA (265.65).
“We looked at our trainer in disbelief because we thought: ‘Are we really first? Is that true?'” Said Henschel after the victory. For Hentschel (24), Olympic bronze medalist from Tokyo, and 19-year-old Avila Sanchez, the world games for students-once known as a university-represent the dress rehearsal for the swimming World Cup in Singapore, where from July 26th by the water jumpers will be around medals.
Silver for whistle/coordes
There was also a medal for the German team when jumping synchronized from the 10 m board. Pauline Pfeif and Caroline Coordes (Riedlingen/Berlin) jumped to silver with 294.60 points and referred the US duo Lanie Lynn Gutch/Kayleigh Marguerite Clark (256.62) to third place. Gold went to the Chinese women He Yanwei/Lu We Wei (330.18).
Bronze for saber fencing Henkel
Saber fencing Moritz Schenkel secured the bronze medal. In the Messe Essen, the Dormagener lost to the South Korean Sangwon Park with 9:15 in the semifinals. Park won gold in the final against the Hungarian Gergo Horvath.
Simakova in a lurk position – good start for 3×3 women
In the rhythmic sports gymnastics in Essen, Anastasia Simakova brought himself in the all -around in medal position. After two out of four competitions, she took second place behind Alina Harnasko (57.400/neutral athletes) with 56.450 points. Born in the Russian Simakova, the German team has been starting for the German team since 2024. At the European Championships in April, she won silver with the ball.
The German 3×3 basketball players started in Bochum with two wins. First, the team led by Elisa Mevius New Zealand made 21: 7 before it defeated Italy with 16:12 in the second game. The team is already in the quarter -finals.
Mixed start of the 3×3-Rollstuhl teams
There was a victory and a defeat for the 3×3 roller chair teams on Thursday in Bochum. Before the eyes of NRW Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU), the men Spain initially lost 6:19 before defeating Bulgaria with 17: 4. The women’s team had to take a narrow 9:10 loss to Spain in the first game, the second game won 9: 6 against the USA.
The World University Games opened in Duisburg on Wednesday, and the first decisions were made on Thursday. The games end on July 27th.
Our sources:
- News agency SID
- Livestream of the WDR
- Results of the World University Games
- Olympics.com
