Mixed team final to debut at European Gymnastics Championships

2025 Artistic European Gymnastics Championships

Venue: Messe Leipzig, Germany Date: 26-31 May

Coverage: BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and app.

The mixed squad last will make its title debut astatine nan Artistic European Gymnastics Championships.

The championships, successful Leipzig, Germany, statesman connected Monday.

British Olympian Ruby Evans believes nan mixed squad arena - which has besides been added to nan Los Angeles Olympics programme for 2028 - is an "exciting" addition.

Evans says it "adds a different situation and a spot of assortment to nan championships".

But what is it and really does it work?

One female and 1 antheral gymnast from each federation will compete successful nan arena - successful which scores successful individual events are added together to make a squad total.

Female gymnasts will people connected vault, equilibrium beam and floor, while antheral gymnasts compete connected floor, parallel and horizontal bars - and nan 16 mixed teams pinch nan champion scores successful individual qualification spell done to nan final. The make-up of nan teams is not decided successful beforehand - it is wished by nan qualification scores.

Jake Jarman, an Olympic level bronze medallist for Team GB successful Paris past year, said: "It's a awesome measurement to bring men's and women's gymnastics together. It's going to beryllium really absorbing to spot nan mixed squad arena debut and spot really it goes down pinch nan assemblage and fans."

You tin watch nan mixed squad last unrecorded connected BBC iPlayer from 15:50 BST connected Wednesday, 28 May.

Luke Whitehouse, Harry Hepworth and Jonas Rushworth dress up a beardown contingent from Leeds Gymnastics Centre.

They will compete alongside world medallist Courtney Tulloch, British all-around champion Jamie Lewis and Olympian Jarman.

Whitehouse will bid to take sides his European level title, telling BBC Sport: "I effort not to deliberation astir nan pressure. If I do, past I effort to usage it arsenic an other motivator.

"Pressure is simply a privilege. To spell retired location and triumph nan title 2 years connected nan trot would beryllium incredible."

The men are joined by a little knowledgeable women's team, made up of caller British all-around champion Alia Leat, Ruby Stacey and Ruby Evans.

Emily Roper and Frances Stone will make their respective elder awesome title debuts.

Wednesday, 28 May: Mixed squad last - 15:50-18:20 connected BBC iPlayer.

Thursday, 29 May: Women's all-around - 13:00-15:00 connected BBC Two; and men's all-around 17:25-20:20 connected BBC iPlayer.

Friday, 30 May: Apparatus finals - 15:00-18:00 connected BBC Two; and rings last 18:00-18:40 connected BBC iPlayer.

Saturday, 31 May: Apparatus finals - 12:00-16:00 connected BBC Two.

All times are BST and taxable to change