Overview

• Elisabeth Seitz, Germany’s record 26-time champion, announced her retirement and pregnancy at age 31 after withdrawing from Leipzig with a shoulder injury
• Seventeen-year-old Helen Kevric tore her patellar tendon during the all-around final and underwent reconstructive surgery in Stuttgart, ending her European Championships
• Karina Schönmaier opted out of the all-around final to focus on individual apparatus and captured vault gold with a 13.983 score
• Germany’s women secured team silver and earlier clinched mixed-team gold, highlighting depth despite Kevric’s exit
• The Deutscher Turner-Bund faces ongoing investigations into claims of systematic physical and mental abuse at Stuttgart and Mannheim training centers