Nils Dark crowns surprisingly to the European Baropame champion!

Nils Dark crowns surprisingly to the European Baropame champion!

In an exciting final of the European Turn European Championships in Leipzig, Nils Dark, 28 years old and from Halle, managed to win the great surprise victory on the bar. With an evaluation of 13,900 points, he prevailed against strong competition and secured the title of the European Baropame champion, which was last won by Marcel Nguyen in 2012. The success crowns an overall gratifying European Championship for the German team.

Dunkel, which had already scored 13,800 points in the qualification, was able to increase his performance in the final and improve by 0.1 points. With this victory he will definitely be anchored in the history of German gymnastics. "The first German Baren European champion since Marcel Nguyen in 2012 is dark," reports the Tagesspiegel .

success and challenges

Third place went to Timo Eder from Ludwigsburg, who also celebrated a remarkable success with 13,700 points. The second place in the bar finale was taken by Ian Raubal from Switzerland, which scored 13,766 points. Eder had previously triumphed with Karina Schönmaier in the mixed team competition and reached the European championship title, which underlined the overall positive record of the German team, although the men's team team only took fourth place in the final.

The EM 2025 concluded with other fixed victories. Nina Derwael from Belgium secured the gold medal on the balance beam with a rating of 14.033 points. Artur Davtyan from Armenia shone at the jump with 14.799 points and also won gold. The successes were a ray of hope for the German Turner Association, which was faced with crises in the months before the European Championship, including injury failures and serious allegations of past and current athletes.

Mixed successes in the team competition

The German gymnasts were able to celebrate some successes this year, which is particularly emphasized by the surprising gold medal in Mixed-Team . The competition included the men's devices (soil, bars, bars) and women (jump, bars, floor). Karina Schönmaier and Timo Eder, who played a valuable role in this success, were chosen for the crucial devices. During the competitions, the gymnasts were set after rounds until only the duel for third place and the final remained.