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Helen Kevric makes her World Championships debut in Rotterdam
Helen Kevric is competing at her first World Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The 18-year-old from Stuttgart is the reigning European champion on the uneven bars and one of Germany's leading medal hopes.
She has already reached an Olympic final, competing in Paris at age 16.
A serious knee injury in 2025 kept her out of that year's World Championships and required a long recovery.
Kevric returned to competition and won European uneven-bars gold in Zagreb in August.
Strong uneven-bars scores have boosted her medal hopes, and she says she will focus on doing her best.
She is also part of Germany's effort in the team competition.
Helen Kevric, an 18-year-old gymnast from Stuttgart, is making her World Championships debut in Rotterdam.
She arrived as Germany’s European champion on the uneven bars and one of the country’s leading medal hopes.
Kevric said she felt well prepared after a short build-up and strong results in qualifying events.
Her return follows a serious knee injury and a period of uncertainty over her coaching arrangements.
- Who
- Helen Kevric, an 18-year-old German gymnast.
- What
- She is making her World Championships debut and hopes to compete for medals.
- When
- The qualification was scheduled for Sunday, 18 October 2026, from 16:00; the articles do not state the competition’s full dates.
- Where
- Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- Why
- She qualified for her first World Championships and is competing as the reigning European champion on the uneven bars.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Kevric suffered a serious knee injury at the European Championships.
She made her comeback at the German Championships.
Kevric won European Championship gold on the uneven bars in Zagreb.
She scored 14.650 on the uneven bars at the first World Championships qualifying event.
Kevric was due to compete in qualification at the World Championships in Rotterdam.
- Age
- 18
- Home
- Stuttgart; she lives with her parents in Ostfildern
- European title
- Uneven bars, Zagreb, 15 August 2026
- World Championships qualifying score
- 14.650 on uneven bars in late September
- Best qualifying score
- 15 points at a Stuttgart event a week later
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What people are saying
I’m looking forward to it and will simply give my best performance, then I’ll see what that’s enough for in the end.
I feel well prepared.
The gymnasts are fit and ready.