Turnen: Pauline Schäfer-Betz fails for the Turn-EM

The world champion on the beam of 2017 must undergo an operation on her hip. Health is the top priority.

Due to a hip surgery, the former Schwebebeamen world champion Pauline Schäfer-Betz (Chemnitz) canceled her participation at the Heim-EM in Leipzig (26 to 31 May).

The world champion on the beam of 2017 has to undergo an operation on her hip. Health is the top priority.The national gymnast Pauline Schäfer-Betz has to do without the start at the European Championships in Leipzig from 26 to 31 May. As the German Turner-Bund announced, the 28-year-old has to be operated on in May due to persistent hip problems.The world champion of 2017 has been diagnosed with an injury to the hip joint lip (Labrum-Läsion)."T…