Parallel bars world champion Lukas Dauser won on his parade machine at the World Challenge Cup in Osijek/Croatia. The 30-year-old triumphed in his first appearance of the Olympic year thanks to a strong performance in the final with 15.55 points ahead of European champion Ilja Kowtun from Ukraine (15.35) and the Swiss Noe Seifert (14.60). With a view to the Olympics in Paris in the summer, he is “fully on schedule,” said Dauser, but he is not yet in top shape: “Especially on the qualifying days, I noticed that I wasn’t 100 percent back in competition yet. mode”.