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4th in Bars final for Beth
Beth put in a massive score of 16.625 to finished 4th in the Olympic bar final today. China's He Kexin won gold, Nastia Liukin silver, and Yi Linlin of China was bronze. Well done, Beth!!! Beth can now relax and enjoy the rest of her stay in Beijing now that her competition is over.
Posted on 18 Aug 2008 by TBGN
Tweddle, Downie, advance to finals

Just like in 2004 it was a long, painful wait for Beth until the very end of competition to find out if she'd qualified to the bars final. This time, it was good news! Beth secured her spot in finals with a 15.650 after a mistake in her routine kept her score down. Within seconds of mounting the bars Beth hit her feet on the low bar, but miraculously carried on as normal, like nothing had happened! Luckily the mistake wasn't too serious to keep her out of the finals, and no doubt Beth will be looking to improve on today's performance in the final.

Becky Downie also had cause for celebration with a comfortable qualification into the All-Around final for Friday. Her score of 58.075 placed her 19th. Congratulations, Becky!

Unfortunately GB just missed out on a spot in the Team Final, but we hope Becky Wing, Imogen, Hannah and Marissa all enjoy relaxing now that the action is over for them!

Click READ MORE for full scores and results.

Posted on 10 Aug 2008 by TBGN
WOMEN'S START LIST FOR PRELIMS
The start list for tomorrow's preliminary rounds has been posted and GB is as follows:
VAULT
Becky WING
Hannah WHELAN
Imogen CAIRNS
Marissa KING
Becky DOWNIE 		BARS
Imogen CAIRNS
Marissa KING
Becky WING
Becky DOWNIE
Beth TWEDDLE
BEAM
Becky WING
Marissa KING
Hannah WHELAN
Becky DOWNIE
Imogen CAIRNS 		FLOOR
Marissa KING
Hannah WHELAN
Imogen CAIRNS
Becky DOWNIE
Beth TWEDDLE
BBC will be showing prelims live, so make sure you set your alarm clock to get up at 3 am!!! to catch the start of the action. GB competes in the 2nd subdivision; coverage starts at 6:30 am! For all BBC gymnastics coverage click here
Posted on 09 Aug 2008 by TBGN
UPDATE ON BETH - AA QUESTIONABLE
There are conflicting media reports about Beth's participation in the All-Around in Beijing. The BBC are reporting that Beth will not compete on vault and beam because of her rib injury but British Gymnastics is stating that no decision has been made, with the final decision coming on the day of competition. She'll stay an extra 3 days in Maccau and then re-join her team mates in Beijing shortly. Feel better soon, Beth!
BG: Tweddle trains on in Macau
BBC: Tweddle pulls out of beam & vault
Posted on 01 Aug 2008 by TBGN
Olympic Team in Maccau
The team arrived at the pre-Olympic holding camp in Maccau last week, and have been enjoying the sunshine and training in the lead up to the Games starting next week! The team have been training hard but have also had chance to un-wind and have even met the players from Chelsea football club who are also training in Maccau. Photos of the team from Maccau can be found in the gallery and we'll be adding more news, photos, videos and results as they happen. Only 10 days to go until the Opening Ceremony!

The BBC has reported that Beth has a slight rib injury which has hampered her training but does not seem to be a major worry. We hope not!!

IN THE MEDIA - NEWS STORIES ON THE TEAM
Tweddle hampered by rib problem
BLUES GIVEN OLYMPIC APPROVAL
Olympic team train in Macau
Beth Interview
Gymnasts training vid

Posted on 29 Jul 2008 by TBGN
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