Without their two top gymnast, Beth Tweddle and Hannah Whelan, The City of Liverpool gymnastics club has defended their British Team title in Guildford.
Team Result
1 – 162.200 – Liverpool
2 – 160.900 – The Academy
3 – 160.300 – Notts
Top senior all-arounders from today (Unofficial- I might have missed someone!)1. Rebecca Tunney 56.55
2. Danusia Francis 55.1
3. Ruby Harrold 54.8
4. Imogen Cairns 53.4
5. Jennifer Pinches 52.85
6. Nicole Hibbert 52.7
7. Jocelyn Hunt 52.5full results via Going for Gold
More interesting is that this was the first “trial” for the GBR Women’s Olympic Team.
… Florida’s Marissa King came back from her NCAA Collegiate Stage to try and qualify herself to London 2012. She had a 14.6 on Vault, 13.15 on Floor …
Click PLAY or Marissa’s Vault on YouTube.
Still, carrying Beth Tweddle as a specialist, Marissa is a long shot, at best:
Vault
1 14.850 – Ruby Harrold (The Academy)
2 14.750 – Rebecca Tunney (Liverpool)
3 14.600 – Marissa King (Huntington)
4 14.500 – Nicole Hibbert (Heathrow)
5 14.300 – Niamh Rippin (Notts)
6 14.200 – Imogen Cairns (The Academy)
see more apparatus results
Over 70 BGTV videos from British Teams 2012.
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