Beth Tweddle wins her second World Bronze medal!
38 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Melbourne
Saturday, 26 November 2005
Apparatus Finals Day 1
Men: Floor, Pommel Horse, Rings
Women: Vault, A. Bars
 After
Anaheim 2003, Beth Tweddle added another Bronze medal on A.
Bars to her collection at the World Apparatus Finals in Melbourne
on Saturday, 26 November 2005.
As it happened two years ago, Beth was outscored by two Americans
and 0.012 from the Silver (9.575).
Nastia Liukin, who lost the All-around title from Chellsie
Memmel by the slightest possible margin of 0.001 on Friday,
won her first Gold medal (9.662), followed by Memmel (9.587).
*Beth said: “I am really please! I came into the World
Championships hoping I could get a medal and it’s happened.
I am really, really pleased. I can’t say I was expecting
it, but I was definitely hopeful of winning a medal.
My routine went OK. There were some bits that were good and
some that weren’t so good. But overall I think I did
pretty well.
In the warm-up gym this morning I slipped off the bars and
scraped my knee. It hurt a little but I just tried not to
think about it.”
 Women’s
A.Bars
Top three in the Qualifications:
1.Nastia Liukin (USA)- 9.562
2.Chellsie Memmel (USA)- 9.550
3.Beth Tweddle (GBR)- 9.537
Difference in the scores of the gymnasts on 1st and on 8th
positions:0.162
All three medallists had 10.00 Start Value, unique combinations
and excellent swing and style.
However Nastia Liukin had that special quality of line and
virtuosity, which had to be rewarded.
This was a high level Final with only Severino (FRA) having
re-catch and grip problems.
GOLD: Nastia Liukin (USA)- 9.662
Kip-Cast to handstand-Hect to high bar- kip- Cast to handstand-
Free piked Stalder with ½ turn- Eagle grip giant with
1/1 turn on low bar- forward Stalder ½ turn- Back Stalder
with ½ turn- Eagle grip giant with 1/1 turn- Eagle
grip giant with ½ turn- Gienger salto- kip- cast to
handstand- Stalder hecht to high bar- Kip cast to handstand-
Long kip- cast to handstand- Hindorf release- Pak salto- kip-
cast to handstand- Stalder hecht to high bar- Shoot over-
½ turn to handstand- Kip- cast to handstand- Giant
with ½ turn- Forward giant- Adler cirle to handstand-
Double front salto dismount.
SILVER: Chellsie Memmel (USA)- 9.587
Long kip-Cast to handstand- Hindorf release- Pak salto- kip-
Cast to handstand- Stalder hecht ti high bar- shoot over ½
turn to handstand- Hecht to handstand- kip- cast to handstand-
Giant with ½ turn- forward giant- Adle circle to handstand-
Double front salto dismount.
 BRONZE:
Beth Tweddle (GBR)- 9.575
Hecht mount - kip- cast to handstand- Toe on/off to handstand
with ½ turn- Khorkina- Gienger- kip- cast handstand-
Giant 1 ½ turn- Giant ½ in Eagle grip- toe on
Tkachev- kip- Cast to handstand- Shoot over ½ turn
to handstand- Hecht to high bar- Giant with ½ turn-
Double back with 1/1 twist dismount.
Women’s Vault
GOLD: Cheng Fei (CHN)- 9.656 (see: Action Clips From All-around
Women)
SILVER: Oxana Chussovitina (UZB)- 9.418
BRONZE: Alicia Sacramone (USA)- 9.412
Men’s Floor
GOLD: Diego Hypolito (BRA)- 9.675
SILVER: Brandon O’Neil (CAN)- 9.625
BRONZE: Robert Gal (HUN) = Liang Fuilang (CHN) -9.587
Men’s Pommel Horse
GOLD: Xiao Qin (CHN)- 9.850
SILVER: Suciu Ioan Silviu (ROM)- 9. 700
BRONZE: Takehiro Kashima (JPN)- 9.687
Men’s Rings
GOLD: Yuri Van Gelder (NED)- 9.725
SILVER: Alexander Safoshkin (RUS)- 9.712
BRONZE: Matteo Morandi (ITA)- 9.662
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