GB women win confidence boosting victory in Brno
GBR Women’s Team (Rebecca Downie, Rebecca Wing, Hannah
Clowes, Laura Jones, Aisling Williams and Marissa King) came
out victorious (226.650 pts) in the Friendly International
versus Czech Republic (225.050) and Switzerland (209.650),
in Brno (CZE) over the last weekend (3/5 August).
One month before the World Championships in Stuttgart (GER),
which will also serve as Olympic Qualifications 2008, their
confidence was boosted even further with excellent results
in the All-around and the Apparatus Finals:
Marissa King- winner on Floor and silver on Vault (First
Jana Komrskova (CZE)
Laura Jones - best on Beam, where Hannah Clowes took the Bronze.
Rebecca Downie won Silver on A. Bars with Aisling Williams
coming in third (winner Kristyna Palesova (CZE)
Rebecca Wing put together the second best all-around result
(56.60), after Nicole Pechancova (CZE, 57.25) and ahead of
Jana Komsrkova (CZE, 56.05), and also won the bronze medal
on Floor.
The last check point for the British women prior to Stuttgart
will be the International against one of the quickest progressing
nations in gymnastics- Brazil (7th in the 2006 World Championships),
on 18/19 August in Ipswich.
The line up of the British Team will be announced this week
and it is expected that the World Champion on A. Bars, Beth
Tweddle will also take part. The guests will arrive without
the famous phenomenal performer on floor, the former World
Champion Daiane Dos Santos, but the rest of Brazil’s
hopes, who excelled at the recent Pan-American Games and are
expecting to play key-roles at the World Championships, will
be in Ipswich.
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