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Hello and welcome to the 2012 gymnastics World Cup in Glasgow.

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The by new Emirates Arena is all set to host 16 of the world's top

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gymnasts in a one-day All-Around competition. And this is the first

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time members of the British team will be performing on home soil

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since their hugely successful Beautiful routine! Thank you very

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much! He has done the job. Wow, wow, wow. This is looking very good.

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Yes! Great Britain take a bronze in the men's team final! That was

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super stuff. Lewis Smith, now is the time. That is superb. Lewis

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Smith and maxed between them, silver and bronze. Their entire

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gymnastic career has been building up to the next few moments. Beth

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Tweddle has an Olympic medal at long last. Those pictures are still

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give me goose bumps, and who better to reminisce with than the person

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who has been the face and body of British gymnastics for more than a

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decade, three-time world champion and our Olympic bronze medallist,

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Beth Tweddle? Great to see you again after a summer that I bet you

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and the team will not be able to stop talking about. It was an

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amazing summer. We knew we had a strong team, but nobody anticipated

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how well we would do. We knew the games were going to be baked with

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it being on home soil. But as soon as we all walked into that North

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Greenwich Arena, the crowd just erupted. It gave me goose pimples.

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You will never get a scenario like that again. We were all lucky

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enough to do our best performances. We came home with our Olympic dream,

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a medal. Four medals in all. The other day, I heard you of being

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talked about alongside the rower Katherine Grainger in the context

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of how much you have both done for women in your sport. How much of a

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relief was it for you to finally add an Olympic medal to your huge

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collection? It was a massive relief. Everyone knew before the Games that

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it was my last shot at an Olympic medal. It has taken me a long time

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to get there, but as soon as I saw my name next to third place, I

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looked at my coach and I could feel a massive weight being lifted off

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my shoulder. It was also great for my family. Everyone has worked hard

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to get me to those games, and I did not want to be remembered as the

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most successful gymnast that never picked up an Olympic medal.

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feels as though the medal has let you out of your cage and you have

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become a thrill seeker. Tell us about your adventures? The 20 years,

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it was all about gymnastics. Suddenly, I have a bit of freedom.

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The first thing I did was When walking, so I was upside down on a

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plane. My mum was more nervous than watching me at the Olympics. Then I

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did snowboarding and tried a bit of golf, lots of different things. I

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might find something I enjoy. hearing rumours of a reality TV

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show. You will have to wait and see. We look forward to hearing about

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that. Beth will be with us throughout the show. Let's see what

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else is coming up. The women's All-Around Features the

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youngest member of Team GB, Rebecca Tunney, and the 2006 all around

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were champion Vanessa Ferrari from Italy. A strong line-up in the

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men's competition includes two of the three all around Olympic

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medallists as well as Britain's Kristian Thomas and Dan Purvis.

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Angela Smith takes a break from dancing to tell us about life away

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from the gym. We start with the women's event, anti-Brits who have

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had very different fortunes in 2012 -- two Brits who have had very

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different fortunes. She is having a wonderful time here. You seemed to

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cope with that crowd so well at the Olympic Games. It did not seem to

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faze you, being the youngest, shortest and lightest member of

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Team GB. You seemed to take it in your stride. Were you as calm as

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you looked? You are always going to be nervous at competitions, even if

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it is just a little one. But we were all behind the judge there. We

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knew how to deal with it and keep each other calm. I was just

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oblivious to it all, because it was those are real. Everything just

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happened, really. -- it was so so You were a reserve for the Olympic

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team, which meant you had a gap in training. Has it been difficult for

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you to get back into it? A lot more difficult than I thought. You don't

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expect it to be as hard as it is. You get your skills back quickly,

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but your fitness takes more time to build up. And confidence takes time.

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With it being so tough for you to not make the team for London 2012,

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has that give a new motivation to go for Rio 2016, or have you got

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other plans? You always have to look at it one step at a time. Not

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making this Olympics was emotionally hard. You have put

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years of your life into it, it was not just the year before, you

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worked your whole life for this one goal. Another four years is a long

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time. Gymnastics takes out a lot of your body. It is not just whether I

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can handle it, it is my body. If my body can't take it, I can't keep

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going. You have to look at each part of the year at a time. With

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the next competition coming up, can I make it? You can't lead at that

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far ahead. You're fantastic year means you have been shortlisted for

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Sports Personality of the Year 2012. How did you feel when you heard the

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news? I was a bit shocked. I remember watching it when I was

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younger and thinking wow, look at those celebrities on the telly. To

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be part of it is a great opportunity. It must feel a strange

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that at 16, you are not the little one any more. No, I am told now! --

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I am old now. Sorry. Rebecca Tunney has had an incredible year, hasn't

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she? It has been amazing. At the world championships last year, we

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would not have put her in our team for the Olympics. But she worked so

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hard, went to the Olympic trials, stormed them, became British

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champion and sealed a place. Then she went to the Olympics at just 15,

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the youngest member of Team GB, and withstood the pressure. It did not

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faze her. She rose to the pressure and had an amazing games. You have

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known the other Brit Performing today, Niamh Rippin, for years. She

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was so disappointed at not making the London 2012 team. What can she

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do to pick herself up and remain competitive within the women's

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team? It is always difficult when you don't make a championships, but

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she will have had a long think and thought to herself, I still love

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the sport. She has worked so hard to get back and be ready for the

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end of the season. She will show what she is made of. The cockroach,

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Amanda, is now the national head coach for the women's team -- your

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coach is now the national head coach. What changes do you think we

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will see? The outlook she has, she has so

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much experience. She is the only coach on the female side of

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gymnastics that has brought home medals. She knows what it takes to

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be at the top. She will be looking for the little pointers that will

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help bring the younger gymnasts Durran hopefully bring home medals.

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Moving on to today, Vanessa Ferrari from Italy is the highest ranked

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female here out of the age gymnasts competing. But she is not

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guaranteed to be on top of the podium? Definitely not. Last

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weekend, Elizabeth Price, one of the reserves for the Americans for

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the Olympics, was the top ranked one injured guard. I am sure she

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will want to take home another gold medal. Let's get on with watching

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some of the women's All-Around action. Are commentary team are

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have got this afternoon, and it is about consistency. The better you

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champion just a week ago. A very good all-round gymnast. Just missed

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out on the Olympic Games. She is a makes it look easy. Lamb's one foot

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either side of the white line, beautiful height, beautiful flight.

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Big smile from Elizabeth Price, and vaulting. That is a huge score, and

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds

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This vault can score a maximum of she will be delighted with that.

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Very good start. Slightly to one side, but nothing too much. She was

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twist, but it is a very difficult vault. She did not really explode

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off the top of the horse. She was very briefly on it. Just lacking in

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that explosion from the top. Yes, that real dynamic approach. The

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most this can score his 15th. Ha run is not as powerful as the

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previous two gymnasts, so she does The slow-motion replay will show us

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that the feet were not quite cleanly round for the second part

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of the twist, which caused her to need a couple of steps to recover

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herself, but it was a gutsy worked so hard to get the double

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twist. The landing caused the adjustment to the side. Yes, if you

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watched the slow-motion, she bends her arms a bit on the top of the

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platform, so she does not get the Germany, a good all-round performer.

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She is the only gymnast not using the Van Gogh in front of the board.

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A straight somersault with half turn up. That is what we have seen

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on default more traditionally. She gets good height and flight, that

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has its own tariff. He is not as high as the double twist, but it is

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well performed. She did it very well. To get the proportion, the

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push back through the shoulders, that is not an easy task. She

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pulled it round very nicely. Good, efficient faulting -- vaulting.

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There is a spring at the front of the platform, and she uses that to

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the youngest Team GB athlete in London. Is she the youngest British

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champion ever? Negative macro. At one time, we could have them

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younger than 16. But she is in her first year as a senior. She was our

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top scorer at the 2012 Olympics. Very clean. No problems. My great

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performance from Rebecca Tunney. The vaulting has been iffy apart

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from a Elizabeth Price. This is an opportunity for Rebecca to get into

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second place. She has got a great opportunity. Very purposeful in her

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approach. A good conversion upwards, nice and clean in the air. The

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double twist was completed. That was good for 10. It was one of the

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features of the British women at the Olympics, they upped their game.

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The double twists were needed to make the team final, and they've

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responded fantastically. That has placed her into second place. The

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Just a tiny loss of tension in the legs during the vault, but a lot of

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flight. She is always determined and competitive. I love watching

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her work, she is what the sport is all about. She loves it, she is

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aggressive, she attacks, she is competitive, and that was

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impressive. But when it beat Rebecca Tunney? I would not have

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thought so. It is a lower tariff. She was good and clean in her

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direction, she landed with her feet in the middle, and she hoped to

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decide. But she has bent knees before they need to be bent. She

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Beth Tweddle may have been up to all sorts of exciting things while

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taking a break, but she has been missing her bars, so it earlier,

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the crowds here were treated to pay special performance from the

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Olympic bronze medallist to open up the whole event. She has now packed

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away her sparkly leotard again there to join Christine Still and

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gymnasts in this competition, she has represented the company at --

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represented her country at five World Championships. We were there

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routine. A few extra elements to stop it being at the top drawer,

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but this is good, strong twisting. It was businesslike, she never

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looked in danger. She looked very comfortable. She did not link some

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of the skills, but it was businesslike, every skill was with

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precision, she was not worried about anything. It is a premium

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rating, I have known her for a few years, she will get on with it.

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That will have done her standing no plenty of time to control it. She

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has got height, she can see the bar before she puts her hands there. A

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slight leg separation. This is a very long routine, but she picks up

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the difficulty throughout. A small Ferrari. The world and European

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all-round champion. Going back five or six years. And she is still

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impressive. Another gymnast without delighted with that. That rating

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was fabulous. There were a few areas here and there, but to be

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able to put that dismount at the end, she will be pleased with that.

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You can see in the background the gymnasts are trying to chalk it up

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for need Ripon. -- for Niamh Rippin. She likes a bit less chalk. Denies

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height. The coach is standing in for the safety aspect. The smallest

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LED separation, but that is all the judges need. It was not quite a

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handstand there. She uses an extra swing to build up her speed into

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the dismount. Then, the double front. The smallest hop on landing.

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That takes her into second place. over the years. But she can perform

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well, she has got very good basic has not taken any sort of extra

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swing. A double front dismount. A very deep landing, but well held.

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She will be pleased with that. had a few troubles last weekend, so

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she will be pleased with that. She will take a big reduction on the

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dismount, but she is a fighter, she got to her feet and presented to

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the judges. She is one of the team that took the silver medal at the

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European Championships in 2010. She has got a better pedigree behind

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her. She has had a couple of years of injury, she has had to fight

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hard to get back. It is nice and high, not a lot of production.

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Straight into the perfect handstand. Because that was connected, she

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gets the difficulty bonus. In her mind, she will think, I have got to

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concentrate for the dismount. It just set her off for the dismount.

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The low landing will take a very swings with great power. Some of

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them floater round, she how was her She is taking a swing between each

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release. She is not linking it. A lovely height, a lovely hands than

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shape. Each gymnast has to have a full pirouette in the routine. She

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missed a couple of connections, but for me, that is the best routine we

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have seen so far today. She is chasing Kim Bui, her team-mate.

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think that will score enough to overtake her team-mate. It is very

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powerful, everybody knows that she is a specialist. This is where she

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sometimes adds an extra full-term. She has played it slightly safer

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today. She can see the bar before she goes for the catch. Very big

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flight, this is what the judges want to say, lots of amplitude.

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When she is hitting the handstand, she is always in the perfect shape.

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A great this mad, that is the the gymnastics club there. This is

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the big combination. She is building a difficulty. This is what

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Beth Tweddle was talking about, you have to link your difficulty. We

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have to see the full Pyrrha wet. -- beginning to end, she is linking

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everything. That landing at the end was perfect. So she is very happy

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with that, and her coach is also very happy. There was the nice

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handstand. Nice height, gets plenty of time to see the bar before going

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down to the Loe Bar. Straight into the handstand. Great lines from

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Rebecca. Straight into the dismount. And a big smile to finish it off.

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And she has put herself on top of the pile. But the USA are still to

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come. That was a great performance from Rebecca. Elizabeth Price is a

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very powerful, strong gymnast. Lovely flight. Full pirouette. She

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took a little extra swing. Up into the handstand. Beautiful elements

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linked together well. Up into a double somersault. That was the

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biggest difficulty we have seen from the girls on the dismount.

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is such a power for gymnast, and that really comes across in the

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releases. It is when gymnasts like her go up that it makes the other

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releases looked so much smaller. Luckily, she has gone last, so the

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judges did not have anything to compare against, but that was a

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fantastic routine. And Rebecca Tunney had to face that, and she

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did. So much height that she doesn't know what to do with her

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time. That was one of the most difficult combinations I have seen

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being done. Every skill she has, she just does with precision. Then

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she winds up into this difficult dismount. Just the smallest step,

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but there are not a lot of deductions in that routine for the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds

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judges to take. She is reigning years old, from Stuttgart. Five

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world championship experiences. You can't buy that sort of nous. Good

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feel for competition. She showed her experience there. She was

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slightly off, but she used her middle strength to pull herself on.

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Free cartwheel. These three elements are worth 0.4. Just a tiny

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wobble, but controls it well. There are marks for artistry, rhythm. On

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the beam, they like to see fluency and not too many hesitations. It

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makes it easier to stop. The more fluent the routine, the more taxing

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ates. But she is very precise with every element. You can always tell

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the dismount is coming - the Poor's, the concentration. She did well to

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hold onto that landed. Her hips were right behind the feet as she

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landed. Scary Debach, very quick feet. Did a great job. Very focused

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on the beam, and thought very quickly to rescue the dismount.

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This was then example of her experience, quickly adjusting. From

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there in, she really did focus and concentrate. She needed this

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performance at this stage. Good awareness. Strong performances to

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come. The first of those is from her team-mate, Elizabeth Seitz. She

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is a tough competitor. She is the German national champion. She has

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been the leader of the German team for the last few years, more

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renowned for her work on the asymmetric bars. But look at the

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power on the front somersault. Superb jumps, linked together.

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Strong on the free cartwheel. It is all about the middle tension,

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keeping the core of the body under tension. She did that well. She

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came out at the right time. The gymnasts have to count not only

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acrobatic moves, but also dance elements, leaps and jumps. At least

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three of their difficulty have to be spins and leeks, so if you can

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add in the double spin, that is great. She gets good height on all

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her elements. She really had to fight. It is a very difficult leap.

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Double pike. But was a powerful routine. Sharp on the acrobatics

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and powerful elsewhere apart from one wobble. Ilott has -- Elizabeth

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Seitz was determined not to part company. She will have done her

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prospects no harm. This was very impressive stuff. Some of the

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acrobatics were very sharp. Very launch yourself a bit and hope you

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come out at the right time. But her power on the dismount, again, a bit

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:38:47.:38:53.

Pike to on the landing, but that wasn't a strong performance. At the

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moment, she is top of the pile. Two performances still to come. At 16,

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and Rebecca Tunney showed a measure of focus and concentration earlier.

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Super hi front somersault. She is very powerful and light. Lovely

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sleep with the quarter term. -- lovely leap with the quarter turn.

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She joins those leaps well. You can see her focus and determination.

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All the gymnasts have to join two acrobatic skills. Back-flip,

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Somerset, and she was off. She was there. Just a little unsettled now

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see her power. Just a bit of lack of precision in the middle. Still

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one apparatus to go. If she was disappointed, she did not show it.

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They need support at this stage after a mistake, but so high on

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that front somersault. She has got superpower. But she is quite tight

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in the Achilles, and it is difficult to absorb the landings.

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But she was well off. Hips completely in the wrong direction.

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vault. Very accurate on bars. What with an easy mount, but this is not

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easy. Full twisting Tabak, she joining the forward and backward

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elements. That was rather tentative, is not particularly fluent. And the

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double pike. That was beautiful. This was just so square, look at

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that. Very impressive work. Absolutely packed with power, isn't

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She is a confident tumbler. Nice double are buried -- double Arabian.

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music with the movement, doing very well. Double pike, beautifully

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performed. Well done, Niamh. She has had a really good competition.

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Comfort and performance. That was a brilliant routine. She has always

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been known as a powerful gymnast. And she has had a great competition

:46:43.:46:50.

today, to finish on that routine. This middle tumble, into the two

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and a half twists, unfortunately she just took a little step out at

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the end. The triple twist is fully credited, because it is all the way

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she sells the fruiting well. Yes, and this is the last tumble. That

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is what the judges want to see. It is the final impression that the

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judges get before she finishes. She will be really pleased with her

:47:25.:47:33.

whole performance. Momentarily at least she finds herself on top of

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the pile. Vanessa Ferrari, stand by for some thrills. She is still so

:47:43.:47:51.

impressive. One of her favourite and most successful apparatus.

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Standby. It could be great. She was a finalist at the Olympics on the

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line. Gymnasts have to stay inside knows how to land a tumble! Hugely

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impressive from Vanessa Ferrari. good finish to her competition, she

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will rue the fact that she made the error on the beam. That was great

:49:53.:49:58.

to come back after the error. But she is known for her powerful

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tumbling. She has downgraded slightly, but it is still a very

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impressive floor routine. Sh straight into the tucked back, that

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is a very difficult combination. would not exactly describe her as a

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beautiful dancer, but she sells her routine. Ever since I have known

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her, she has been able to show off. She is not the best that sat at

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there, but they have worked really hard on knowing exactly where to

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sell it. She has had a great set of leaps. Perhaps her difficulty has

:50:37.:50:47.

gone down on the tumbling, but she made up for it. She always knows

:50:47.:50:51.

where the floor is, to show the landings. That is what the judges

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Ahead of Niamh Rippin. And ahead of Wakana Inoue. Can she moved up from

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fourth place, into the top three positions? She was a finalist on

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the floor at the European Championships. She can tumble very

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perfect timing! How about that! She powerful flick, lovely double pike.

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She lands beautifully. A great comeback from Rebecca Tunney. She

:53:00.:53:10.
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is a great gymnast. She has put the disappointment of being behind her.

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That will do her no harm at all. A great way to finish the competition.

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She has done herself proud. She can afford a little smile. Well done

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ended. She has got unique tumbling as. She nailed the landing, she

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knows exactly where it is. This is the Van Gogh into the one and a

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half twists. There was a slight hesitation, so she will not get the

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combination for that. A good landing again, into the straddled

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jump. The last Tumble, into the double pike. She needs 13.767 to go

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into the lead. She is just off it! She is just behind Vanessa Ferrari

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good, high, for twisting double good Judge -- very good landings.

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will have done her no harm at all, she gave very little away. Not the

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most artistic, but very few errors. She was in third place coming in,

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and she will be keen to hold on to that position. Very impressive

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height on the tumbling. It was brilliant throughout. Just a small

:56:31.:56:36.

hop on landing, but the power and determination, she knows where the

:56:36.:56:46.
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landings are. That is the required double somersault tumble. She has

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got great leaps, showing all this Blitz, which is what is required to

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get them counted. The choreography was brilliant, it fitted the music

:56:57.:57:07.

brilliantly. Straight into the double pike landing at the end.

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good job from Ken Berry. What a great competition she has had! You

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can see it in her face. She can now we will see it again here. But that

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was right out the floor, that is very expensive, because she landed

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out of the floor. At least half a Mark off. But she comes back world.

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Very clean. She bounced out of the triple spin. She will only be

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element as well as backward elements. We have seen only

:58:48.:58:58.
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very costly. The two and a half twists outside the floor area will

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be a big reduction. It could all change, she is leading -- she is

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needing 13 to take the lead from as you land out of the floor area,

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she was out of line and the judges will deduct heavily for that. It

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was a shame, because the rest of the routine was so precise and well

:59:38.:59:43.

choreographed. The audience were enjoying it. But with the triple

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spin, they will not credit that. It will only be a double spin. And

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there was a small hop at the end. She knows that mistake will be very

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costly. It could cost her a medal. A little dip in focus for Elizabeth

:00:06.:00:12.

Seitz. What a great competition Elizabeth

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price has had. She has really given us a demonstration of power.

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Beautiful height on the twisting Cleanly landed. We have seen two

:01:07.:01:17.
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very big tumbles so far. She was out as she landed. We saw the flag

:01:18.:01:28.
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well there. But I can't say I felt that was quite as classy a

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performance as her bars and bolt. The First tumble was excellent.

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That was just another level of gymnastics. Not many gymnasts do

:02:21.:02:28.

that. That is your next level of tumbling. Then she was a small step

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out. It will only cost her a point, so it will make no difference in

:02:34.:02:44.

the standings. And again, precision on this landing. Then the Double

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Tongue, and One Foot seemed to land out, and that will cost her again.

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That was an emphatic performance. She faltered on the last apparatus,

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but emphatic. A superb all-round front of a home crowd? The home

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crowd were amazing. It really helped. I enjoyed it. Rebecca, you

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looked like you were enjoying it, too. Yeah, I was proud to do those

:03:48.:03:53.

routines. It was like the Olympics. After such an incredible year, you

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must be looking forward to a break over Christmas. Definitely. It has

:03:58.:04:05.

been hard. But that is just one Chisnall -- gymnastics is.

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Elizabeth, congratulations on your gold medal. It felt like you nailed

:04:10.:04:15.

it pretty early on. Yeah, I think I had a good lead after the vault. I

:04:15.:04:23.

tried to keep calm so I could maintain that lead. So I won!

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is the secret behind you peaking at this time of the year? I am not

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sure. I was just training harder. I was peaking during the summer,

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during trials back home, and I tried to keep that going. It was

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impressive that you have kept it going, because so many people are

:04:45.:04:50.

tired from the Olympics. What are your plans now for 2013? How did

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you find it performing in front of a huge crowd like this? Is it was a

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great experience being able to come to Glasgow and be in the World Cup.

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I enjoyed it. For 2013, I would like to go to the world

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championships. That will be a great experience for me. What do you make

:05:10.:05:16.

of the final women's podium? It seemed like the beam was the game

:05:16.:05:26.

changer. It was. It changed the rankings. After the floor, the

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standings did not change. Price was out there in a league of her own.

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She just was not going to get caught. Rebecca Tunney has had an

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incredible year, an exhausting year. But she still chose to compete in

:05:43.:05:46.

Glasgow. Is that because of the experience events like this can

:05:46.:05:52.

give her? Definitely. She has had a tiring year, but she had a rest

:05:52.:05:56.

after the Olympics. Now that she has finished here, she will take

:05:56.:06:00.

Christmas to chill out and get ready for next season. But the

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experience from events like this will help her leading up to Rio.

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was great to see how much the home fans got behind both Rebecca and

:06:10.:06:13.

her Niamh. It was a sell-out crowd today in a history that already has

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such a great sporting heritage. Sports fans will have even more to

:06:18.:06:22.

cheer soon, as Glasgow gears up to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. A

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major element in Glasgow's successful bid was the fact that

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70% of the planned venues are in place. As well as the Emirates

:06:30.:06:35.

Arena, stadia like a Celtic Park, Hampden Park and the Sir Chris Hoy

:06:35.:06:40.

velodrome are up and running. The gymnastics will be staged at a

:06:40.:06:44.

venue still under construction in the West End of the city. With the

:06:44.:06:47.

great British public likely to be out in force, it is a fantastic

:06:47.:06:52.

prospect for the home nation's athletes, who received such Arab

:06:52.:06:56.

support in London this summer. Competing in the Olympics was my

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first competition in front of a home crowd, and it was fantastic. I

:07:01.:07:05.

will never forget the standing ovation as we walked out of the

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arena and the immense atmosphere. It is a big thing. Dan Purvis, who

:07:10.:07:17.

competes for Scotland, is particularly looking forward to the

:07:17.:07:20.

2014 games and sees them as a crucial stepping stone on the road

:07:20.:07:27.

to Rio in 2016. I have got the 2014 and 2015 World Championships in

:07:27.:07:34.

Glasgow. It is a good lead up. And Dan Keatings is on the Scottish

:07:34.:07:41.

squad, so we have a good team. have been joined by Sam Oldham, was

:07:41.:07:46.

part of the incredible bronze medal-winning team in 2012. Doesn't

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an event like this after the Olympics start to gear you're up

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for Glasgow 2014? Definitely. At the London Olympics, the crowds

:07:55.:08:00.

were unbelievable. We really felt the home support. Today, with Dan

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Purvis and Kristian Thomas and the two girls, it will be a great event

:08:04.:08:08.

and will set the scene for two years' time. It is great to have

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the Commonwealth Games on home soil again so soon after the Olympics.

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Beth, 2012 has been a huge year for British sport and the public do not

:08:18.:08:21.

have to wait long before another home games. In his great. Everyone

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keeps asking what they should be after the Olympics, but with

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Glasgow just around the corner, we have something else to look forward

:08:29.:08:34.

to. Glasgow are hosting the Gymnastics World Cup and the

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velodrome was completed a few weeks ago. It is an opportunity to keep

:08:39.:08:43.

youngsters inspired. So I am, for you and the other gymnasts, you

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have this great road to Rio with another major championships here in

:08:49.:08:53.

Glasgow with the 2015 worlds here. It will be amazing having the 2015

:08:53.:08:57.

World Championships on home soil. That is where we qualify for the

:08:57.:09:01.

Olympic Games. To have the home crowd behind you really does help,

:09:01.:09:05.

as we have seen over the summer. So we have the Commonwealth Games in

:09:05.:09:10.

two years, so we will get used to the arena. Then the 2015 were

:09:10.:09:14.

championships should hopefully give us an advantage. Back here in 2012,

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we still have the men's all-around competition to look forward to. The

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Olympic champion in this event is not competing today. In London, the

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Japanese gymnast showed why he is the star of the sport. But behind

:09:30.:09:36.

him, the battle for bronze and silver went down to the wire.

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Everyone was expecting him to win. I wasn't. My goal was to knock he

:09:43.:09:48.

him off the throne. It was definitely a roller-coaster. I was

:09:48.:09:52.

not sure if I would be second or third, but first, I was not

:09:52.:10:02.
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expecting it. Started on the floor exercise. I was the first gymnast

:10:05.:10:13.

up. The floor went really well. started off well on the floor. I

:10:13.:10:21.

did a great routine. I had a difficult start on the pommel horse.

:10:21.:10:27.

Then I was in 24th place. I went to pommel horse, and for some reason,

:10:27.:10:32.

I was really tired. I don't know why. He made a big mistake on the

:10:32.:10:36.

pommel horse. He missed his dismount, which is a big deduction.

:10:36.:10:42.

I just did not have any more strength and they took off a lot of

:10:42.:10:47.

points. That ended up putting me down to a pretty low standing. I

:10:47.:10:53.

sat down and put the towel over my head and just went aaagh! To myself.

:10:53.:10:59.

My dad came up to me and was like, relax. Nothing happened. Trust your

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training. You will be great. then encounter vault, that is my

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make-or-break event. Unfortunately for me, that they did not quite pan

:11:17.:11:22.

out. The coach said to me, if you had landed that, there would have

:11:22.:11:29.

been a medal in it. It is one of those things, but that is sport. I

:11:29.:11:33.

remember watching Dan Purvis and thinking if he could keep it

:11:33.:11:40.

together, he had a chance at a medal. Then he messed up. I was

:11:40.:11:44.

aiming for a medal, but unfortunately, I went to pieces and

:11:44.:11:54.
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could not make a comeback. But gymnastics is like that. I just

:11:58.:12:05.

went on rings, did a good routine. Did a good vault. On the parallel

:12:05.:12:09.

bars, I had a different mindset. I did not know where I was in the

:12:09.:12:13.

standings and I was not watching anyone, but I just told myself to

:12:13.:12:23.

have fun and show-off. And I did it. I saw some of the other routines. I

:12:23.:12:29.

saw who was first and second in the table, of course. So I knew what I

:12:29.:12:39.
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had to do. I tried to make a good performance. He is one of the real

:12:40.:12:50.

class performers. In such a high- pressure situation, you know there

:12:50.:12:57.

will be competition from everyone. My goodness me. How easy to let a

:12:57.:13:02.

medal slip away. On the high bar, I did what I felt was a really good

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routine. I did not know where I was until I finished. Then I looked up

:13:09.:13:15.

and saw myself go up into second. I was ecstatic. For the floor routine,

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I knew if I made a good one, I could get a silver medal. It was an

:13:19.:13:25.

amazing feeling, because it was the Olympic Games. I knew I had done

:13:25.:13:33.

enough on the floor. A brilliant performance gives the German a

:13:33.:13:43.

silver medal! When I was up there, it felt like a dream. That was

:13:43.:13:50.

probably the happiest moment of my life. Let's see who can steal the

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show in Kohei Uchimura's absence. Our commentary team are poised and

:13:54.:14:03.

ready to go. The first of six apparatus for the

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the last minute. First up, floor exercise, from Japan, Kazuhito

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:14:51.:15:00.

emir for this big opening tumble. Two somersaults in one series. That

:15:00.:15:08.

makes the difficult to rise. Every move is given its own difficulty

:15:08.:15:16.

rating. The best 10 moves are added together to give the difficulty

:15:16.:15:26.
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score. So, the name of the game is 10 difficult elements. Absolute

:15:27.:15:36.

control on the fairly basic skills like handstands. Beautiful landings,

:15:36.:15:46.
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making sure that the judges cannot take any points away. Very clean so

:15:46.:15:53.

far. Just a tiny hop back on the landing, but that was a pretty

:15:53.:15:57.

impressive floor routine. Not the highest difficulty, but great

:15:57.:16:04.

execution. Very clean, and that is what it is all about. Take your

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a wonderful, clean gymnast. He is not too shabby on the floor. Very

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clean and difficult. We missed the double straight somersault that he

:16:32.:16:40.

started with, they will see it on replay. Not only dynamic but very

:16:40.:16:50.

strong in the lifts. The very precise. A nice half term, a simple

:16:50.:16:58.

forward combination. It is important to stamp control. A bit

:16:58.:17:08.
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awry on the dismount. A hop to the side. He is renowned for accurate

:17:10.:17:16.

landing. He has had a couple of dodgy ones so far. He has undercut

:17:16.:17:23.

it. Signs of nerves. He missed his start, but I am sure you will

:17:23.:17:29.

Torcross through it. He attempted to finish with a double strike, so

:17:29.:17:39.
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possibly this is his first tumble. Cliff two twists. That is something

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we did not want to miss. It is the stamina that is a problem for the

:17:44.:17:53.

gymnasts. They will have absolutely peak for the Olympics, and to get

:17:53.:17:59.

yourself back into shape within six months, five months, it is very

:17:59.:18:09.
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round gymnast, parallel bars as well. Fast across the floor,

:18:26.:18:36.
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beautifully done. No effort at all. A little bit low, but a very good

:18:39.:18:49.
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game. So far, this is why he is worthy of a silver medal. Superb

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:19:35.:19:36.

work. He just lost it a little at the end. But he has not even warmed

:19:36.:19:41.

up. He got in last thing last night, and if he can produce that, what on

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earth...? He looks in great shape. My concern in the last year,

:19:48.:19:57.

watching him, was that he looked so slight, his body weight, he was

:19:57.:20:02.

carrying no fat cattle, but now, he looks a bit heavier. I think that

:20:02.:20:09.

has increased his power greatly. This is fabulous tumbling.

:20:09.:20:14.

Everything looked secure. There was no scrabble to fall would walk out

:20:14.:20:21.

of the somersaults. Really strong. He is obviously very light, they

:20:21.:20:29.

can handle his body very easily. So dynamic as well. He just bounced

:20:29.:20:39.
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back, so that his 0.1 at least deducted. That is not a bad score.

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He is substantially in the lead at the moment, ahead of Yusuke Saito.

:20:50.:20:59.

Kazuhito Tanaka is in third place. Kristian Thomas, the Olympic bronze

:20:59.:21:02.

medal-winner and European team champion, such an important member

:21:02.:21:12.
:21:12.:21:22.

crowd, the first taste of Great Britain. He led the British team to

:21:22.:21:31.

the bronze medal. A super start. Then immediate rebound into the

:21:31.:21:41.
:21:41.:21:41.

roll-out. The double Arabian. He is a tall gymnast. He has to be very

:21:42.:21:45.

measured with everything. It is easy to bounce out of the floor

:21:45.:21:55.
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area when you are as tall as he is, and rolls out. Very precise work so

:22:13.:22:23.
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far. He licks his elements so well. But this is the tester, where is

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the stamina? It is, no doubt! He meets the floor with absolute

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control. Well done, Kristian Thomas. You will not remember a sixpence,

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but he landed on it twice, amazing, accurate. He opened and finished

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with total accuracy, a fabulous start to the competition. His coach

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it, a kick out from the legs, fabulous start. He almost ambles

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into his tumbles, but so much under control with his landings.

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absolutely uses technique. Some gymnasts charge across the floor

:23:27.:23:32.

area and just use speed, but with him, it is all technical stopped a

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great technique. What a way to finish, a double the radiant, he

:23:38.:23:48.
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plonked it on to the floor. Very stylish work. What a great start.

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The German is in the lead at the moment. But that is a colossal

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score for a fabulous floor exercise. very impressive young Spaniard, 20

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years old. He has got a great sense Spaniards at the Olympic Games, and

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that is a lovely start. The bit deep on the landing. But it is

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The judges are hot on the lumpy eighths! He was ninth all around in

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the Olympic Games, a young man with a great future. That was a very

:25:49.:25:58.
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measured performance. Very well ever seen a gymnast go cleaner to

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the edge off the floor. You cannot properly see it, but he was within

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a millimetre of the end. He did it again on one of the side passes. I

:26:19.:26:24.

think that trouble was pretty nearly round. You are the most

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severe judge that has ever walked With just one performance to come.

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That performance is from Daniel Purvis. He has won this event, he

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won it last year. He has taken up a bronze medal on the floor in the

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world championships as well, that was in 2010. An amazing gymnast, a

:27:08.:27:15.

great performer. Starting with an incredibly difficult front

:27:15.:27:24.

somersault. Really speedy. Just a tiny Hopps on landing, which is not

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like him, he is usually very precise. He works out of that won

:27:31.:27:39.

cleanly. He is really very good at building height. When he does one

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of these multiple somersault runs, the first somersault is not too

:27:44.:27:50.

high, and the second one is higher, that is what is really impressive.

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He is really gaining strength nowadays. You can see the power in

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her shoulders in that handstand. A lovely style, and he is quite well

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known for that. Taking the momentum from the somersault to get him up.

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A deep breath here, he needs to concentrate, the big hands brink.

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He did not have quite enough in the locker to make the last tumble.

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Unfortunate for Daniel Purvis, but there are five events still to go,

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and he has an all-round mentality. We talk about thinking about the

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next thing it, and he has got that mentality. He is favouring the

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hamstring. A double somersault combination. A double pike to open.

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He normally has great security in his work. There are signs of nerves.

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Thomas leads the pack in this very did not turn Louis Smith into a

:29:33.:29:37.

household name, strutting his stuff on Strictly certainly has. The

:29:37.:29:40.

three-time Olympic medallist had a fantastic run and introduce

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Just swing like there is nobody watching. The come on. Keep your

:29:59.:30:06.

head. Goodness me, he did not let anybody down. 2012 has been an an

:30:06.:30:10.

extraordinary year, not just for me, but the British public and the rest

:30:10.:30:15.

of the world. With the Queen's Jubilee and the Olympic Games,

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there was so much talk about it beforehand about whether it would

:30:19.:30:27.

work. It was such a positive ride. It was such an amazing thing. And

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on a personal level, having done so well at the Olympic Games in the

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team and individual, then going into Strictly. It has just been

:30:36.:30:42.

crazy. It has been a whirlwind. the Pall Mall final, you were so

:30:42.:30:46.

close, could not have been closer. How do you reflect on that now?

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There was a sense of disappointment, because the Olympic Games was

:30:52.:30:56.

fantastic for everybody in Great Britain. So many gold medals were

:30:56.:31:02.

won. But I have to look at the bigger picture. I have a single-

:31:02.:31:06.

parent mum who sacrificed so much of her time to help me. My coach

:31:06.:31:10.

sacrificed time. I have had sponsors who helped me get to where

:31:10.:31:14.

I am. So to be able to do the routine I did under that pressure,

:31:14.:31:19.

with everybody watching, it was the main reason why I was at the

:31:19.:31:23.

Olympic Games, that pommel horse routine. For it to go the way it

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did and for the result to happen, to even get a medal, I am just so

:31:30.:31:34.

grateful, because it could have gone the other way. I am used to

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doing six days a week in a gymnastics Jim, 32 hours a week,

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training hard. It is very different to Strictly training. There is a

:31:43.:31:47.

lot of work on my feet. I am not supporting myself on my hands,

:31:47.:31:52.

which I am used to. So my physique is changing. I am not overweight,

:31:52.:31:55.

but I am definitely picking up aches and pains that I do not

:31:55.:31:59.

normally get when training in gymnastics. You said you saw some

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of your team-mates this week. Have they been teasing you, saying you

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are getting soft? Or are they admire you? They know where their

:32:08.:32:12.

boundaries are! I think they can appreciate that I am not just doing

:32:12.:32:17.

this for myself, but also bringing awareness to the sport. British

:32:17.:32:21.

gymnastics has had a fantastic profile after the Olympic Games.

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They are all very supportive. I think a few are even voting for me.

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Do you miss gymnastics? I do miss it, yeah. Normally when I wake up,

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for the last 19 years of my life, it has been gymnasium orientated. I

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have had holidays for maybe two weeks at a time, but I have never

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had this long of the sport, so I look forward to get in back in the

:32:48.:32:53.

gym and getting some training done. Are you thinking about Rio? At this

:32:53.:32:58.

moment in time, we'll is too far away to think about. I am looking

:32:58.:33:02.

forward to get in back in the gym and training. And if the spark

:33:02.:33:08.

comes when we get to real, it comes. Once Strictly is finished, I

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believe the sparkles here. -- I horse. Is it going to be your day?

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building up a combination. This is nice work. Goodhand a placement.

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Quick on the triple Russian. Or was it a double Russian? Look how

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accurate his hands are. I'll, and he almost lost it at the end. That

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will be relief for Purvis. really rescued that at the end. I

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think that was a bit of a step up on pommel horse for him. He looked

:34:28.:34:34.

much more confident. There were a couple of new elements in there.

:34:34.:34:40.

That was really nice, clean work. You want to keep the body as

:34:40.:34:47.

straight as possible. A little flair of the arms. He looked as if

:34:47.:34:56.

he enjoyed it. Very sharp, good hand placement. What will the

:34:56.:35:05.

deduction be for the slight loss of leg form at the finish? It will be

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three tenths, I would say. That is is not that tall, but he looks tour.

:35:37.:35:47.
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his legs a little. Good catch up with the hands. Smoothly into the

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handstand. Good performance. A tiny bit of danger in the middle, but he

:36:19.:36:25.

gritted his teeth. He is actually a very stoic performer. He was night

:36:25.:36:30.

all round at the Olympic Games, and you can see why. He is very

:36:30.:36:35.

efficient. He doesn't look like he wants to throw things away. He does

:36:35.:36:40.

not look too stressed by it all. He looks like he enjoys it. That was

:36:40.:36:50.

very quickly and well performed. For 20 years of age, he has a lot

:36:50.:36:58.

going for him. This young man has five years to capitalise. You saw

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the little split of the legs, but he did not let that throw his

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rhythm. He kept it going. He is a good technician. Good character for

:37:10.:37:20.
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competition. Gonzalez, 20 years old, finds himself top of the pile at

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the moment. This is a big challenge They have got to stay flatter them

:37:44.:37:54.
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that. -- than that. He seems to be settled now, but that was a shorter

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route team from him. Yes, he's zipped through. It was as if to say,

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I will not subtle and less a mistake comes, but it was ragged.

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And it was not as difficult a routine as others. But he seems

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very happy to have got it over and done with. It is not one of his

:38:19.:38:27.

favourite pieces. But that was good. He carried on at great speed, but

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his style was not the greatest. Gymnasts should keep the body as

:38:34.:38:43.

flat as possible. Very expensive, three tenths from each of those

:38:43.:38:50.

swings, at least. I would be very surprised to see Marcel top of the

:38:50.:38:56.

pile after this. But he made that look impressive. Very quick, very

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top three. He is in fifth at the moment, but there are still four

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apparatus to go. Kristian Thomas was top of the pile after the floor

:39:28.:39:38.
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event. He is last on the pommel He has made the two and a half

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Russian, but he is losing the swing. He went for a big difficulty, but

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you could see he was struggling with the swing and almost lost

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momentum in the middle. This is the tough bit. 30 seconds to get back

:40:30.:40:40.
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on. Decision time. To pick it up from where he fell off? He has

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tried it again, and that was not the thing to do, Kristian. Look up

:40:48.:40:58.
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to the heavens. You have got to do that dismount. So a wrong decision,

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but he has now completed the dismount with a couple of

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pirouettes. Unfortunate for Kristian, but it is tough and that

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apparatus takes no prisoners. thinking as he came up, having done

:41:15.:41:22.

so well on the floor, and therefore being last on the pommel horse, it

:41:22.:41:30.

was almost a tough call. He was really Pie King on the swing. You

:41:30.:41:36.

have to be as stretched as you can. And he went for it again. Unlike

:41:36.:41:46.
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Kristian to make an incorrect decision. That was an expensive

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episode for him, but he rescued with a good dismount. His face says

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it all. A real uphill job for him strong apparatus. Olympic silver

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medallist. The rings suit him well, because he has a light weight.

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Excellent strength to weight ratio. forward, but that is the class of

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Marcel Nguyen. To come back from quite an indifferent pommel horse.

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That was really super rings work. An uncharacteristic slip on the

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landing. That is not usually a thing he is worried about. But he

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is really broad-shouldered, with a like that and killed the swing into

:44:29.:44:38.

the cross position. Superbly and work. Lovely flair on the dismount.

:44:38.:44:48.
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That is one of my more favourite experienced. He has a light frame,

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and it suits the shrink to weight performance of his team mate. Can

:45:32.:45:42.
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he do likewise? We will see. That is a very impressive start. Believe

:45:47.:45:57.
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it or not, that will cost him 0.1. A good upstart to leave a very

:45:58.:46:08.
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simple and very impressive Pike body press. Those combinations are

:46:11.:46:16.

notoriously difficult to control. He put a giant handstand on the end

:46:16.:46:26.

of them. It is quite a virtuoso performance. Full twist and the

:46:26.:46:33.

double straight, no nonsense about that. A good performance. Yes, both

:46:33.:46:37.

of the Japanese gymnasts really looking very impressive on the

:46:37.:46:44.

reins. They looked a little off the boil on the floor, but they are

:46:44.:46:50.

sharing their class on the rings. The Japanese culture is about the

:46:50.:46:57.

all-round performer. They are coming through very well. The third

:46:57.:47:03.

apparatus, they are coming to the fore. This is an apparatus that

:47:03.:47:10.

suits their physique. Like frames,... Look at that. That is

:47:10.:47:17.

beautiful swinging. You see double France quite commonly, but the

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double back, this is good. Interestingly, both of them have

:47:22.:47:26.

struggled a little bit on the handstand phase, which some of the

:47:26.:47:36.
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winner of this event last year. Here he is, the top scorer on the

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pommel horse. He needs to be impressive on rinks. He starts with

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good strength and control. Shoulders beautifully down. He is

:48:12.:48:18.

definitely gaining strength and power. Could it lead position on

:48:18.:48:28.
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beautifully performed. A double bubble to finish, a double twisting

:48:40.:48:45.

double back. That is a really compact retain. Very delighted with

:48:45.:48:51.

that performance. And so he should be. That is really good work from

:48:51.:49:01.

Daniel Purvis. He was second in stuck Court last week. He is

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chasing the German. He performed within himself all the way through

:49:08.:49:12.

the strength and swing the parts, and he surpassed himself when he

:49:12.:49:20.

got to the dismount. He is a very good competition performer under

:49:20.:49:25.

pressure. This combination is good. He nailed the swing to handstand

:49:25.:49:34.

from it. Good control. The Double Double, plonked, well done, Daniel

:49:34.:49:44.
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Purvis. Look at the score. Fabian Gonzalez, if he had to pick a week

:49:50.:49:56.

gritting, this would be it. He is very slight. This is his personal

:49:56.:50:06.
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challenge. The leader after two. Forwards again. He cannot rely on

:50:19.:50:29.
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strength. That is almost a junior school. He has got some work to do

:50:34.:50:42.

on this apparatus. But his swing is superb. The Double Double, just a

:50:42.:50:46.

little skip to the side. Once he puts the strength into his

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conditioning regime, he will be a force to be reckoned with. That is

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the difference at the moment. quite a lengthy gymnast, he is

:50:55.:51:00.

quite tall, so you have got to become powerful in the shoulders to

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control the long body on the reins. It is quite a tough apparatus for

:51:05.:51:12.

the taller gymnast. For Kristian Thomas,... He is supposed to be in

:51:12.:51:19.

a straight line, horizontally. Not vertically! But he is a great high

:51:19.:51:25.

bar worker, and he showed it with the lovely swinging. As soon as he

:51:25.:51:33.

gains the strength and power, and picks the rings up, he will be a

:51:33.:51:43.
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kicks off the fourth apparatus from six for the men. He is in seventh

:52:19.:52:27.

place, going in, but it can change after this. Such a dynamic fault,

:52:27.:52:34.

you have to go for broke. It is out of seven. He was of direction right

:52:34.:52:41.

from the word go. It difficult decision. You have to marry the

:52:41.:52:47.

height and the strike. He squeezed it, overcooked it, and not a happy

:52:47.:52:56.

day. He was off line from the beginning. Yes, he came way to the

:52:56.:53:02.

side, he polled really hard. You have to be square. You have to time

:53:02.:53:12.
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it very accurately. As he hits the pulse rate a little. It will not be

:53:37.:53:46.

the most difficult, but he needs a good, strong vault. A double twist,

:53:46.:53:55.

and he may also go. That is just what he needed. They are not going

:53:55.:54:02.

to take an awful lot of that. coach and stepfather highly

:54:02.:54:06.

delighted. He has not had too many things to cheer about this

:54:06.:54:12.

afternoon. He will be deducted a little bit for lack of height, but

:54:12.:54:20.

nothing for other things, like legs apart. He is dead down the middle,

:54:20.:54:25.

right on the white line, no steps on landing. Look at the shape when

:54:25.:54:30.

he comes out of the twist. It is a very good fought indeed, that is a

:54:30.:54:40.
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big score coming up. Have a look at that school. That will give him the

:54:42.:54:46.

lead over Kristian Thomas. That is just the performance that Danell

:54:46.:54:55.

Leyva needed. I have been very impressed with this young man.

:54:55.:55:05.
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whipped patina. That was super. He lifted high, and he wrapped the 2

:55:23.:55:28.

1/2 twists in. He has got such elegant lines. He twists

:55:28.:55:35.

beautifully. Long, lean, and very efficient. This was grateful to end,

:55:35.:55:42.

a leisurely approach, he converted beautifully. Immaculate LED form,

:55:42.:55:46.

the two-and-a-half twists, this was beautiful Saltend from Fabian

:55:46.:55:56.
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Gonzalez. The platform has really aided could fall to end. If they

:55:57.:56:02.

can meet the platform with straight arms, they can rocket off.

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impressive from the rings, but not so impressive on the pommel horse.

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He was in third place at the halfway stage. It is very important.

:56:33.:56:43.
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It needs to be a good fault, it very efficiently into the two-and-

:56:53.:57:01.

a-half. He is a very experienced performer, he is 25, it is coming

:57:01.:57:06.

good for him lately. He got a silver medal at the Olympic Games.

:57:07.:57:11.

He made sure of two-and-a-half twists. He stepped forward at the

:57:11.:57:20.

end. This is good, clean, efficient. He is pacing himself. This could

:57:20.:57:30.
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make a little difference to him. He is still up for grabs. He played a

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little bit safer. That is from 16.2. When you play state, you have to

:58:22.:58:30.

perform perfectly. For as we saw from the German and the American,

:58:30.:58:33.

they went for slightly less a difficulty, but they worked

:58:33.:58:39.

perfectly. This was lovely, but it was an untidy landing. He made a

:58:39.:58:44.

bit of a meal of it, really. He got Super distance, he really travelled

:58:44.:58:54.

a long way. In the air, it was very nice indeed. Really tight and clean.

:58:54.:59:04.
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He did not print the arms out to Spanish at ahead of the Japanese.

:59:11.:59:21.
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Here was the leader at the halfway been there a few times. He is good

:59:30.:59:40.
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under pressure. Super two and a half twists, very nicely performed

:59:43.:59:48.

in did. Lovely hiked in flight. Excellent under pressure from Dan

:59:49.:59:58.

Purvis. 6.6 difficulty. He did not hold back. The characteristic shrug

:59:58.:00:07.

of his shoulders. He is quite pleased with himself. Accelerates

:00:07.:00:11.

into the board, good conversion upwards. Look at the way he

:00:11.:00:21.
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measured the run, punches hard from the top of the platform. That was

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pedigree. Can he bring something very fresh to parallel bars?

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Straight up to the handstand. This is usually where the swinging

:01:26.:01:36.
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stuttered a bit on he has hand placement. It is all there, but it

:01:54.:02:02.

does not look as secure as we have seen it sometimes. Oh! I was going

:02:02.:02:06.

to say a nice little Pike, but then he ricocheted off on to his

:02:06.:02:16.
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backside. Another double pike. He laid the shoulders back to try and

:02:17.:02:21.

rotate, but there is evidence of how that guy approaches the

:02:21.:02:31.
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apparatus. Today it did not work, but he is such a good gymnast.

:02:36.:02:44.

Simple work. Lost with them slightly. -- lost the rhythm

:02:44.:02:54.

slightly. But he is swinging and pirouetting. Great stuff to watch

:02:54.:03:04.
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when it comes off. That score shows precision. There was never a moment

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arms on all the work. Really What has impressed me with a Nguyen

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is that he has modified his routines. He is working at slightly

:06:05.:06:10.

below his absolute maximum, so he is able to come out and give a

:06:10.:06:14.

measured performance. He knows it is a six-piece event. You do not

:06:14.:06:18.

have to win every event, so he has cut back on difficulty so that he

:06:18.:06:24.

can give a confident performance, and that has worked for him. He is

:06:24.:06:34.
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very sharp on his techniques. No lead. Marcel Nguyen finds himself

:06:57.:07:07.
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almost a mark ahead of the Japanese four. Going into apparatus five.

:07:21.:07:31.
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Can he hold on? Lovely full pirouette. Very well controlled.

:07:40.:07:50.
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Nice, precise work. Lovely front somersault. Lovely double pike

:07:58.:08:03.

dismount. That was a very good routine. We have seen him faltered

:08:03.:08:08.

once or twice on parallel bars. That looked much more confident.

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Brilliant under pressure. Not fazed at all. Very impressive. Goodbody

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line. He works with accuracy. This is good work under pressure. Nguyen

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was trailing a little. A tiny bit laboured through to the handstand,

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but he pulled it together for the dismount. Daniel Purvis finds

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himself ahead of Marcel Nguyen, with one apparatus to go. What a

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performer on high bar. -- the male labour is a great guy on high bar.

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He has had a wild day so far. has not been his usual, consistent

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self. But high bar is a speciality of his. Lovely, straight arms. Oh,

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he kicked too late and kicked over the bar. I saw him train several of

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those yesterday. But still, when he releases, he throws the arms out to

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the side with style. When the arms came back, the FA had just moved a

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centimetre in front of him. watched him when he was training

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and the one he court, he made the hip open action much earlier down

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the backswing. He has to pull himself together now, make sure he

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doesn't have any more errors. Are we getting it again? Yes, he opened

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the hips much earlier. He is packing it all in now. Giving us a

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bit of a treat. Swings with excitement. Beautiful, straight

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line. Well, he has not had the best of days, but he is one very

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exciting gymnast. Even when he makes mistakes, you can still trace

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the class. It is obvious. What a performer he is. He has some

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marvellous touches. Watch the arms fly out, back in. That is the

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trademark. He has quality. Put a mark on that, and you are looking

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at a very classy routine indeed. Now, Fabian Gonzalez from Spain.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds

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This, without doubt, is his most style on high bar. That was really

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great. That is his favourite and There was no interruption to the

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swing. Very good work. He really enjoys this high bar, you can see.

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moment about doing a turn out of it. moment. Three big performances

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knows he still has a job today. Third place coming in. He has got

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to keep contact with the bar. the full twist. That was quite a

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in the forward struggle. Measuring it, opening the hips, lifting into

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the double twisting, double straight this mad. That was a very

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controlled performance. He knows exactly what he had to do, he wants

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to hang on at least a third place. He opted for consistency. He played

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a bit safer. He has a great mental attitude. The Japanese really have

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a team mentality, they know they have to stay solid all the way

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top of the swing. Very nice. The double double. With the little

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stagger forward to. A great end to the competition for Kazuhito Tanaka.

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With two performances to go, 89.998. To beat him, the other two have got

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to get into the 90s, which is truly world class. The pressure really

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He needs to perform accurately and in a spectacular fashion. Very

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clean in the one arm. That went the wrong way. He put an extra turn in.

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He should have put it in after the full term, but he has covered it

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very cleverly. A big release. Shuffling along the bar. A good

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He did not hold back much there, we put all of the difficult, exciting

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somersaults in, and he has laid the gauntlet down, if Daniel Purvis

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wants to beat him, he has got to be excellent. They had to lose one of

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his combinations. He meant to do a full turn, he had to think fast,

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but the rest of it was still impressive. He swings with

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virtuosity, with excitement. He wanted to go forwards out of the

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swing, but he put in the difficult... He played that a bit

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safe. He was not going to let go of the bar. Bent arms on the long

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swing after the somersault catch. He really lifts up strongly into

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the double twisting dismount. He could easily have tipped forward on

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the 90 Plus Club. 90.098. He has set the target for Daniel Purvis. A

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bit of pressure on the young man. He has done it before. He needs to

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do it again. What a thrilling finish, the last man up. Can he win

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the Glasgow World Cup event for the second year in succession? We will

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find out in 40 seconds. excitement has built. Nothing but a

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clean routine will do. A very nice swing. That has gone the wrong way,

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I think. Like the German, he will have lost the combination. If all

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He really pulled something out there. He made the same combination

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error as the German. It will be close. He does not know. He will

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need 14.475, something like that. It was going well, but this

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combination, it does bring problems. He went the wrong way. He had to

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swing back. Exactly as the German had to spit the combination... He

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was a bit ragged in some of the Pyrrha what skills, and a bit late.

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I hope he has done enough. It will be mighty close. The hop forward

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after the double double. What a job for the judges to sort that one out.

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It is not enough. The German has pipped him on the last apparatus.

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That was great, two fabulous all round gymnasts. It went to the very

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last performance. It went to the wire. The German emerges victorious.

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Daniel Purvis has slipped to third place. What a shame. To be leading

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into the final event, finishing third, behind the German and the

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Japanese, but it was a thrilling The crowd was absolutely deafening

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when you work on each bit of apparatus, could you hear them?

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through the competition, they were behind us 100%. It was a long

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competition. I was really proud of the crowd, they did a fantastic job.

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Another medal on home soil, a lovely way to end the year. It has

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been a great year, a dream come true. To finish off in Scotland

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with a medal, a great end to a great year. It was always come in

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to be tough, competing after the Olympics, building up my fitness

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back up. I had a month off. It was always going to be a struggle. But

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I am still disappointed, I wanted to compete well. It was not my day-

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to-day, but I will be back next year. It was quite a good

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competition, I did not make big mistakes. It was not the perfect

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competition, but really good, without big mistakes. That was my

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golf. Great to see Daniel Purvis coming away with a medal, but the

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German got the gold medal. It was really close, incredibly tight into

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the last apparatus. Marcel made a mistake, and Dan almost made an

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identical mistake. Dan has done incredible this year, it has been a

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really longed year, we started with the test event in January,

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everybody has done well. It was not Kristian Thomas' day. That is how

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it goes sometimes, he has had an amazing year, called at the

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European Championships, Proms at the Olympic Games, so it has been a

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long year for everybody. That was not his day to day, but he will

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bounce back. Everybody will get the break. Huge Games next year,

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starting with the European Championships. It is not that big a

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break, because the trials will start in February/March. It is a

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vital year, it is about individual apparatus, so the specialists will

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be looking to take their place on the rostrum. With it being the year

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after the Olympics, it is so important to make your place ready

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for the next cycle. The European Championships are in Moscow in

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April, and we will have full coverage of those, as well as the

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World Championships from Antwerp in the autumn. Before that, plenty of

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds

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I cannot wait for that. That is it from the gymnastics World Cup in

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Glasgow. It was great to see some of the stars of the London Games

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