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As a sport, it can be pure joy. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:00 | |
But not at this level. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
Gymnastics is not only a sport. It's a lifestyle. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
It can bring people together. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
It can pull them far apart. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
It's our life. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:14 | |
Because once you learn to fly, you will never give it up. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:18 | |
ROAR OF APPLAUSE | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
Ladies, consider everything that is happening from now on | 0:03:18 | 0:03:23 | |
as steps and milestones for the Olympics. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:27 | |
Now, remember that the key point is to stay fit. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:32 | |
To maintain your health as much as you can. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
You see something is not all right, don't slow yourself to get injured. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:40 | |
Better get some negative words, yeah? Than an injury. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:46 | |
You're on the way up, yeah? | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
You can do a lot more and I'm expecting you to do more. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
You are... on top of the world | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
for a couple of seconds. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
when you're on the podium | 0:04:02 | 0:04:04 | |
and you realise you are the best in the world. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
But the first step you put down on the floor, you start from scratch again. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:12 | |
These gymnasts know that Addy, myself and Corrina | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
are watching them continuously. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
We either have them at a training squad, | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
which would be at | 0:04:28 | 0:04:29 | |
the National Centre at Lilleshall, | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
or we'll go to their own centre. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
We're continually assessing and thinking and seeing what they're going to offer. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
So they know they're being assessed all the time and, | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
at the end of the day, six of them will be selected. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
It's the Olympic Games. It's never out of your mind. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
If it IS out of your mind, then you must not want it enough. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:58 | |
There's 10 to 12 of us that are really in contention | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
and it's going to be hard to lose. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
-Everyone would love to be part of that six. -Up, up, up... | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
You put them under as much pressure as you can | 0:05:17 | 0:05:20 | |
and see how they react on a do-or-die situation. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
Because it's big pressure here, but it's nowhere near as big | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
as the Olympic pressure, with all the heartache, | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
tension, surviving, not surviving. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:34 | |
This is what their career is all about. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
GULLS CRY | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
It's my life. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
Ever since I was seven, I've not known anything different. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
I've come to the gym, I've trained, gone home and then started it all over again. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:31 | |
So it's just part of my life and obviously I have to love it, | 0:06:31 | 0:06:35 | |
otherwise I wouldn't still be doing it. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
I just want to see that letter saying, "we're pleased to say you are representing Team GB"! | 0:07:08 | 0:07:15 | |
Before I can think about anything to do with the Olympics. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
Until then, I've got just competitions, like the British | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
and the Teams, help the team... hopefully get back up there. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:27 | |
-Get back up there. -So, I guess... | 0:07:27 | 0:07:31 | |
But it's like any competition - I never dream of... | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
I guess you think about winning the world title, but I've never actually thought to myself - | 0:07:34 | 0:07:39 | |
"This worlds, I'm going to go and win a world title!" | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
COMMENTATOR: Come on, Beth. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:46 | |
Good luck. A score of 16.05... | 0:07:46 | 0:07:50 | |
for gold. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -It's a very big series. Two releases. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:04 | |
This is the one that came to grief last night. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
Whoah! She went for broke. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
Come on, she must keep concentration. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
More big skills to come. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
And again. Now, this was where we had a few problems last time. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:20 | |
The full pirouette. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
Into the dismount, full twisting double back, wow! | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
Fantastic, Beth! | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
What about that?! She's smiling, we're smiling! | 0:08:28 | 0:08:32 | |
She has scored 16.2! | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
-Oh, fantastic! -How about that? | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
How about it! | 0:08:38 | 0:08:39 | |
Britain's Beth Tweddle! | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
The most difficult routine, | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
from the technicality, | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
are bars. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
You have to be extremely well-equipped. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:02 | |
Speaking about the spatial awareness and about the feeling, yeah? | 0:09:02 | 0:09:07 | |
We call it the hanging. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
So that you can use the bars | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
during a routine, in creating the type of momentum you need. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:21 | |
Some, like Beth, for example, have got ability to hang | 0:09:21 | 0:09:26 | |
and to assess the vibration of the bar instinctively. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
My style is to analyse before I would use my discretion | 0:09:39 | 0:09:44 | |
and my gut feelings about the team. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:48 | |
There are different levels of abilities and, obviously, | 0:09:48 | 0:09:52 | |
some can compete better in trials. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:56 | |
Some can compete better in internationals. | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
And we have to find the right balance. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
-Is it nice and warm on there? -Yeah. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
Hannah? Do something flippy. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
-Go on, show Nana your full twist. -Big high ones! | 0:10:20 | 0:10:24 | |
-Do some somersaults. -She's got a trial for the Olympics | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
-right in the middle of doing four GCSEs. -Oh, bless. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
She's got her Maths GCSE, then she's got History and English on the Tuesday. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:35 | |
History on Thursday. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:37 | |
-Ah. -I mean, she trains 30 hours and travels ten hours, so that's 40 hours out of her week. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:44 | |
I have Saturday night off, but I'm just too tired to go out. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
I just can never be bothered to get ready. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:49 | |
By the time you get home, | 0:10:49 | 0:10:50 | |
you've got to have a shower and then get ready. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
And then go out. And on Sundays, it's like my revising time, especially up to my exams. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:58 | |
That's always been my catch-up time for homework and exams, | 0:10:58 | 0:11:02 | |
and revision and stuff. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
I love spending time with my mum and dad, because I hardly ever see them. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:10 | |
You see her during the week sometimes, she comes home at 9.30pm absolutely exhausted. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:15 | |
You have to ice her legs and hot-water bottles, | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
and I give her a bit of a rub on her calves cos they get tight. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
So, er...she staggers me every day. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
Do you think that you're there or thereabouts with the rest of them? | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
-Competing for that place? -Yeah. -You do? -I'd say so. -Good. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:33 | |
Good. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:34 | |
You've got every chance, haven't you? | 0:11:36 | 0:11:39 | |
-You know, obviously, how important it is. -A big week. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:43 | |
A big few weeks coming up. There's no let-up after that, is there? | 0:11:43 | 0:11:47 | |
After this weekend. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:49 | |
-And I have to miss my Girls Aloud concert! -Miss Girls Aloud? | 0:11:49 | 0:11:53 | |
-Let's hope it's worth it! -Yep. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
You can't always be perfect. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:59 | |
Like my mum always says, you're not a robot, | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
you can't always do everything right. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
You're not programmed to do everything perfectly. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
You have to have a few mistakes sometimes. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
-OK there? -Mm-hm. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:08 | |
-Hurts a little bit. -Ooh, it's still tight there, isn't it? | 0:13:08 | 0:13:12 | |
My back pain... | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
is like something trying to stop me from getting there. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
-If the triple's like that, then you're best doing a double twist. -Yeah. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:21 | |
Then you get a C and no deduction, rather than... | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
'Some days, it's really sore.' | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
Every day you're just hoping that the next day you'll wake up | 0:13:26 | 0:13:30 | |
and it will be all right. But... | 0:13:30 | 0:13:32 | |
it doesn't. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:33 | |
Has there been a scan arranged for tomorrow afternoon yet? | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
'Um, no.' | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
Right, because if the scan's not done on Tuesday afternoon, | 0:13:40 | 0:13:43 | |
then it definitely takes the first trial out. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:46 | |
-'OK, I'll speak to you soon.' -OK, see you soon, bye. -'Bye.' -Bye. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:51 | |
'Couldn't have happened at a worse time.' | 0:13:51 | 0:13:53 | |
But, um... | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
I'm not the only one with an injury, but... | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
feels like it, sometimes. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:01 | |
Hello. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
Hiya, how are you? I'm good, thank you. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
The only day I get off, so, just stay at home and chill for a bit. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:18 | |
Catch up with people on MSN, yeah? | 0:14:18 | 0:14:20 | |
Not bad, got like, first trial next week, which is going to be like... | 0:14:21 | 0:14:26 | |
eurgh, just going to be, like, so nervous. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
Um, yeah, but preparation is going all right. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
Training like 24/7. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:34 | |
'They've put you in because you're good enough to be there.' | 0:14:34 | 0:14:37 | |
And, yeah, there are bound to be people better than you, | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
but you wouldn't be there if you weren't good enough, or... | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
didn't have a chance of beating them, so, | 0:14:43 | 0:14:45 | |
just focus on what you have to do | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
and hopefully...you might surprise some people. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
When you're waiting for the judges to put their hand up | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
before you compete, then the nerves really kick in, | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
especially if the beam starts shaking. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:58 | |
You have try and control yourself, cos you don't want to wobble. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
'Becky's personality is very strong. Very strong. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:56 | |
'Becky has the track record - | 0:15:56 | 0:15:58 | |
'she's won the British junior title for four years on the trot. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:03 | |
'And Laura, she's a bit younger and a bit, sort of, almost immature. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:08 | |
'Always been behind her. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
'Becky always wins everything and Laura is always the bridesmaid. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
'Without each other, the level wouldn't be as good.' | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
Gymnasts have to be independent, they have to be mature. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
You can't have your parents do any of the work for you, | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
it's all got to come from you and, if you don't want it, | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
then it won't happen. You have to want it to get to the top. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:31 | |
Good girl, it's OK. Good girl. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
'Becky...' | 0:16:45 | 0:16:46 | |
'..She believes in herself quite a lot. She has, like, high hopes. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:53 | |
'She knows where she wants to be.' | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
-Push, good girl. -Good girl, Becks. -Good girl. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
OK, good. Really good effort. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
'Whereas, I don't believe in myself at all. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
'I just don't think I can do it,' | 0:17:05 | 0:17:06 | |
I like to think of it, "I want to be there, not you." | 0:17:08 | 0:17:13 | |
But I want them to be there as well, with me. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
Cos they've been with me throughout the whole time. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:20 | |
And I want everyone to be there, but not everyone can be there. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
But I want to be there myself, | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
so if it has to, like, move one of the girls out, then it has to do that. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:30 | |
But...as long as I get my place, then I don't really mind, | 0:17:30 | 0:17:35 | |
but I just want all the girls to do their best. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:38 | |
-Thanks for the confidence(!) -What do you mean, "Thanks for the confidence"? | 0:17:38 | 0:17:42 | |
-You're all fighting for six places. -Yeah, six places. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
But you're all fighting for that one place to get in. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:48 | |
It's not just important to you, it's important to us. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
-I want to be able to put in that magazine. -Nobody reads that, Mum. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:56 | |
Yes, they do. "Local girl makes Olympics." | 0:17:56 | 0:17:59 | |
Just think how all these that know... | 0:17:59 | 0:18:03 | |
Put your feet down, Laura, please. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
All them on this street, "A local girl makes the Olympic Games." | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
It is the most important thing you've got to do. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:13 | |
-You've got to have a goal in life, Laura. -I DO have a goal in life! | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
-So, what's your goal? -Go to the Olympics. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:20 | |
If you get to the Olympics, you could be made. That you could. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
Press, up, up. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
Hold the legs. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:40 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:18:40 | 0:18:43 | |
Watch this! | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
'When we're in the gym, like you've seen us training, | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
we help and encourage each other as much as we can | 0:19:06 | 0:19:10 | |
and when we're at the teams, it'll be exactly the same, | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
because it's a team job. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
But there's then also that personal rivalry of, "If she does well, | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
"then she could take my spot at the Olympics." | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
So, there is that bit of rivalry there, but... | 0:19:21 | 0:19:25 | |
we know it's not personal, it's just something that we do. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
'It's a huge mistake, a competitor to think... | 0:19:43 | 0:19:47 | |
'what kind of competition it is, or, uh... | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
'to get over-excited,' | 0:19:51 | 0:19:53 | |
"Ah, it's the Olympics in Beijing", | 0:19:53 | 0:19:56 | |
or, "It's the Olympics in London." | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
No, it's not. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:01 | |
It's the next competition where I have to deliver my routines | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
at the level I am trained and that's it. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
The moment you can control that, you become better and better. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:13 | |
No, Hannah was going to do the competition today, but she had a bone scan on Tuesday, | 0:20:19 | 0:20:25 | |
to put dye in to see what was what, and then had a cortisone injection on Wednesday... | 0:20:25 | 0:20:30 | |
-so John's recommended not to compete today. -Have a rest? | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
Yeah, just to let the injection settle down. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
'A lot of people say to me, "Oh, you don't need to worry, you'll get in," | 0:20:41 | 0:20:45 | |
'but I've still got to produce the goods on the day, | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
'I've still got to show them that I'm competition fit.' | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
If I'm not producing the results, then I'm not competition fit - | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
they're not going to take me just because of my past achievements. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
'I've got to prove to them that I'm fit ready for this summer. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
'Not I was fit and ready for last summer.' | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND APPLAUSE | 0:21:02 | 0:21:06 | |
'Everybody watches you. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
'You kind of go all shaky and nervous. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
'Especially if you've got family there.' | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
You want to do it well | 0:21:20 | 0:21:21 | |
so they can see what you're doing in the gym and stuff. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:25 | |
'It just makes your heart swell. And it makes you choke. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
'It really does.' | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
'Because, well, you're just so proud.' | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
Come on, Han. Come on! | 0:21:34 | 0:21:36 | |
'Not doing the Olympics is not even a consideration at the minute.' | 0:21:36 | 0:21:41 | |
'They just want me to try my best and if it doesn't work out, | 0:21:43 | 0:21:48 | |
'then it doesn't work out.' | 0:21:48 | 0:21:49 | |
But, when it does go right, then they're over the moon for me. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:54 | |
They always say that they're proud of me and stuff. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:58 | |
Which gets to me, but it's nice. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:00 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:23:20 | 0:23:24 | |
'It was hard to watch everyone else doing the trial.' | 0:24:02 | 0:24:05 | |
And then it sort of made me feel like... | 0:24:05 | 0:24:10 | |
I hope the next two trials go as planned, | 0:24:10 | 0:24:14 | |
cos otherwise, that's it, really. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:16 | |
I think we will be a very compact team. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
Not the most beautiful team in the world, yeah? But competitive. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:26 | |
Yeah, I know! That is the reality. What do you want? | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
To tell you that all of you are nice like the Chinese? No, you're not. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:36 | |
You are not getting any medals in the Olympics, I can swear. But... | 0:24:36 | 0:24:40 | |
Yeah? Now, Hannah Whelan, if you train like you have competed today, | 0:24:40 | 0:24:45 | |
you will have no problems. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:46 | |
Laura. I can say you competed very well. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:52 | |
I've told you, you are doing Arabian double front. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
I haven't seen a lot of girls in the world doing Arabian double front | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
the way in which you do it. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:00 | |
It's amazing, yeah? | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
I've told you, you increase the amplitude of a lot of things you do. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:06 | |
Now, what can I say? | 0:25:06 | 0:25:08 | |
HIS VOICE FADES OUT | 0:25:08 | 0:25:10 | |
Laura. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
The good thing is one of the best Arabian double fronts, yeah? | 0:25:27 | 0:25:32 | |
The bad thing is...here. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
She has lots of height, but the arms are behind her body | 0:25:39 | 0:25:45 | |
and the arms should be in front of her body to be capable to land. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:50 | |
This is a move she's supposed to do. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
This is the moment when she's losing the position of the arms, | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
because of the wrong position of the arms. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
Have a look at the arms. Where are the arms now? | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
Yeah, already they are behind. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:06 | |
The arms should be in front of her body. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
The most difficult routine from the physiological point of view | 0:26:18 | 0:26:22 | |
is actually floor. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:24 | |
But you have to fill in | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
a minute and a half with artistic moves and tumbling... | 0:26:28 | 0:26:31 | |
..which, you, with your face, and with your gestures, | 0:26:32 | 0:26:37 | |
you have to create a story. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:39 | |
But the quality of the tumbling will affect mainly the score. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:44 | |
So that the whole floor routine | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
becomes mixed towards predominant aerobic venture. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:53 | |
At this moment in time for me, the positions have no faces. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:04 | |
I don't care if it's Tweddle, Downie, Jones, King. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:09 | |
I don't care, as long as the team is capable to give us the best possible result. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:15 | |
I was fourth in that first trial. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:28 | |
I didn't expect that at all. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
I'm more determined to prove that it wasn't just a one-off thing. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:39 | |
THEY SQUEAL AND GIGGLE | 0:27:47 | 0:27:49 | |
I'm glad to be home to sort my back out. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:08 | |
If I'd gone to Romania, it would have been just competition format | 0:28:08 | 0:28:14 | |
so I wouldn't have been able to build up my routines again slowly, | 0:28:14 | 0:28:19 | |
so I probably would have made it worse again. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:21 | |
COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC PLAYS | 0:28:23 | 0:28:25 | |
We could be walking out of here fixed, couldn't we? | 0:28:48 | 0:28:51 | |
I propose putting some injections into those muscles and ligaments | 0:28:55 | 0:28:59 | |
and the tissues around where that swelling and inflammation is | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
to at least break that cycle of inflammation and pain that you've got into. | 0:29:02 | 0:29:07 | |
Over the next week, get back into your training programme | 0:29:07 | 0:29:09 | |
and confidently aim for doing your trials on Sunday. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:13 | |
So she'd be able to train tomorrow, but not today? | 0:29:13 | 0:29:15 | |
I think take it easy today, train tomorrow and play it by ear with your coach. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:19 | |
There's nothing really scientific about this. It's commonsense measures more than anything else. | 0:29:19 | 0:29:24 | |
OK, here we go. One line. This one here. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:40 | |
The day has started. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:42 | |
How are we feeling this morning? | 0:29:44 | 0:29:47 | |
Good? | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
-One good. -Better. -Better? | 0:29:49 | 0:29:52 | |
-Your back's getting better? -Yes. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:54 | |
-It's looking up, isn't it? -Yeah, really good. -Looking up? | 0:29:54 | 0:29:58 | |
Quiet on the end there. Maybe because you don't know the warm-up. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:01 | |
You might have to lead it. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:03 | |
How are we doing down this end? | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
-Hm? -We'll see once the warm-up starts. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:10 | |
SHE GIGGLES | 0:30:10 | 0:30:12 | |
I haven't made up my mind, not yet. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:15 | |
-One nervous. -I'm tired. -Are you nervous? | 0:30:15 | 0:30:18 | |
-Not nervous, tired. -Not nervous? | 0:30:18 | 0:30:21 | |
What about my chilled captain here in her tracksuit and everything else? | 0:30:21 | 0:30:26 | |
No problem. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:28 | |
Accelerating, you feel something is not OK. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
Don't be concerned of what happens above the bar. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:01 | |
Be concerned what happens underneath the bar. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:04 | |
Hang...kick. Yeah? Hang, kick. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
Colin, go near her. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:20 | |
Calm. Hang, kick. Hang, kick. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:30 | |
Hang, kick! | 0:31:30 | 0:31:31 | |
You are still shy in the kick. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:34 | |
I know you dropped once from the bar and you are frightened. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:37 | |
Fine, but you are nowhere near being in a danger zone. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:43 | |
Nowhere near. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:45 | |
All right, leave it for the afternoon. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:47 | |
He says there's an injury risk on all the pieces, | 0:31:51 | 0:31:55 | |
but the bars I've just become more scared of, | 0:31:55 | 0:31:58 | |
because I'm not as good at it | 0:31:58 | 0:32:00 | |
so I think that I probably could get injured more. | 0:32:00 | 0:32:04 | |
I could...not do as well just because I'm holding back. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:10 | |
Be brave once, Hannah. Kick and go with the upper back. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:43 | |
You'll find out you rotate very well. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
What are you thinking about all this coming up, then? | 0:33:30 | 0:33:33 | |
I think you'll do well, as always. Clue's your spirit, innit? | 0:33:33 | 0:33:37 | |
What's the alternative? You've been training all these years. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:41 | |
You want it, don't you? | 0:33:41 | 0:33:43 | |
I've got all those phone calls lined up in my head | 0:33:43 | 0:33:45 | |
that I'm going to make as soon as I know you're in. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:48 | |
-And I've got the big kiss and a hug ready for when you're not. -Yeah. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:52 | |
So guess which one I want to do. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:54 | |
THEY CHUCKLE | 0:33:54 | 0:33:57 | |
-It would be quite scary. -Scary? Why? | 0:33:59 | 0:34:02 | |
Because I've been working for ten years for this moment in my life. | 0:34:02 | 0:34:06 | |
Dear girl. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:07 | |
'You have got three players here,' | 0:34:10 | 0:34:11 | |
not two. You have got the coach, the athletes and the parent. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:17 | |
Now in a variety of scenarios it's parent-driven, | 0:34:17 | 0:34:21 | |
coach-supported, athlete-centred. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:24 | |
Or coach-driven, athlete-centred and parent-supported. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:31 | |
They become part of the game, | 0:34:31 | 0:34:33 | |
but it's a huge mistake to ignore them. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:36 | |
Ooh! | 0:34:36 | 0:34:38 | |
Ah! | 0:34:38 | 0:34:40 | |
I bet that's the ones what come to our house, you know. | 0:34:40 | 0:34:43 | |
-Look how cute they are. -Yeah. Quack quack. | 0:34:43 | 0:34:47 | |
Look at those ones over there. I want those ones. Ah! | 0:34:47 | 0:34:51 | |
I know you can do it. | 0:34:53 | 0:34:55 | |
-To me, you're best in the world. -Best out of everyone? | 0:34:57 | 0:35:00 | |
Best out of everyone, yeah. | 0:35:00 | 0:35:02 | |
-Just take care of yourself. Are you listening? -Mm-hm. | 0:35:05 | 0:35:09 | |
I like to know that they're proud of me doing what I do. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:15 | |
It motivates you quite a lot. It's good. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:18 | |
The most difficult routine, | 0:35:35 | 0:35:37 | |
from the concentration point of view, is beam. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:40 | |
It's tumbling on a reduced surface. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:45 | |
It's floor, not 12 by 12, but five metres by ten centimetres. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:50 | |
You have to maintain a flat level of concentration and commitment. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:57 | |
Laura, I'm very pleased with you. Come here. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:28 | |
Very pleased. You made that extra effort. You brought it in line, lifted up and landed it. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:34 | |
Becky, before you begin this, can you have a go with an effort or say something? | 0:36:37 | 0:36:43 | |
If you're just achy and tired, then you need to fight. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
If something's really sore, you need to say something. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:48 | |
You need to stop muttering and pulling faces and concentrate on the job. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:52 | |
Laura knows she's doing quite well and Becky is suffering a little bit. | 0:36:56 | 0:37:01 | |
-She knows Laura's getting better. -That's exactly what I think. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:05 | |
As soon as Becky was huffing and puffing, Laura's like, "I'm going to do all right." | 0:37:05 | 0:37:09 | |
It's good for both of them, because Becky's got it in her, | 0:37:09 | 0:37:12 | |
when her body's working right, to pull it out. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:15 | |
Whereas Laura thinks she's getting better. | 0:37:15 | 0:37:18 | |
She's gaining confidence, she's getting sensible. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:22 | |
Sometimes you do need to be shouted at, | 0:37:22 | 0:37:24 | |
sometimes to wake you up or just... | 0:37:24 | 0:37:27 | |
Normally to wake you up and get more out of you. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
If they said, "You don't need to do any more," | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
then you wouldn't get any better and you'd never be pushed. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
So it's not nice when you have to be pushed to the limit, but it is always for the best. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:41 | |
I do put a lot of trust in Amanda. | 0:37:49 | 0:37:52 | |
Amanda knows that you're going to have bad days | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
and if that bad day, you just say, | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
"Well, if I can get through one routine and it's good, | 0:37:58 | 0:38:02 | |
"then that's an achievement." | 0:38:02 | 0:38:03 | |
If I can do it on a bad day, I can do it on a good day. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
If you happen to get to a competition feeling rubbish, | 0:38:06 | 0:38:09 | |
you still have to produce the goods, which is why, when you're in the gym | 0:38:09 | 0:38:13 | |
and you're not feeling well, or something's hurting, | 0:38:13 | 0:38:16 | |
and you push yourself through it, that's why she's pleased with you. | 0:38:16 | 0:38:20 | |
It might not be the best routine in the world | 0:38:20 | 0:38:22 | |
but at the competition you'll have more adrenalin | 0:38:22 | 0:38:25 | |
so it gives you the confidence that you can do it on any day. | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
I've seen more of Amanda than I have my parents, definitely. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:33 | |
Even when I was living at home I was at school all day | 0:38:33 | 0:38:37 | |
and then I was training for four hours. | 0:38:37 | 0:38:39 | |
I used to go home and go to bed. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:42 | |
My dad used to say the car journey home | 0:38:42 | 0:38:45 | |
was the quality time that he could get with me, | 0:38:45 | 0:38:48 | |
because he used to have me stuck in one place for an hour | 0:38:48 | 0:38:51 | |
and used to be able to talk to me about everything, | 0:38:51 | 0:38:54 | |
whereas now he doesn't even get that because I live away from home. | 0:38:54 | 0:38:59 | |
I couldn't have come this far without my dad, because he's the one | 0:38:59 | 0:39:02 | |
who takes me to the gym every day. I suppose...it's not just me. | 0:39:02 | 0:39:07 | |
He's had to pick up the pieces after I've been broken up | 0:39:07 | 0:39:12 | |
and completely down and stressed and everything. | 0:39:12 | 0:39:16 | |
Yeah, you don't really realise how important your parents are. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:22 | |
The trauma we're going through now is like nothing I've ever experienced. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:26 | |
-Never mind us. What about her up there? -Exactly. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:29 | |
I feel guilty sometimes, feeling the way I do, | 0:39:29 | 0:39:32 | |
because it's what we want for her. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:34 | |
It's her parents wanting all that hard work and all those sacrifices | 0:39:34 | 0:39:39 | |
to end up meaning something, don't we? | 0:39:39 | 0:39:41 | |
You always talk about following your dream, | 0:39:41 | 0:39:44 | |
and it is just such, it's a big dream. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:47 | |
-Yeah. -But it's within your grasp. | 0:39:47 | 0:39:51 | |
And if you actually went, | 0:39:51 | 0:39:53 | |
I wouldn't want to miss the opportunity of being there. | 0:39:53 | 0:39:56 | |
That's what we've worked so hard for. | 0:39:56 | 0:39:59 | |
So we've booked flights, we've booked tickets for the event, | 0:39:59 | 0:40:05 | |
and we've booked accommodation, | 0:40:05 | 0:40:07 | |
and we're hoping to be able to use all of those. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:11 | |
But if it doesn't happen, | 0:40:11 | 0:40:14 | |
then, then I don't want to put any pressure on you, Han. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:18 | |
Yeah. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:20 | |
Just one more step to get into Beijing. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:26 | |
You know, not many parents | 0:40:32 | 0:40:34 | |
can relate to how their daughter's feeling. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:38 | |
I think my dad's quite good at doing that, | 0:40:38 | 0:40:41 | |
and he's quite good at helping me and boosting me up. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:44 | |
When I do feel down, he'll sit and talk to me and think, you know, | 0:40:44 | 0:40:48 | |
"Look what I've been through, I've done the same as you." | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
He's just really supportive of me, to be honest. | 0:40:51 | 0:40:54 | |
The biggest positive thing for me | 0:40:54 | 0:40:56 | |
is when she comes home from training and she's had a good day. | 0:40:56 | 0:41:00 | |
When she comes home and she's got a smile on her face, then... | 0:41:00 | 0:41:03 | |
Because Mel keeps quite a lot inside, she doesn't really talk that much. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:08 | |
Every so often, every blue moon, | 0:41:08 | 0:41:11 | |
she'll have a really good chat with you about the gym, | 0:41:11 | 0:41:13 | |
but very, very rare. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:15 | |
Probably the rest of the girls are identical. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:18 | |
She comes home from training and she's got a smile on her face, | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
I know she's had a good day. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:22 | |
We'll see what she looks like when... | 0:41:22 | 0:41:25 | |
When she says, "Hello, Dad", I know she's had a good day! | 0:41:25 | 0:41:27 | |
If she doesn't say, "Hello, Dad", she's had a bad day. | 0:41:27 | 0:41:31 | |
Come on, Mel, you can do it. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:42 | |
-OK, over, come on. -Catch, good girl, come on. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:46 | |
-Tight. -One skill at a time, you can do it, come on. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:50 | |
-Come on, Mel. -Just work it through, come on. -Over. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
Come on, feet over. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:56 | |
-Tight. -Come on, Mel. Come on, push. | 0:41:56 | 0:41:58 | |
Good girl, Mel, come on. | 0:41:58 | 0:42:00 | |
TUTS | 0:42:05 | 0:42:06 | |
-Tight. -Tight. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:13 | |
Come on, just work it through. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:17 | |
-Come on, Mel. -Come on, Mel. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:24 | |
-Tight. Good girl, come on. -Over. | 0:42:24 | 0:42:26 | |
-Come on, Mel, you can do this. -Come on. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:27 | |
Come on. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:42 | |
-Come on. -Come on, Mel. | 0:42:42 | 0:42:45 | |
Come on, Mel. Tight. | 0:42:49 | 0:42:53 | |
Tight. | 0:42:53 | 0:42:54 | |
Come on, just work it through. | 0:42:54 | 0:42:56 | |
Come on, you can do this. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:01 | |
Good girl, Mel, come on. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:05 | |
-Nice, don't waste it now. -Come on, finish it off. Tight. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:09 | |
-Push. -Feet over. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:11 | |
Come on, keep it up. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:14 | |
Two mistakes, hands down on dismount, that's just sloppy. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:18 | |
Come on, Mel. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:31 | |
Come on. Come on, Mel. | 0:43:35 | 0:43:37 | |
Go on, Mel. Come on. | 0:43:37 | 0:43:39 | |
Tight. Good girl, Mel, come on. | 0:43:39 | 0:43:41 | |
-Come on, over the bar. -You can do this. | 0:43:41 | 0:43:44 | |
Good girl, Mel, come on. | 0:43:44 | 0:43:47 | |
Come on, Mel. | 0:43:47 | 0:43:48 | |
Push. Good girl, come on. Come on now, go for it. | 0:43:50 | 0:43:53 | |
That's it, come on. You can do it. | 0:43:55 | 0:43:58 | |
Do you think that's actually going to achieve anything? | 0:44:00 | 0:44:03 | |
For the team or yourselves? No. | 0:44:04 | 0:44:06 | |
It is hard when you're travelling 25 miles in the car on your own, | 0:44:58 | 0:45:02 | |
and she doesn't want to speak and... | 0:45:02 | 0:45:05 | |
You just have to sit there and drive home in silence. | 0:45:08 | 0:45:13 | |
And say, "Do you really want to do this?" | 0:45:13 | 0:45:17 | |
Because you can stop, you can say no, and it can all stop. | 0:45:17 | 0:45:21 | |
And she's never, ever said that. | 0:45:21 | 0:45:23 | |
I always thought, the day she turns round and says, | 0:45:23 | 0:45:25 | |
I don't want to do this anymore, | 0:45:25 | 0:45:27 | |
we'd stop straightaway, but she's never, ever said it. Never. | 0:45:27 | 0:45:31 | |
Right, the only one thing I want to tell you | 0:45:37 | 0:45:39 | |
is to underline the importance of this trial. | 0:45:39 | 0:45:43 | |
For some of you, this trial can be make or break it. | 0:45:47 | 0:45:50 | |
Yeah? Right. | 0:45:50 | 0:45:53 | |
Right, the good thing or the bad thing? | 0:46:27 | 0:46:30 | |
-Bad. -The bad thing, you make my life very difficult to decide. | 0:46:30 | 0:46:34 | |
The good thing - everybody is still in contention. | 0:46:34 | 0:46:39 | |
Speaking about performances - Hannah, | 0:46:40 | 0:46:43 | |
you don't have plenty of chances, I don't have to tell you, you know. | 0:46:43 | 0:46:47 | |
Everybody knows it's difficult to come from injuries. | 0:46:47 | 0:46:50 | |
But now, you have under your belt one trial. | 0:46:50 | 0:46:54 | |
Yeah? | 0:46:54 | 0:46:56 | |
Marissa, if you are not delivering where you are powerful, | 0:46:56 | 0:47:01 | |
I don't know if Jo has calculated, have you calculated? | 0:47:01 | 0:47:04 | |
What is the ranking of Marissa on vault? | 0:47:04 | 0:47:05 | |
-On vault? -Yeah. | 0:47:05 | 0:47:08 | |
For today? | 0:47:08 | 0:47:09 | |
-6. -6. | 0:47:09 | 0:47:11 | |
That means, theoretically, | 0:47:11 | 0:47:13 | |
I can leave you out, I will compete with the other five. | 0:47:13 | 0:47:16 | |
Colin, your observations? | 0:47:16 | 0:47:20 | |
Erm, Laura, I thought that was an unfortunate competition for you, | 0:47:20 | 0:47:24 | |
and one you need to pick up on for next time, to re-establish yourself. | 0:47:24 | 0:47:30 | |
Imogen, I was pleased with you, I thought you've moved forwards again. | 0:47:30 | 0:47:33 | |
Came strong on two pieces, it's whether you can show | 0:47:33 | 0:47:36 | |
on one more piece as to how useful you're going to be. | 0:47:36 | 0:47:40 | |
Mel, you didn't do a great job this time, but there's still time. | 0:47:40 | 0:47:45 | |
Polish, polish, polish, polish - | 0:47:46 | 0:47:49 | |
try to lose the minimum amount of points. | 0:47:49 | 0:47:52 | |
Keep on top of my training and not do too much, | 0:47:59 | 0:48:02 | |
so that it will make my back worse again. | 0:48:02 | 0:48:05 | |
Improve on a couple of pieces from the last trial. | 0:48:06 | 0:48:09 | |
When you up your game, they up their game. | 0:48:09 | 0:48:12 | |
You handled the first two trials badly, as you know. | 0:48:18 | 0:48:22 | |
And you are not in yet. | 0:48:22 | 0:48:25 | |
You are not. You could, you are not. | 0:48:25 | 0:48:27 | |
Wow! You now need to be careful, | 0:48:34 | 0:48:36 | |
because that last one was bordering on dangerous. | 0:48:36 | 0:48:41 | |
Hannah? | 0:48:41 | 0:48:42 | |
Don't worry, don't. | 0:48:45 | 0:48:47 | |
Look, I know you are tired, | 0:48:47 | 0:48:49 | |
I know you have done all the competitions and so on, | 0:48:49 | 0:48:52 | |
I want to see you how you cope being tired. | 0:48:52 | 0:48:54 | |
No problem whatsoever. | 0:48:54 | 0:48:57 | |
This is part of preparation. Good. | 0:48:57 | 0:48:59 | |
From now on, don't try to put anything else in. | 0:49:10 | 0:49:13 | |
No, no, no, no - stabilise, be calm and deliver. | 0:49:13 | 0:49:19 | |
That is the most important thing. | 0:49:19 | 0:49:21 | |
Well done, ladies. | 0:49:21 | 0:49:23 | |
Keep fit this week. | 0:49:23 | 0:49:25 | |
See you next weekend. | 0:49:25 | 0:49:27 | |
-Right. -Thanks. | 0:49:27 | 0:49:28 | |
If you could have a dream team of your six gymnasts for the Olympics, | 0:49:33 | 0:49:35 | |
-they'd look like Hannah Whelan. -I know, definitely. | 0:49:35 | 0:49:38 | |
The Romanians used to get that shape, but even they don't. | 0:49:38 | 0:49:44 | |
The Soviets used to get that shape, | 0:49:44 | 0:49:46 | |
but the pressures of society these days | 0:49:46 | 0:49:49 | |
don't allow them to go that thin | 0:49:49 | 0:49:52 | |
unless they are very naturally that thin. | 0:49:52 | 0:49:54 | |
She's just so lucky that she's built like that. | 0:49:54 | 0:49:57 | |
On bars, I just don't seem to have the natural ability | 0:50:10 | 0:50:15 | |
to do them as well or get the skills as quickly as other gymnasts. | 0:50:15 | 0:50:19 | |
Today we have to be brave, braver than we've been before. | 0:50:21 | 0:50:24 | |
Here on the downswing was good, and then at this point you scooped. | 0:50:24 | 0:50:27 | |
You knew we was going to be at this point. | 0:50:27 | 0:50:29 | |
You knew it yesterday, you knew it the day before | 0:50:29 | 0:50:32 | |
we were going to be at this point. | 0:50:32 | 0:50:34 | |
Well, we are at this point. | 0:50:34 | 0:50:36 | |
Now, we've got to get really brave. | 0:50:36 | 0:50:38 | |
Hannah Whelan - huge talent. | 0:50:45 | 0:50:47 | |
Optimum body. | 0:50:47 | 0:50:49 | |
Still she can be a lot better. | 0:50:49 | 0:50:52 | |
That should have felt good. | 0:51:02 | 0:51:04 | |
I hope she will believe. | 0:51:04 | 0:51:05 | |
When you speak about Clowes, they are mixed feelings. | 0:51:20 | 0:51:23 | |
She hasn't got the shape, but she's an extremely hard worker, | 0:51:23 | 0:51:29 | |
and everything she achieved, she achieved working very hard. | 0:51:29 | 0:51:33 | |
What I hope is, she's remembering that when she's achieving, | 0:51:33 | 0:51:37 | |
she's achieving it with hard work. | 0:51:37 | 0:51:39 | |
The moment when she's trying to work less, I don't think she's useful. | 0:51:41 | 0:51:46 | |
Marissa is a good vaulter. She could be a lot better. | 0:51:54 | 0:51:57 | |
Unfortunately, she came in the game a little bit late. | 0:51:57 | 0:52:01 | |
We call her the indestructible body, because she's so strong, | 0:52:01 | 0:52:07 | |
and she's so aware. | 0:52:07 | 0:52:08 | |
Not a very good one. | 0:52:10 | 0:52:11 | |
The most difficult routine | 0:52:22 | 0:52:24 | |
for the power of concentration, is vault. | 0:52:24 | 0:52:28 | |
In seven seconds, you are done. | 0:52:28 | 0:52:31 | |
In less than two seconds, you have got lots to do. | 0:52:31 | 0:52:35 | |
To attack the springboard, to attack the vaulting table | 0:52:35 | 0:52:38 | |
and to land in the middle of the corridor | 0:52:38 | 0:52:41 | |
without deduction and without movement. | 0:52:41 | 0:52:44 | |
There are 13 girls still fighting for the six places in Beijing. | 0:52:48 | 0:52:53 | |
And even after two trials and four control events, | 0:52:53 | 0:52:57 | |
the situation is not clear, it is as complicated as it can be. | 0:52:57 | 0:53:05 | |
So, the last trial will probably decide. | 0:53:06 | 0:53:09 | |
"First exam - how awesome are you? | 0:53:13 | 0:53:16 | |
"15 years old, with maturity and discipline beyond your years. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:20 | |
"We are so proud. Whatever you achieve will be fantastic, | 0:53:20 | 0:53:24 | |
"because we know you have worked your hardest in studying and at gym. | 0:53:24 | 0:53:27 | |
"We are here to help, support, feed and massage. | 0:53:27 | 0:53:30 | |
"Anything to get you through this busy time. | 0:53:30 | 0:53:33 | |
"Go for it, Han, do your best, you always do. | 0:53:33 | 0:53:36 | |
"And through it all, you will always be our little girl. Love you, Dad. | 0:53:36 | 0:53:40 | |
"Love you so much, Mum." | 0:53:40 | 0:53:42 | |
Before we start, yeah, | 0:53:55 | 0:53:56 | |
we went through a long journey together, yeah? | 0:53:56 | 0:53:59 | |
And this is the last stop before selection. | 0:53:59 | 0:54:03 | |
Some of you tomorrow will cry, | 0:54:03 | 0:54:05 | |
some will feel that their dreams are somehow fulfilled. | 0:54:05 | 0:54:10 | |
Now, believe me, I'm trying to be as straight as I can be. | 0:54:10 | 0:54:15 | |
You have to understand that, and be mature. | 0:54:15 | 0:54:19 | |
I've told you. I feel sorry for some of you, yeah, I feel sorry, | 0:54:19 | 0:54:23 | |
but it's not the end of the world. | 0:54:23 | 0:54:26 | |
Yeah? | 0:54:26 | 0:54:28 | |
All right? | 0:54:28 | 0:54:30 | |
Good luck to everybody. And I can't wait. | 0:54:30 | 0:54:35 | |
I am excited! | 0:54:35 | 0:54:37 | |
Really excited! | 0:54:37 | 0:54:39 | |
See you. | 0:54:40 | 0:54:42 | |
-Come on, Hannah. -Come on. | 0:54:46 | 0:54:49 | |
Yes! | 0:54:52 | 0:54:54 | |
Come on, keep it going now. | 0:54:56 | 0:54:59 | |
Good girl, Mel! | 0:55:03 | 0:55:05 | |
Take that, eh? That's a good start, well done. | 0:55:10 | 0:55:12 | |
Well done, that was awesome. The dismount was good. | 0:55:19 | 0:55:23 | |
-Come on, Hannah! -Come on, Hannah. | 0:55:24 | 0:55:27 | |
Hannah Clowes has to do a brilliant competition today, to have a chance. | 0:55:27 | 0:55:32 | |
Come on, Han. | 0:55:32 | 0:55:33 | |
Come on, Hannah! | 0:55:37 | 0:55:38 | |
-Come on, Hannah! -Come on, Han. | 0:55:38 | 0:55:40 | |
Come on, Han! | 0:55:40 | 0:55:41 | |
Come on. Finish it off! | 0:55:44 | 0:55:47 | |
Come on, Hannah. | 0:55:47 | 0:55:49 | |
Come on, Hannah! | 0:55:49 | 0:55:52 | |
Come on! | 0:55:52 | 0:55:54 | |
-Come on, Hannah. -Come on, Han! Come on, Hannah. | 0:56:13 | 0:56:18 | |
Come on, Hannah. | 0:56:18 | 0:56:20 | |
Come on, Hannah! | 0:56:22 | 0:56:23 | |
All right? Just a little bit late. | 0:56:30 | 0:56:32 | |
Everything else was very nice, though, good girl. | 0:56:32 | 0:56:35 | |
Over the top, plant those heels down on the beam, and press in. | 0:56:36 | 0:56:40 | |
Come on, Laura! | 0:56:40 | 0:56:41 | |
She'll do it, she'll do it, come on, girl. | 0:56:41 | 0:56:44 | |
-Come on, Laura! -Come on, Laura! | 0:56:46 | 0:56:48 | |
Has she stuck so far? | 0:56:51 | 0:56:53 | |
-Come on, Laura. -Come on. | 0:56:59 | 0:57:01 | |
Come on, girl, come on. | 0:57:03 | 0:57:06 | |
Come on, Laura. | 0:57:06 | 0:57:09 | |
Come on, Hannah. | 0:57:41 | 0:57:44 | |
It's all right, it's all right, listen, listen, listen. | 0:57:46 | 0:57:49 | |
We don't panic now. | 0:57:49 | 0:57:51 | |
Yes, it wasn't the greatest routine, Hannah. | 0:57:51 | 0:57:53 | |
But we've got to keep fighting, | 0:57:53 | 0:57:55 | |
you keep this chin up for me. | 0:57:55 | 0:57:56 | |
You can still do it, believe me. | 0:57:56 | 0:57:59 | |
Laura fell, Becky fell, Mel put her hands down, Marissa fell - | 0:57:59 | 0:58:03 | |
they've all gone. | 0:58:03 | 0:58:06 | |
We can't change that, Hannah. | 0:58:06 | 0:58:08 | |
We can't change it, yeah? So don't worry about it. | 0:58:09 | 0:58:12 | |
We need a little bit more now on the floor, | 0:58:37 | 0:58:40 | |
and you have got that little bit more on the floor. | 0:58:40 | 0:58:43 | |
And now we need it. | 0:58:43 | 0:58:44 | |
Come on, Hannah! | 0:58:44 | 0:58:48 | |
-Come on, Laura. -Come on, Laura! -Come on! | 0:58:57 | 0:59:03 | |
You listen to me now, listen to me carefully, and take this in. | 0:59:42 | 0:59:47 | |
It is not over until it's over. | 0:59:47 | 0:59:49 | |
Hannah Clowes has come off the beam twice, OK? | 0:59:49 | 0:59:51 | |
So pull yourself together, pull yourself together. | 0:59:51 | 0:59:55 | |
It's not over, it's never over. | 0:59:55 | 0:59:58 | |
She's crying now. | 1:00:00 | 1:00:03 | |
-Hey? -She's crying now. | 1:00:03 | 1:00:06 | |
I'll tell you what, you've got a fun night tonight! | 1:00:09 | 1:00:12 | |
Has anybody made it easy? Has anybody gone, "Yes, I'm going to make it"? | 1:00:12 | 1:00:15 | |
No, nobody. They've all gone, "You sort it out." | 1:00:15 | 1:00:19 | |
Right, Colin, Colin, yeah? In this order, as a discussion point... | 1:01:28 | 1:01:36 | |
Just because I've put everything aside for this - | 1:01:36 | 1:01:41 | |
like, my schoolwork and everything, | 1:01:41 | 1:01:45 | |
so, hopefully, it'll happen in the end. Get my dream. | 1:01:45 | 1:01:50 | |
It overwhelms your life, | 1:01:50 | 1:01:53 | |
because of what it means, what's going to be announced tomorrow, | 1:01:53 | 1:01:56 | |
it overwhelms your life for a period of time, everything else becomes insignificant. | 1:01:56 | 1:02:01 | |
Because of her back, she hasn't done enough training. | 1:02:01 | 1:02:04 | |
-Correct. -Yeah? Now... | 1:02:04 | 1:02:07 | |
So, which five would you put up on bars? | 1:02:07 | 1:02:09 | |
Yeah... As a possibility, | 1:02:09 | 1:02:11 | |
-and it's not only the bars at this moment. -I know, but that's our weakest piece. | 1:02:11 | 1:02:16 | |
As I say, I believe your life's planned out. What's meant to be is meant to be. | 1:02:16 | 1:02:21 | |
If it's not meant to be this time, eventually, she'll get there. | 1:02:21 | 1:02:25 | |
It might not be this year, it might not be till 2012. But we believe one day | 1:02:25 | 1:02:30 | |
she might get that Olympic gold - or one of the Olympic medals. | 1:02:30 | 1:02:36 | |
I just want to see her be rewarded for all her efforts over the years, | 1:02:36 | 1:02:42 | |
and for her to have the chance to realise her dream. | 1:02:42 | 1:02:47 | |
-Are we treating them all equal? -Yes. | 1:02:47 | 1:02:50 | |
Colin, it's not doing... | 1:02:50 | 1:02:53 | |
-Colin, Colin, it's not doing... -I just need this clear... | 1:02:53 | 1:02:56 | |
Yeah, yeah, Colin - it's not doing it in the sense of doing it - | 1:02:56 | 1:03:00 | |
those wild cards are given, yeah, | 1:03:00 | 1:03:03 | |
to sustain the effort of the team. | 1:03:03 | 1:03:08 | |
Absolutely want it. | 1:03:08 | 1:03:10 | |
I want Hannah to be in Beijing. | 1:03:10 | 1:03:13 | |
I want Hannah to be able to say to people | 1:03:13 | 1:03:16 | |
for the rest of her life, "I represented Great Britain at the Olympics." | 1:03:16 | 1:03:21 | |
What an honour. What a thing to be able to say. | 1:03:21 | 1:03:24 | |
I understand from today, we are going to stay mum... | 1:03:37 | 1:03:42 | |
-What means mum? -Quiet. -Extremely quiet. | 1:03:42 | 1:03:45 | |
What I want is that when we leave, go through that door, | 1:03:45 | 1:03:50 | |
that's it, end of story, and we have said our piece. | 1:03:50 | 1:03:55 | |
That's all I want. | 1:03:55 | 1:03:58 | |
OK, everyone? Yeah? OK, thank you very much indeed. | 1:03:58 | 1:04:02 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, | 1:04:14 | 1:04:17 | |
the announcement of the gymnasts chosen to compete in Beijing | 1:04:17 | 1:04:20 | |
is just a few moments away. | 1:04:20 | 1:04:23 | |
Good luck, our kid. | 1:04:28 | 1:04:30 | |
-Cheers. -Good luck. | 1:04:30 | 1:04:32 | |
-It's all we could hope for, isn't it? -All the best, yeah. | 1:04:34 | 1:04:37 | |
Do you want me to tell you? | 1:04:40 | 1:04:42 | |
Yeah, all right, good. I will tell you. | 1:04:42 | 1:04:45 | |
Right, the six who are going... | 1:04:51 | 1:04:54 | |
Becky Downie. | 1:04:54 | 1:04:56 | |
Laura Jones. | 1:04:59 | 1:05:00 | |
Marissa King. | 1:05:03 | 1:05:06 | |
Beth Tweddle. | 1:05:06 | 1:05:08 | |
Hannah Whelan. | 1:05:08 | 1:05:11 | |
Rebecca Wing. | 1:05:13 | 1:05:14 | |
You have to understand that it was not an easy decision. | 1:05:16 | 1:05:20 | |
Everybody's crying. Everybody's crying. | 1:06:12 | 1:06:15 | |
If I stay there, I will start to cry myself. | 1:06:15 | 1:06:17 | |
Chin up, yeah? | 1:06:20 | 1:06:21 | |
Bigger and better things to do - believe it or not! Yeah? | 1:06:21 | 1:06:27 | |
Just giving you a cuddle because you looked like you were carrying the world | 1:06:27 | 1:06:30 | |
on your shoulders. I know that's your job, but... | 1:06:30 | 1:06:33 | |
The six gymnasts selected to represent Great Britain | 1:06:48 | 1:06:52 | |
at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in alphabetical order are... | 1:06:52 | 1:06:59 | |
Becky Downie! | 1:06:59 | 1:07:00 | |
The second gymnast to represent Great Britain, Laura Jones! | 1:07:16 | 1:07:21 | |
Yes! Get in there! | 1:07:21 | 1:07:25 | |
The third gymnast to represent Great Britain - | 1:07:40 | 1:07:44 | |
Marissa King! | 1:07:44 | 1:07:46 | |
The fourth gymnast to represent Great Britain - | 1:07:55 | 1:08:00 | |
Beth Tweddle! | 1:08:00 | 1:08:02 | |
The fifth gymnast to represent Great Britain - | 1:08:14 | 1:08:18 | |
Hannah Whelan! | 1:08:18 | 1:08:20 | |
The sixth gymnast to represent Great Britain - | 1:08:35 | 1:08:40 | |
Rebecca Wing! | 1:08:40 | 1:08:42 | |
-See you in Beijing. -Are you coming? -Yeah. I'll be here with my whistle! | 1:09:19 | 1:09:23 | |
-Biggest surprise of my life. -It is ours. | 1:09:33 | 1:09:37 | |
We told you, didn't we? | 1:09:37 | 1:09:38 | |
And congratulations to all the gymnasts and their parents. | 1:09:40 | 1:09:44 | |
We wish them all the best of luck with the Olympics. | 1:09:44 | 1:09:48 | |
Hey, what did I say four years ago? | 1:09:48 | 1:09:50 | |
You make me so proud. | 1:10:14 | 1:10:17 | |
I could not believe it. | 1:10:20 | 1:10:21 | |
'My dad was saying it's sort of like when you lose someone... | 1:10:29 | 1:10:32 | |
'like, that's how he said it felt, but...' | 1:10:32 | 1:10:35 | |
I haven't lost anyone before, but... | 1:10:35 | 1:10:39 | |
..it doesn't feel nice. | 1:10:40 | 1:10:42 | |
Seeing that happen to your child is something I would never want to repeat. | 1:10:45 | 1:10:49 | |
Never. | 1:10:52 | 1:10:53 | |
Obviously, you try not to cry, but you can't hold it in. | 1:10:55 | 1:10:58 | |
And it just gets worse when someone... | 1:11:04 | 1:11:07 | |
even when someone's nice to you, it makes it worse as well. | 1:11:07 | 1:11:11 | |
Even though they're trying to be nice. | 1:11:11 | 1:11:14 | |
But it just makes you think about it again. | 1:11:14 | 1:11:17 | |
INAUDIBLE CHATTER | 1:12:16 | 1:12:22 | |
Right, now, remember that we fly from Great Britain | 1:12:29 | 1:12:33 | |
to Hong Kong, which normally takes 12 hours. | 1:12:33 | 1:12:36 | |
We arrive late afternoon, let's say at about 5 o'clock. | 1:12:36 | 1:12:40 | |
This is a residential zone | 1:12:41 | 1:12:43 | |
and our block is here. | 1:12:43 | 1:12:47 | |
Try to share and live like a family. | 1:12:47 | 1:12:50 | |
Are there any eights? | 1:12:50 | 1:12:52 | |
I'll need about a 10 or a 12. | 1:12:52 | 1:12:54 | |
Here is a dedicated tube line for Olympians. | 1:13:06 | 1:13:10 | |
Not allowed to run on the stage. | 1:13:23 | 1:13:27 | |
You will eat what the nutritionist will tell you to eat. | 1:13:38 | 1:13:43 | |
One, two, three, yeah! Thank you. | 1:13:50 | 1:13:53 | |
Obviously, bikes, forget it. | 1:13:53 | 1:13:56 | |
Soak up the atmosphere of the Olympic Games and have a great time. | 1:13:56 | 1:13:59 | |
To go out there and do my job that I've been training for for the past four years. | 1:13:59 | 1:14:04 | |
Ladies, remember that the Chinese have learnt English. | 1:14:04 | 1:14:09 | |
If you make jokes, they will consider the jokes | 1:14:09 | 1:14:12 | |
to be offensive towards the Games, | 1:14:12 | 1:14:15 | |
they can come to ship you home like that. | 1:14:15 | 1:14:20 | |
Behave as professional as you can be. | 1:14:21 | 1:14:24 | |
I don't try to interfere in your private life here, | 1:14:24 | 1:14:28 | |
but your private life in the Olympics is not your private life. | 1:14:28 | 1:14:32 | |
Go, go, go. | 1:14:42 | 1:14:44 | |
CHEERS | 1:14:45 | 1:14:50 | |
Hooray! | 1:14:50 | 1:14:52 | |
Happy birthday, Han. | 1:14:52 | 1:14:53 | |
Happy birthday, Hannah. | 1:14:53 | 1:14:54 | |
You have to make a decision now. | 1:14:57 | 1:14:59 | |
If we have to replace her, not to take her at all | 1:14:59 | 1:15:02 | |
-and if we don't have... -Do we have to make the decision...? | 1:15:02 | 1:15:05 | |
No, we have to make the decision probably before Friday evening. | 1:15:05 | 1:15:08 | |
-Well, why don't we have the scan... -Of course, yeah, yeah. | 1:15:08 | 1:15:11 | |
Laura, go and get your stuff, my love. | 1:15:11 | 1:15:14 | |
-I've got it. -There's another bag. | 1:15:14 | 1:15:17 | |
You need something warmer than this. | 1:15:17 | 1:15:19 | |
I'm just going to go and get the directions | 1:15:19 | 1:15:21 | |
and then go and wait by my car. OK? | 1:15:21 | 1:15:24 | |
Then I did the front thing and I felt it go down my leg a bit. | 1:15:24 | 1:15:28 | |
And then after the free walk, that's when I proper felt it | 1:15:28 | 1:15:31 | |
and then I got to my dismount and my leg just collapsed. | 1:15:31 | 1:15:35 | |
Well... | 1:15:39 | 1:15:40 | |
you're doing heavy work at the moment, aren't you? | 1:15:40 | 1:15:44 | |
So you can't expect to have nothing at all, no pain at all, | 1:15:44 | 1:15:50 | |
from what you've been through before, so... | 1:15:50 | 1:15:54 | |
..it'll ease off a little bit, I'm sure it will settle down again. | 1:15:56 | 1:16:00 | |
But don't get yourself in a state. | 1:16:02 | 1:16:05 | |
Cos that's not going to help anything. | 1:16:05 | 1:16:07 | |
Everything else will go wrong then. | 1:16:07 | 1:16:09 | |
Come on, Linda. | 1:16:11 | 1:16:12 | |
She was doing her skill on the beam, | 1:16:14 | 1:16:17 | |
landed the skill with a back somersault, | 1:16:17 | 1:16:19 | |
so they told me, I didn't see it. | 1:16:19 | 1:16:21 | |
But, um, got herself injured, so... | 1:16:21 | 1:16:24 | |
..we happened to have our orthopaedic surgeon in the gym, | 1:16:25 | 1:16:29 | |
he looked at her and said we need to have a scan, | 1:16:29 | 1:16:32 | |
so she's on the way down the motorway to have a scan | 1:16:32 | 1:16:36 | |
to get a decision and then the medics make the decision. | 1:16:36 | 1:16:40 | |
I need medical statements this time, not opinions. | 1:16:40 | 1:16:45 | |
-I know, yeah, so obviously we need to wait for the official... -Yeah. | 1:16:45 | 1:16:50 | |
You've nearly picked off all of that nail varnish you put on. | 1:17:00 | 1:17:04 | |
-COACH: -Right, so, Jones is in the hospital, yeah? -Yeah. | 1:17:06 | 1:17:09 | |
Right. | 1:17:10 | 1:17:11 | |
Er, if it's about changing the kit to swap over, | 1:17:16 | 1:17:21 | |
what is the difference in size between you and Jones? | 1:17:21 | 1:17:24 | |
The same. | 1:17:24 | 1:17:26 | |
-The same? -About. | 1:17:26 | 1:17:27 | |
Because physically, there's no time, if I have to replace her, | 1:17:27 | 1:17:31 | |
to re-kit you and that will happen probably in Macau or Beijing. | 1:17:31 | 1:17:35 | |
As you are at the moment, | 1:17:35 | 1:17:37 | |
you don't think you could perform to your full level? | 1:17:37 | 1:17:40 | |
Not to the full level, but I could perform, if I had to. | 1:17:40 | 1:17:44 | |
OK. | 1:17:44 | 1:17:46 | |
Whatever she requires and needs, whatever that might be, | 1:17:46 | 1:17:50 | |
it might just be loads of experience, it might need friendship, | 1:17:50 | 1:17:54 | |
it might need whatever, but you're going to need to support her, | 1:17:54 | 1:17:57 | |
cos she will for sure need some support. OK? | 1:17:57 | 1:18:02 | |
And then we'll see what happens, | 1:18:02 | 1:18:04 | |
decisions will be made at some stage, you know, by the medical people. | 1:18:04 | 1:18:10 | |
That's probably tomorrow. | 1:18:10 | 1:18:13 | |
Well, let's not think about that. | 1:18:13 | 1:18:14 | |
Let's not think about that. Let's stay positive. | 1:18:14 | 1:18:17 | |
Let's hope it all works out. | 1:18:17 | 1:18:19 | |
The recommendation is not to take her. | 1:19:44 | 1:19:47 | |
The recommendation is for her to start in eight weeks. | 1:19:47 | 1:19:51 | |
The doctor, the specialist injected her, | 1:19:51 | 1:19:54 | |
asking her to train somehow today and to see how it is. | 1:19:54 | 1:20:00 | |
But the risk is the disc is popping out, it's goodbye gymnastics. | 1:20:00 | 1:20:05 | |
That is a big risk. | 1:20:05 | 1:20:07 | |
Other than that, she can be eventually mended | 1:20:07 | 1:20:10 | |
over a longer period of time. Yeah. So that she can carry on. | 1:20:10 | 1:20:18 | |
Your first target, don't give up. It's not about the time to give up. | 1:20:20 | 1:20:26 | |
Laura, I know, it's a bitter pill | 1:20:26 | 1:20:28 | |
to swallow and I feel very sorry for you, | 1:20:28 | 1:20:31 | |
but that is life. Er... | 1:20:31 | 1:20:35 | |
Stick in your head, the first thing you have to do is to mend your back. | 1:20:35 | 1:20:40 | |
Yeah? Not to work on the back in a dodgy situation, you know. | 1:20:40 | 1:20:44 | |
Mend the back, yeah? Keep feet, yeah? | 1:20:44 | 1:20:49 | |
And from January, yeah, come back with the full power. | 1:20:49 | 1:20:53 | |
I don't think it's any big problem. | 1:20:53 | 1:20:57 | |
You work very hard, but what can I say? | 1:20:57 | 1:21:00 | |
Yeah, everybody is feeling so bad. Yeah. | 1:21:00 | 1:21:04 | |
Yeah... Yeah... Look, I've told you. | 1:21:08 | 1:21:13 | |
Laura. Life is a bitch. And round. | 1:21:13 | 1:21:17 | |
Nobody only had good things in life, everybody had bad things in life. | 1:21:18 | 1:21:22 | |
Yeah? You are at the bottom. | 1:21:22 | 1:21:25 | |
It will come a time when you will smile again. | 1:21:25 | 1:21:29 | |
Yeah? But here, Laura. It's about here. | 1:21:29 | 1:21:32 | |
How strong you are here. I know you are very strong. | 1:21:32 | 1:21:36 | |
ACCORDION PLAYS | 1:23:05 | 1:23:10 | |
THEY SING IN CHINESE | 1:23:12 | 1:23:17 | |
I took over United Kingdom | 1:23:59 | 1:24:01 | |
and at that moment in time they were only the 22nd place in the world. | 1:24:01 | 1:24:05 | |
Gradually we improved them. | 1:24:05 | 1:24:07 | |
In the last World Championships we came sixth. | 1:24:07 | 1:24:10 | |
Before we have been a participant, now we are a contender. | 1:24:10 | 1:24:14 | |
Though the medals are not probably, but they are possible. | 1:24:14 | 1:24:18 | |
And, er, we will fight for them. | 1:24:18 | 1:24:20 | |
CHEERING | 1:24:30 | 1:24:34 | |
DRUMMING | 1:24:34 | 1:24:39 | |
CHEERING | 1:24:49 | 1:24:52 | |
As a group, the quality and diversity of the characters, | 1:24:55 | 1:25:01 | |
it's nice to look at them and realise they are not robots. | 1:25:01 | 1:25:05 | |
They are not stereotype. | 1:25:05 | 1:25:09 | |
They are not regimented. | 1:25:09 | 1:25:11 | |
Day by day they are growing and improving. | 1:25:13 | 1:25:18 | |
My heart was probably beating as fast as it's ever beaten. | 1:25:23 | 1:25:27 | |
It was really scary but I was really excited as well. | 1:25:27 | 1:25:30 | |
I did want to cry, because we were there, but obviously you couldn't burst into tears | 1:25:30 | 1:25:34 | |
because everyone would be like, "What's the matter?" All of us felt the same. | 1:25:34 | 1:25:40 | |
Seeing the whole crowd and the lights | 1:25:40 | 1:25:43 | |
and the other competitors walking in with you, | 1:25:43 | 1:25:46 | |
the TV screens, it just made it completely real. | 1:25:46 | 1:25:51 | |
It was just amazing. | 1:25:51 | 1:25:52 | |
Perhaps they did get to go to the Olympics. | 1:25:55 | 1:25:57 | |
Didn't get into the actual team | 1:25:57 | 1:25:59 | |
and I don't think I could hold it against them. | 1:25:59 | 1:26:02 | |
Obviously there is that little bit there that you just wish it was you. | 1:26:02 | 1:26:06 | |
I didn't know whether I'd be able to cope with the pressure | 1:26:13 | 1:26:15 | |
because it's my first big competition | 1:26:15 | 1:26:19 | |
and I think I knew that it was a gamble to choose me really. | 1:26:19 | 1:26:22 | |
I haven't got any experience whatsoever. | 1:26:22 | 1:26:24 | |
'High hopes for her for the future.' | 1:26:29 | 1:26:31 | |
'Wonderful tumbling from Hannah Whelan. My word!' | 1:26:56 | 1:27:02 | |
'It is our dreams to go to the Olympics. | 1:27:02 | 1:27:05 | |
'To get there was just so amazing. | 1:27:05 | 1:27:08 | |
'You're actually there, you're actually doing it. | 1:27:08 | 1:27:11 | |
'It actually did make it, and this is the day.' | 1:27:11 | 1:27:14 | |
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