:00:32. > :00:36.Hello and welcome to the 2012 gymnastics World Cup in Glasgow.
:00:36. > :00:40.The by new Emirates Arena is all set to host 16 of the world's top
:00:40. > :00:44.gymnasts in a one-day All-Around competition. And this is the first
:00:44. > :00:54.time members of the British team will be performing on home soil
:00:54. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:12.since their hugely successful Beautiful routine! Thank you very
:01:12. > :01:15.
:01:15. > :01:25.much! He has done the job. Wow, wow, wow. This is looking very good.
:01:25. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:35.Yes! Great Britain take a bronze in the men's team final! That was
:01:35. > :01:40.super stuff. Lewis Smith, now is the time. That is superb. Lewis
:01:40. > :01:45.Smith and maxed between them, silver and bronze. Their entire
:01:45. > :01:50.gymnastic career has been building up to the next few moments. Beth
:01:50. > :01:53.Tweddle has an Olympic medal at long last. Those pictures are still
:01:53. > :01:57.give me goose bumps, and who better to reminisce with than the person
:01:57. > :02:00.who has been the face and body of British gymnastics for more than a
:02:00. > :02:04.decade, three-time world champion and our Olympic bronze medallist,
:02:04. > :02:08.Beth Tweddle? Great to see you again after a summer that I bet you
:02:09. > :02:13.and the team will not be able to stop talking about. It was an
:02:13. > :02:18.amazing summer. We knew we had a strong team, but nobody anticipated
:02:18. > :02:24.how well we would do. We knew the games were going to be baked with
:02:24. > :02:27.it being on home soil. But as soon as we all walked into that North
:02:27. > :02:32.Greenwich Arena, the crowd just erupted. It gave me goose pimples.
:02:32. > :02:37.You will never get a scenario like that again. We were all lucky
:02:37. > :02:43.enough to do our best performances. We came home with our Olympic dream,
:02:43. > :02:46.a medal. Four medals in all. The other day, I heard you of being
:02:47. > :02:50.talked about alongside the rower Katherine Grainger in the context
:02:50. > :02:54.of how much you have both done for women in your sport. How much of a
:02:54. > :02:58.relief was it for you to finally add an Olympic medal to your huge
:02:58. > :03:03.collection? It was a massive relief. Everyone knew before the Games that
:03:03. > :03:07.it was my last shot at an Olympic medal. It has taken me a long time
:03:07. > :03:12.to get there, but as soon as I saw my name next to third place, I
:03:12. > :03:17.looked at my coach and I could feel a massive weight being lifted off
:03:17. > :03:21.my shoulder. It was also great for my family. Everyone has worked hard
:03:22. > :03:25.to get me to those games, and I did not want to be remembered as the
:03:25. > :03:29.most successful gymnast that never picked up an Olympic medal.
:03:29. > :03:33.feels as though the medal has let you out of your cage and you have
:03:33. > :03:39.become a thrill seeker. Tell us about your adventures? The 20 years,
:03:39. > :03:43.it was all about gymnastics. Suddenly, I have a bit of freedom.
:03:43. > :03:48.The first thing I did was When walking, so I was upside down on a
:03:48. > :03:52.plane. My mum was more nervous than watching me at the Olympics. Then I
:03:52. > :03:56.did snowboarding and tried a bit of golf, lots of different things. I
:03:57. > :04:01.might find something I enjoy. hearing rumours of a reality TV
:04:01. > :04:05.show. You will have to wait and see. We look forward to hearing about
:04:05. > :04:08.that. Beth will be with us throughout the show. Let's see what
:04:08. > :04:15.else is coming up. The women's All-Around Features the
:04:15. > :04:17.youngest member of Team GB, Rebecca Tunney, and the 2006 all around
:04:17. > :04:21.were champion Vanessa Ferrari from Italy. A strong line-up in the
:04:21. > :04:24.men's competition includes two of the three all around Olympic
:04:24. > :04:28.medallists as well as Britain's Kristian Thomas and Dan Purvis.
:04:28. > :04:33.Angela Smith takes a break from dancing to tell us about life away
:04:33. > :04:39.from the gym. We start with the women's event, anti-Brits who have
:04:39. > :04:45.had very different fortunes in 2012 -- two Brits who have had very
:04:45. > :04:49.different fortunes. She is having a wonderful time here. You seemed to
:04:50. > :04:53.cope with that crowd so well at the Olympic Games. It did not seem to
:04:53. > :04:58.faze you, being the youngest, shortest and lightest member of
:04:58. > :05:02.Team GB. You seemed to take it in your stride. Were you as calm as
:05:02. > :05:09.you looked? You are always going to be nervous at competitions, even if
:05:09. > :05:14.it is just a little one. But we were all behind the judge there. We
:05:14. > :05:20.knew how to deal with it and keep each other calm. I was just
:05:20. > :05:30.oblivious to it all, because it was those are real. Everything just
:05:30. > :05:33.
:05:33. > :05:37.happened, really. -- it was so so You were a reserve for the Olympic
:05:37. > :05:42.team, which meant you had a gap in training. Has it been difficult for
:05:42. > :05:48.you to get back into it? A lot more difficult than I thought. You don't
:05:48. > :05:55.expect it to be as hard as it is. You get your skills back quickly,
:05:55. > :06:03.but your fitness takes more time to build up. And confidence takes time.
:06:03. > :06:07.With it being so tough for you to not make the team for London 2012,
:06:07. > :06:13.has that give a new motivation to go for Rio 2016, or have you got
:06:13. > :06:17.other plans? You always have to look at it one step at a time. Not
:06:17. > :06:22.making this Olympics was emotionally hard. You have put
:06:22. > :06:27.years of your life into it, it was not just the year before, you
:06:27. > :06:32.worked your whole life for this one goal. Another four years is a long
:06:32. > :06:37.time. Gymnastics takes out a lot of your body. It is not just whether I
:06:37. > :06:42.can handle it, it is my body. If my body can't take it, I can't keep
:06:42. > :06:48.going. You have to look at each part of the year at a time. With
:06:48. > :06:54.the next competition coming up, can I make it? You can't lead at that
:06:54. > :06:57.far ahead. You're fantastic year means you have been shortlisted for
:06:57. > :07:02.Sports Personality of the Year 2012. How did you feel when you heard the
:07:02. > :07:06.news? I was a bit shocked. I remember watching it when I was
:07:06. > :07:11.younger and thinking wow, look at those celebrities on the telly. To
:07:11. > :07:19.be part of it is a great opportunity. It must feel a strange
:07:19. > :07:25.that at 16, you are not the little one any more. No, I am told now! --
:07:25. > :07:30.I am old now. Sorry. Rebecca Tunney has had an incredible year, hasn't
:07:30. > :07:35.she? It has been amazing. At the world championships last year, we
:07:35. > :07:39.would not have put her in our team for the Olympics. But she worked so
:07:39. > :07:43.hard, went to the Olympic trials, stormed them, became British
:07:43. > :07:49.champion and sealed a place. Then she went to the Olympics at just 15,
:07:49. > :07:54.the youngest member of Team GB, and withstood the pressure. It did not
:07:54. > :07:58.faze her. She rose to the pressure and had an amazing games. You have
:07:58. > :08:04.known the other Brit Performing today, Niamh Rippin, for years. She
:08:04. > :08:07.was so disappointed at not making the London 2012 team. What can she
:08:07. > :08:14.do to pick herself up and remain competitive within the women's
:08:14. > :08:18.team? It is always difficult when you don't make a championships, but
:08:18. > :08:22.she will have had a long think and thought to herself, I still love
:08:22. > :08:27.the sport. She has worked so hard to get back and be ready for the
:08:27. > :08:32.end of the season. She will show what she is made of. The cockroach,
:08:32. > :08:35.Amanda, is now the national head coach for the women's team -- your
:08:35. > :08:40.coach is now the national head coach. What changes do you think we
:08:40. > :08:44.will see? The outlook she has, she has so
:08:44. > :08:49.much experience. She is the only coach on the female side of
:08:49. > :08:53.gymnastics that has brought home medals. She knows what it takes to
:08:53. > :08:59.be at the top. She will be looking for the little pointers that will
:08:59. > :09:02.help bring the younger gymnasts Durran hopefully bring home medals.
:09:02. > :09:06.Moving on to today, Vanessa Ferrari from Italy is the highest ranked
:09:06. > :09:13.female here out of the age gymnasts competing. But she is not
:09:13. > :09:15.guaranteed to be on top of the podium? Definitely not. Last
:09:15. > :09:20.weekend, Elizabeth Price, one of the reserves for the Americans for
:09:20. > :09:24.the Olympics, was the top ranked one injured guard. I am sure she
:09:24. > :09:28.will want to take home another gold medal. Let's get on with watching
:09:28. > :09:38.some of the women's All-Around action. Are commentary team are
:09:38. > :10:07.
:10:07. > :10:17.have got this afternoon, and it is about consistency. The better you
:10:17. > :10:25.
:10:25. > :10:35.champion just a week ago. A very good all-round gymnast. Just missed
:10:35. > :10:46.
:10:46. > :10:55.out on the Olympic Games. She is a makes it look easy. Lamb's one foot
:10:55. > :11:05.either side of the white line, beautiful height, beautiful flight.
:11:05. > :11:23.
:11:23. > :11:33.Big smile from Elizabeth Price, and vaulting. That is a huge score, and
:11:33. > :11:33.
:11:33. > :12:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:12:20. > :12:25.This vault can score a maximum of she will be delighted with that.
:12:25. > :12:35.Very good start. Slightly to one side, but nothing too much. She was
:12:35. > :13:04.
:13:04. > :13:14.twist, but it is a very difficult vault. She did not really explode
:13:14. > :13:15.
:13:15. > :13:23.off the top of the horse. She was very briefly on it. Just lacking in
:13:23. > :13:28.that explosion from the top. Yes, that real dynamic approach. The
:13:28. > :13:38.most this can score his 15th. Ha run is not as powerful as the
:13:38. > :14:01.
:14:01. > :14:05.previous two gymnasts, so she does The slow-motion replay will show us
:14:05. > :14:08.that the feet were not quite cleanly round for the second part
:14:08. > :14:18.of the twist, which caused her to need a couple of steps to recover
:14:18. > :14:22.
:14:22. > :14:32.herself, but it was a gutsy worked so hard to get the double
:14:32. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:36.twist. The landing caused the adjustment to the side. Yes, if you
:14:36. > :14:46.watched the slow-motion, she bends her arms a bit on the top of the
:14:46. > :14:59.
:14:59. > :15:08.platform, so she does not get the Germany, a good all-round performer.
:15:08. > :15:13.She is the only gymnast not using the Van Gogh in front of the board.
:15:13. > :15:19.A straight somersault with half turn up. That is what we have seen
:15:19. > :15:23.on default more traditionally. She gets good height and flight, that
:15:23. > :15:31.has its own tariff. He is not as high as the double twist, but it is
:15:31. > :15:37.well performed. She did it very well. To get the proportion, the
:15:37. > :15:47.push back through the shoulders, that is not an easy task. She
:15:47. > :15:48.
:15:49. > :15:53.pulled it round very nicely. Good, efficient faulting -- vaulting.
:15:53. > :16:03.There is a spring at the front of the platform, and she uses that to
:16:03. > :16:20.
:16:20. > :16:26.the youngest Team GB athlete in London. Is she the youngest British
:16:26. > :16:34.champion ever? Negative macro. At one time, we could have them
:16:34. > :16:44.younger than 16. But she is in her first year as a senior. She was our
:16:44. > :16:48.
:16:48. > :16:56.top scorer at the 2012 Olympics. Very clean. No problems. My great
:16:56. > :17:02.performance from Rebecca Tunney. The vaulting has been iffy apart
:17:02. > :17:10.from a Elizabeth Price. This is an opportunity for Rebecca to get into
:17:10. > :17:15.second place. She has got a great opportunity. Very purposeful in her
:17:15. > :17:23.approach. A good conversion upwards, nice and clean in the air. The
:17:23. > :17:29.double twist was completed. That was good for 10. It was one of the
:17:29. > :17:34.features of the British women at the Olympics, they upped their game.
:17:34. > :17:44.The double twists were needed to make the team final, and they've
:17:44. > :17:47.
:17:47. > :17:57.responded fantastically. That has placed her into second place. The
:17:57. > :18:10.
:18:10. > :18:16.Just a tiny loss of tension in the legs during the vault, but a lot of
:18:16. > :18:21.flight. She is always determined and competitive. I love watching
:18:21. > :18:26.her work, she is what the sport is all about. She loves it, she is
:18:26. > :18:31.aggressive, she attacks, she is competitive, and that was
:18:31. > :18:36.impressive. But when it beat Rebecca Tunney? I would not have
:18:36. > :18:41.thought so. It is a lower tariff. She was good and clean in her
:18:41. > :18:50.direction, she landed with her feet in the middle, and she hoped to
:18:50. > :19:00.decide. But she has bent knees before they need to be bent. She
:19:00. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:29.Beth Tweddle may have been up to all sorts of exciting things while
:19:30. > :19:34.taking a break, but she has been missing her bars, so it earlier,
:19:34. > :19:38.the crowds here were treated to pay special performance from the
:19:38. > :19:43.Olympic bronze medallist to open up the whole event. She has now packed
:19:43. > :19:53.away her sparkly leotard again there to join Christine Still and
:19:53. > :20:13.
:20:13. > :20:17.gymnasts in this competition, she has represented the company at --
:20:17. > :20:27.represented her country at five World Championships. We were there
:20:27. > :20:58.
:20:58. > :21:05.routine. A few extra elements to stop it being at the top drawer,
:21:05. > :21:11.but this is good, strong twisting. It was businesslike, she never
:21:11. > :21:16.looked in danger. She looked very comfortable. She did not link some
:21:16. > :21:22.of the skills, but it was businesslike, every skill was with
:21:22. > :21:27.precision, she was not worried about anything. It is a premium
:21:27. > :21:37.rating, I have known her for a few years, she will get on with it.
:21:37. > :21:48.
:21:48. > :21:57.That will have done her standing no plenty of time to control it. She
:21:57. > :22:03.has got height, she can see the bar before she puts her hands there. A
:22:03. > :22:13.slight leg separation. This is a very long routine, but she picks up
:22:13. > :22:27.
:22:27. > :22:32.the difficulty throughout. A small Ferrari. The world and European
:22:32. > :22:42.all-round champion. Going back five or six years. And she is still
:22:42. > :23:04.
:23:04. > :23:10.impressive. Another gymnast without delighted with that. That rating
:23:10. > :23:16.was fabulous. There were a few areas here and there, but to be
:23:16. > :23:22.able to put that dismount at the end, she will be pleased with that.
:23:22. > :23:32.You can see in the background the gymnasts are trying to chalk it up
:23:32. > :23:40.for need Ripon. -- for Niamh Rippin. She likes a bit less chalk. Denies
:23:40. > :23:46.height. The coach is standing in for the safety aspect. The smallest
:23:46. > :23:54.LED separation, but that is all the judges need. It was not quite a
:23:54. > :24:04.handstand there. She uses an extra swing to build up her speed into
:24:04. > :24:09.
:24:09. > :24:19.the dismount. Then, the double front. The smallest hop on landing.
:24:19. > :24:32.
:24:32. > :24:42.That takes her into second place. over the years. But she can perform
:24:42. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:05.well, she has got very good basic has not taken any sort of extra
:25:05. > :25:10.swing. A double front dismount. A very deep landing, but well held.
:25:10. > :25:15.She will be pleased with that. had a few troubles last weekend, so
:25:15. > :25:19.she will be pleased with that. She will take a big reduction on the
:25:19. > :25:26.dismount, but she is a fighter, she got to her feet and presented to
:25:26. > :25:30.the judges. She is one of the team that took the silver medal at the
:25:30. > :25:35.European Championships in 2010. She has got a better pedigree behind
:25:35. > :25:41.her. She has had a couple of years of injury, she has had to fight
:25:42. > :25:50.hard to get back. It is nice and high, not a lot of production.
:25:50. > :25:56.Straight into the perfect handstand. Because that was connected, she
:25:56. > :26:05.gets the difficulty bonus. In her mind, she will think, I have got to
:26:05. > :26:15.concentrate for the dismount. It just set her off for the dismount.
:26:15. > :26:42.
:26:42. > :26:52.The low landing will take a very swings with great power. Some of
:26:52. > :27:03.
:27:04. > :27:11.them floater round, she how was her She is taking a swing between each
:27:12. > :27:18.release. She is not linking it. A lovely height, a lovely hands than
:27:18. > :27:22.shape. Each gymnast has to have a full pirouette in the routine. She
:27:22. > :27:30.missed a couple of connections, but for me, that is the best routine we
:27:30. > :27:36.have seen so far today. She is chasing Kim Bui, her team-mate.
:27:36. > :27:44.think that will score enough to overtake her team-mate. It is very
:27:44. > :27:48.powerful, everybody knows that she is a specialist. This is where she
:27:48. > :27:57.sometimes adds an extra full-term. She has played it slightly safer
:27:57. > :28:07.today. She can see the bar before she goes for the catch. Very big
:28:07. > :28:15.flight, this is what the judges want to say, lots of amplitude.
:28:15. > :28:25.When she is hitting the handstand, she is always in the perfect shape.
:28:25. > :28:59.
:28:59. > :29:09.A great this mad, that is the the gymnastics club there. This is
:29:09. > :29:12.
:29:12. > :29:17.the big combination. She is building a difficulty. This is what
:29:17. > :29:27.Beth Tweddle was talking about, you have to link your difficulty. We
:29:27. > :29:37.
:29:37. > :29:42.have to see the full Pyrrha wet. -- beginning to end, she is linking
:29:42. > :29:52.everything. That landing at the end was perfect. So she is very happy
:29:52. > :30:02.with that, and her coach is also very happy. There was the nice
:30:02. > :30:02.
:30:02. > :30:09.handstand. Nice height, gets plenty of time to see the bar before going
:30:09. > :30:19.down to the Loe Bar. Straight into the handstand. Great lines from
:30:19. > :30:24.
:30:24. > :30:29.Rebecca. Straight into the dismount. And a big smile to finish it off.
:30:29. > :30:39.And she has put herself on top of the pile. But the USA are still to
:30:39. > :30:43.
:30:43. > :30:53.come. That was a great performance from Rebecca. Elizabeth Price is a
:30:53. > :31:01.
:31:01. > :31:11.very powerful, strong gymnast. Lovely flight. Full pirouette. She
:31:11. > :31:12.
:31:12. > :31:22.took a little extra swing. Up into the handstand. Beautiful elements
:31:22. > :31:23.
:31:23. > :31:29.linked together well. Up into a double somersault. That was the
:31:29. > :31:33.biggest difficulty we have seen from the girls on the dismount.
:31:33. > :31:39.is such a power for gymnast, and that really comes across in the
:31:39. > :31:45.releases. It is when gymnasts like her go up that it makes the other
:31:45. > :31:49.releases looked so much smaller. Luckily, she has gone last, so the
:31:49. > :31:54.judges did not have anything to compare against, but that was a
:31:54. > :32:02.fantastic routine. And Rebecca Tunney had to face that, and she
:32:02. > :32:09.did. So much height that she doesn't know what to do with her
:32:09. > :32:15.time. That was one of the most difficult combinations I have seen
:32:15. > :32:22.being done. Every skill she has, she just does with precision. Then
:32:22. > :32:26.she winds up into this difficult dismount. Just the smallest step,
:32:26. > :32:36.but there are not a lot of deductions in that routine for the
:32:36. > :32:37.
:32:37. > :33:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:33:19. > :33:26.judges to take. She is reigning years old, from Stuttgart. Five
:33:26. > :33:36.world championship experiences. You can't buy that sort of nous. Good
:33:36. > :33:36.
:33:36. > :33:42.feel for competition. She showed her experience there. She was
:33:42. > :33:52.slightly off, but she used her middle strength to pull herself on.
:33:52. > :33:58.
:33:58. > :34:08.Free cartwheel. These three elements are worth 0.4. Just a tiny
:34:08. > :34:13.
:34:13. > :34:22.wobble, but controls it well. There are marks for artistry, rhythm. On
:34:22. > :34:29.the beam, they like to see fluency and not too many hesitations. It
:34:29. > :34:39.makes it easier to stop. The more fluent the routine, the more taxing
:34:39. > :34:43.
:34:43. > :34:50.ates. But she is very precise with every element. You can always tell
:34:50. > :34:55.the dismount is coming - the Poor's, the concentration. She did well to
:34:55. > :35:05.hold onto that landed. Her hips were right behind the feet as she
:35:05. > :35:06.
:35:06. > :35:16.landed. Scary Debach, very quick feet. Did a great job. Very focused
:35:16. > :35:16.
:35:16. > :35:23.on the beam, and thought very quickly to rescue the dismount.
:35:23. > :35:33.This was then example of her experience, quickly adjusting. From
:35:33. > :35:36.
:35:36. > :35:46.there in, she really did focus and concentrate. She needed this
:35:46. > :35:55.
:35:55. > :36:05.performance at this stage. Good awareness. Strong performances to
:36:05. > :36:06.
:36:06. > :36:16.come. The first of those is from her team-mate, Elizabeth Seitz. She
:36:16. > :36:21.is a tough competitor. She is the German national champion. She has
:36:22. > :36:26.been the leader of the German team for the last few years, more
:36:26. > :36:36.renowned for her work on the asymmetric bars. But look at the
:36:36. > :36:36.
:36:36. > :36:41.power on the front somersault. Superb jumps, linked together.
:36:41. > :36:50.Strong on the free cartwheel. It is all about the middle tension,
:36:50. > :36:55.keeping the core of the body under tension. She did that well. She
:36:55. > :37:00.came out at the right time. The gymnasts have to count not only
:37:00. > :37:04.acrobatic moves, but also dance elements, leaps and jumps. At least
:37:04. > :37:14.three of their difficulty have to be spins and leeks, so if you can
:37:14. > :37:17.
:37:17. > :37:27.add in the double spin, that is great. She gets good height on all
:37:27. > :37:30.
:37:30. > :37:40.her elements. She really had to fight. It is a very difficult leap.
:37:40. > :37:44.
:37:44. > :37:50.Double pike. But was a powerful routine. Sharp on the acrobatics
:37:50. > :37:56.and powerful elsewhere apart from one wobble. Ilott has -- Elizabeth
:37:56. > :38:04.Seitz was determined not to part company. She will have done her
:38:04. > :38:14.prospects no harm. This was very impressive stuff. Some of the
:38:14. > :38:30.
:38:30. > :38:37.acrobatics were very sharp. Very launch yourself a bit and hope you
:38:37. > :38:47.come out at the right time. But her power on the dismount, again, a bit
:38:47. > :38:53.
:38:53. > :39:03.Pike to on the landing, but that wasn't a strong performance. At the
:39:03. > :39:09.
:39:09. > :39:16.moment, she is top of the pile. Two performances still to come. At 16,
:39:16. > :39:26.and Rebecca Tunney showed a measure of focus and concentration earlier.
:39:26. > :39:42.
:39:42. > :39:49.Super hi front somersault. She is very powerful and light. Lovely
:39:49. > :39:59.sleep with the quarter term. -- lovely leap with the quarter turn.
:39:59. > :40:09.
:40:09. > :40:16.She joins those leaps well. You can see her focus and determination.
:40:16. > :40:26.All the gymnasts have to join two acrobatic skills. Back-flip,
:40:26. > :40:29.
:40:29. > :40:39.Somerset, and she was off. She was there. Just a little unsettled now
:40:39. > :41:12.
:41:12. > :41:21.see her power. Just a bit of lack of precision in the middle. Still
:41:21. > :41:26.one apparatus to go. If she was disappointed, she did not show it.
:41:26. > :41:32.They need support at this stage after a mistake, but so high on
:41:32. > :41:38.that front somersault. She has got superpower. But she is quite tight
:41:38. > :41:48.in the Achilles, and it is difficult to absorb the landings.
:41:48. > :41:58.But she was well off. Hips completely in the wrong direction.
:41:58. > :42:30.
:42:30. > :42:40.vault. Very accurate on bars. What with an easy mount, but this is not
:42:40. > :43:09.
:43:09. > :43:19.easy. Full twisting Tabak, she joining the forward and backward
:43:19. > :43:39.
:43:39. > :43:49.elements. That was rather tentative, is not particularly fluent. And the
:43:49. > :44:00.
:44:00. > :44:10.double pike. That was beautiful. This was just so square, look at
:44:10. > :44:17.
:44:17. > :44:27.that. Very impressive work. Absolutely packed with power, isn't
:44:27. > :44:27.
:44:27. > :45:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:45:11. > :45:21.She is a confident tumbler. Nice double are buried -- double Arabian.
:45:21. > :45:21.
:45:21. > :46:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:46:20. > :46:30.music with the movement, doing very well. Double pike, beautifully
:46:30. > :46:30.
:46:30. > :46:38.performed. Well done, Niamh. She has had a really good competition.
:46:38. > :46:43.Comfort and performance. That was a brilliant routine. She has always
:46:43. > :46:50.been known as a powerful gymnast. And she has had a great competition
:46:50. > :46:53.today, to finish on that routine. This middle tumble, into the two
:46:54. > :47:00.and a half twists, unfortunately she just took a little step out at
:47:00. > :47:10.the end. The triple twist is fully credited, because it is all the way
:47:10. > :47:16.
:47:16. > :47:20.she sells the fruiting well. Yes, and this is the last tumble. That
:47:20. > :47:25.is what the judges want to see. It is the final impression that the
:47:25. > :47:33.judges get before she finishes. She will be really pleased with her
:47:33. > :47:43.whole performance. Momentarily at least she finds herself on top of
:47:43. > :47:51.the pile. Vanessa Ferrari, stand by for some thrills. She is still so
:47:51. > :48:00.impressive. One of her favourite and most successful apparatus.
:48:00. > :48:10.Standby. It could be great. She was a finalist at the Olympics on the
:48:10. > :48:10.
:48:10. > :49:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:49:42. > :49:48.line. Gymnasts have to stay inside knows how to land a tumble! Hugely
:49:48. > :49:53.impressive from Vanessa Ferrari. good finish to her competition, she
:49:53. > :49:58.will rue the fact that she made the error on the beam. That was great
:49:58. > :50:03.to come back after the error. But she is known for her powerful
:50:03. > :50:09.tumbling. She has downgraded slightly, but it is still a very
:50:09. > :50:17.impressive floor routine. Sh straight into the tucked back, that
:50:17. > :50:21.is a very difficult combination. would not exactly describe her as a
:50:21. > :50:27.beautiful dancer, but she sells her routine. Ever since I have known
:50:27. > :50:32.her, she has been able to show off. She is not the best that sat at
:50:32. > :50:37.there, but they have worked really hard on knowing exactly where to
:50:37. > :50:47.sell it. She has had a great set of leaps. Perhaps her difficulty has
:50:47. > :50:51.gone down on the tumbling, but she made up for it. She always knows
:50:51. > :51:01.where the floor is, to show the landings. That is what the judges
:51:01. > :51:14.
:51:14. > :51:22.Ahead of Niamh Rippin. And ahead of Wakana Inoue. Can she moved up from
:51:22. > :51:26.fourth place, into the top three positions? She was a finalist on
:51:26. > :51:36.the floor at the European Championships. She can tumble very
:51:36. > :51:36.
:51:36. > :52:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:52:52. > :53:00.perfect timing! How about that! She powerful flick, lovely double pike.
:53:00. > :53:10.She lands beautifully. A great comeback from Rebecca Tunney. She
:53:10. > :53:10.
:53:10. > :53:15.is a great gymnast. She has put the disappointment of being behind her.
:53:15. > :53:21.That will do her no harm at all. A great way to finish the competition.
:53:21. > :53:31.She has done herself proud. She can afford a little smile. Well done
:53:31. > :53:31.
:53:31. > :53:39.ended. She has got unique tumbling as. She nailed the landing, she
:53:39. > :53:46.knows exactly where it is. This is the Van Gogh into the one and a
:53:46. > :53:52.half twists. There was a slight hesitation, so she will not get the
:53:52. > :54:02.combination for that. A good landing again, into the straddled
:54:02. > :54:03.
:54:03. > :54:13.jump. The last Tumble, into the double pike. She needs 13.767 to go
:54:13. > :54:16.
:54:16. > :54:26.into the lead. She is just off it! She is just behind Vanessa Ferrari
:54:26. > :54:26.
:54:26. > :55:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:55:36. > :55:46.good, high, for twisting double good Judge -- very good landings.
:55:46. > :56:06.
:56:06. > :56:14.will have done her no harm at all, she gave very little away. Not the
:56:14. > :56:21.most artistic, but very few errors. She was in third place coming in,
:56:21. > :56:31.and she will be keen to hold on to that position. Very impressive
:56:31. > :56:36.height on the tumbling. It was brilliant throughout. Just a small
:56:36. > :56:46.hop on landing, but the power and determination, she knows where the
:56:46. > :56:46.
:56:46. > :56:50.landings are. That is the required double somersault tumble. She has
:56:50. > :56:57.got great leaps, showing all this Blitz, which is what is required to
:56:57. > :57:07.get them counted. The choreography was brilliant, it fitted the music
:57:07. > :57:12.brilliantly. Straight into the double pike landing at the end.
:57:12. > :57:22.good job from Ken Berry. What a great competition she has had! You
:57:22. > :57:39.
:57:39. > :57:44.can see it in her face. She can now we will see it again here. But that
:57:44. > :57:53.was right out the floor, that is very expensive, because she landed
:57:53. > :58:03.out of the floor. At least half a Mark off. But she comes back world.
:58:03. > :58:05.
:58:05. > :58:15.Very clean. She bounced out of the triple spin. She will only be
:58:15. > :58:48.
:58:48. > :58:58.element as well as backward elements. We have seen only
:58:58. > :59:04.
:59:04. > :59:12.very costly. The two and a half twists outside the floor area will
:59:12. > :59:22.be a big reduction. It could all change, she is leading -- she is
:59:22. > :59:24.
:59:24. > :59:32.needing 13 to take the lead from as you land out of the floor area,
:59:32. > :59:38.she was out of line and the judges will deduct heavily for that. It
:59:38. > :59:43.was a shame, because the rest of the routine was so precise and well
:59:43. > :59:50.choreographed. The audience were enjoying it. But with the triple
:59:50. > :59:57.spin, they will not credit that. It will only be a double spin. And
:59:57. > :00:06.there was a small hop at the end. She knows that mistake will be very
:00:06. > :00:12.costly. It could cost her a medal. A little dip in focus for Elizabeth
:00:12. > :00:22.Seitz. What a great competition Elizabeth
:00:22. > :00:27.
:00:27. > :00:37.price has had. She has really given us a demonstration of power.
:00:37. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:17.Beautiful height on the twisting Cleanly landed. We have seen two
:01:17. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:28.very big tumbles so far. She was out as she landed. We saw the flag
:01:28. > :02:05.
:02:05. > :02:11.well there. But I can't say I felt that was quite as classy a
:02:11. > :02:21.performance as her bars and bolt. The First tumble was excellent.
:02:21. > :02:21.
:02:21. > :02:28.That was just another level of gymnastics. Not many gymnasts do
:02:28. > :02:34.that. That is your next level of tumbling. Then she was a small step
:02:34. > :02:44.out. It will only cost her a point, so it will make no difference in
:02:44. > :02:50.the standings. And again, precision on this landing. Then the Double
:02:51. > :02:55.Tongue, and One Foot seemed to land out, and that will cost her again.
:02:55. > :03:05.That was an emphatic performance. She faltered on the last apparatus,
:03:05. > :03:36.
:03:36. > :03:41.but emphatic. A superb all-round front of a home crowd? The home
:03:41. > :03:48.crowd were amazing. It really helped. I enjoyed it. Rebecca, you
:03:48. > :03:53.looked like you were enjoying it, too. Yeah, I was proud to do those
:03:53. > :03:58.routines. It was like the Olympics. After such an incredible year, you
:03:58. > :04:05.must be looking forward to a break over Christmas. Definitely. It has
:04:05. > :04:10.been hard. But that is just one Chisnall -- gymnastics is.
:04:10. > :04:15.Elizabeth, congratulations on your gold medal. It felt like you nailed
:04:15. > :04:23.it pretty early on. Yeah, I think I had a good lead after the vault. I
:04:23. > :04:27.tried to keep calm so I could maintain that lead. So I won!
:04:27. > :04:36.is the secret behind you peaking at this time of the year? I am not
:04:36. > :04:41.sure. I was just training harder. I was peaking during the summer,
:04:41. > :04:44.during trials back home, and I tried to keep that going. It was
:04:45. > :04:50.impressive that you have kept it going, because so many people are
:04:50. > :04:55.tired from the Olympics. What are your plans now for 2013? How did
:04:55. > :04:58.you find it performing in front of a huge crowd like this? Is it was a
:04:58. > :05:03.great experience being able to come to Glasgow and be in the World Cup.
:05:04. > :05:10.I enjoyed it. For 2013, I would like to go to the world
:05:10. > :05:16.championships. That will be a great experience for me. What do you make
:05:16. > :05:26.of the final women's podium? It seemed like the beam was the game
:05:26. > :05:29.changer. It was. It changed the rankings. After the floor, the
:05:29. > :05:38.standings did not change. Price was out there in a league of her own.
:05:38. > :05:43.She just was not going to get caught. Rebecca Tunney has had an
:05:43. > :05:46.incredible year, an exhausting year. But she still chose to compete in
:05:46. > :05:52.Glasgow. Is that because of the experience events like this can
:05:52. > :05:56.give her? Definitely. She has had a tiring year, but she had a rest
:05:56. > :06:00.after the Olympics. Now that she has finished here, she will take
:06:00. > :06:04.Christmas to chill out and get ready for next season. But the
:06:04. > :06:10.experience from events like this will help her leading up to Rio.
:06:10. > :06:13.was great to see how much the home fans got behind both Rebecca and
:06:13. > :06:18.her Niamh. It was a sell-out crowd today in a history that already has
:06:18. > :06:22.such a great sporting heritage. Sports fans will have even more to
:06:22. > :06:26.cheer soon, as Glasgow gears up to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. A
:06:26. > :06:30.major element in Glasgow's successful bid was the fact that
:06:30. > :06:35.70% of the planned venues are in place. As well as the Emirates
:06:35. > :06:40.Arena, stadia like a Celtic Park, Hampden Park and the Sir Chris Hoy
:06:40. > :06:44.velodrome are up and running. The gymnastics will be staged at a
:06:44. > :06:47.venue still under construction in the West End of the city. With the
:06:47. > :06:52.great British public likely to be out in force, it is a fantastic
:06:52. > :06:56.prospect for the home nation's athletes, who received such Arab
:06:56. > :07:01.support in London this summer. Competing in the Olympics was my
:07:01. > :07:05.first competition in front of a home crowd, and it was fantastic. I
:07:05. > :07:10.will never forget the standing ovation as we walked out of the
:07:10. > :07:17.arena and the immense atmosphere. It is a big thing. Dan Purvis, who
:07:17. > :07:20.competes for Scotland, is particularly looking forward to the
:07:20. > :07:27.2014 games and sees them as a crucial stepping stone on the road
:07:27. > :07:34.to Rio in 2016. I have got the 2014 and 2015 World Championships in
:07:34. > :07:41.Glasgow. It is a good lead up. And Dan Keatings is on the Scottish
:07:41. > :07:46.squad, so we have a good team. have been joined by Sam Oldham, was
:07:46. > :07:51.part of the incredible bronze medal-winning team in 2012. Doesn't
:07:51. > :07:55.an event like this after the Olympics start to gear you're up
:07:55. > :08:00.for Glasgow 2014? Definitely. At the London Olympics, the crowds
:08:00. > :08:04.were unbelievable. We really felt the home support. Today, with Dan
:08:04. > :08:08.Purvis and Kristian Thomas and the two girls, it will be a great event
:08:08. > :08:13.and will set the scene for two years' time. It is great to have
:08:13. > :08:18.the Commonwealth Games on home soil again so soon after the Olympics.
:08:18. > :08:21.Beth, 2012 has been a huge year for British sport and the public do not
:08:22. > :08:25.have to wait long before another home games. In his great. Everyone
:08:25. > :08:29.keeps asking what they should be after the Olympics, but with
:08:29. > :08:34.Glasgow just around the corner, we have something else to look forward
:08:34. > :08:39.to. Glasgow are hosting the Gymnastics World Cup and the
:08:39. > :08:43.velodrome was completed a few weeks ago. It is an opportunity to keep
:08:43. > :08:49.youngsters inspired. So I am, for you and the other gymnasts, you
:08:49. > :08:53.have this great road to Rio with another major championships here in
:08:53. > :08:57.Glasgow with the 2015 worlds here. It will be amazing having the 2015
:08:57. > :09:01.World Championships on home soil. That is where we qualify for the
:09:01. > :09:05.Olympic Games. To have the home crowd behind you really does help,
:09:05. > :09:10.as we have seen over the summer. So we have the Commonwealth Games in
:09:10. > :09:14.two years, so we will get used to the arena. Then the 2015 were
:09:14. > :09:19.championships should hopefully give us an advantage. Back here in 2012,
:09:19. > :09:27.we still have the men's all-around competition to look forward to. The
:09:27. > :09:30.Olympic champion in this event is not competing today. In London, the
:09:30. > :09:36.Japanese gymnast showed why he is the star of the sport. But behind
:09:36. > :09:43.him, the battle for bronze and silver went down to the wire.
:09:43. > :09:48.Everyone was expecting him to win. I wasn't. My goal was to knock he
:09:48. > :09:52.him off the throne. It was definitely a roller-coaster. I was
:09:52. > :10:02.not sure if I would be second or third, but first, I was not
:10:02. > :10:05.
:10:05. > :10:13.expecting it. Started on the floor exercise. I was the first gymnast
:10:13. > :10:21.up. The floor went really well. started off well on the floor. I
:10:21. > :10:27.did a great routine. I had a difficult start on the pommel horse.
:10:27. > :10:32.Then I was in 24th place. I went to pommel horse, and for some reason,
:10:32. > :10:36.I was really tired. I don't know why. He made a big mistake on the
:10:36. > :10:42.pommel horse. He missed his dismount, which is a big deduction.
:10:42. > :10:47.I just did not have any more strength and they took off a lot of
:10:47. > :10:53.points. That ended up putting me down to a pretty low standing. I
:10:53. > :10:59.sat down and put the towel over my head and just went aaagh! To myself.
:10:59. > :11:09.My dad came up to me and was like, relax. Nothing happened. Trust your
:11:09. > :11:17.training. You will be great. then encounter vault, that is my
:11:17. > :11:22.make-or-break event. Unfortunately for me, that they did not quite pan
:11:22. > :11:29.out. The coach said to me, if you had landed that, there would have
:11:29. > :11:33.been a medal in it. It is one of those things, but that is sport. I
:11:33. > :11:40.remember watching Dan Purvis and thinking if he could keep it
:11:40. > :11:44.together, he had a chance at a medal. Then he messed up. I was
:11:44. > :11:54.aiming for a medal, but unfortunately, I went to pieces and
:11:54. > :11:58.
:11:58. > :12:05.could not make a comeback. But gymnastics is like that. I just
:12:05. > :12:09.went on rings, did a good routine. Did a good vault. On the parallel
:12:09. > :12:13.bars, I had a different mindset. I did not know where I was in the
:12:13. > :12:23.standings and I was not watching anyone, but I just told myself to
:12:23. > :12:29.have fun and show-off. And I did it. I saw some of the other routines. I
:12:29. > :12:39.saw who was first and second in the table, of course. So I knew what I
:12:39. > :12:40.
:12:40. > :12:50.had to do. I tried to make a good performance. He is one of the real
:12:50. > :12:57.class performers. In such a high- pressure situation, you know there
:12:57. > :13:02.will be competition from everyone. My goodness me. How easy to let a
:13:02. > :13:09.medal slip away. On the high bar, I did what I felt was a really good
:13:09. > :13:15.routine. I did not know where I was until I finished. Then I looked up
:13:15. > :13:19.and saw myself go up into second. I was ecstatic. For the floor routine,
:13:19. > :13:25.I knew if I made a good one, I could get a silver medal. It was an
:13:25. > :13:33.amazing feeling, because it was the Olympic Games. I knew I had done
:13:33. > :13:43.enough on the floor. A brilliant performance gives the German a
:13:43. > :13:50.silver medal! When I was up there, it felt like a dream. That was
:13:50. > :13:54.probably the happiest moment of my life. Let's see who can steal the
:13:54. > :14:03.show in Kohei Uchimura's absence. Our commentary team are poised and
:14:03. > :14:13.ready to go. The first of six apparatus for the
:14:13. > :14:41.
:14:41. > :14:51.the last minute. First up, floor exercise, from Japan, Kazuhito
:14:51. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:08.emir for this big opening tumble. Two somersaults in one series. That
:15:08. > :15:16.makes the difficult to rise. Every move is given its own difficulty
:15:16. > :15:26.rating. The best 10 moves are added together to give the difficulty
:15:26. > :15:27.
:15:27. > :15:36.score. So, the name of the game is 10 difficult elements. Absolute
:15:36. > :15:46.control on the fairly basic skills like handstands. Beautiful landings,
:15:46. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:53.making sure that the judges cannot take any points away. Very clean so
:15:53. > :15:57.far. Just a tiny hop back on the landing, but that was a pretty
:15:57. > :16:04.impressive floor routine. Not the highest difficulty, but great
:16:04. > :16:14.execution. Very clean, and that is what it is all about. Take your
:16:14. > :16:28.
:16:28. > :16:32.a wonderful, clean gymnast. He is not too shabby on the floor. Very
:16:32. > :16:40.clean and difficult. We missed the double straight somersault that he
:16:40. > :16:50.started with, they will see it on replay. Not only dynamic but very
:16:50. > :16:58.strong in the lifts. The very precise. A nice half term, a simple
:16:58. > :17:08.forward combination. It is important to stamp control. A bit
:17:08. > :17:10.
:17:10. > :17:16.awry on the dismount. A hop to the side. He is renowned for accurate
:17:16. > :17:23.landing. He has had a couple of dodgy ones so far. He has undercut
:17:23. > :17:29.it. Signs of nerves. He missed his start, but I am sure you will
:17:29. > :17:39.Torcross through it. He attempted to finish with a double strike, so
:17:39. > :17:39.
:17:39. > :17:44.possibly this is his first tumble. Cliff two twists. That is something
:17:44. > :17:53.we did not want to miss. It is the stamina that is a problem for the
:17:53. > :17:59.gymnasts. They will have absolutely peak for the Olympics, and to get
:17:59. > :18:09.yourself back into shape within six months, five months, it is very
:18:09. > :18:26.
:18:26. > :18:36.round gymnast, parallel bars as well. Fast across the floor,
:18:36. > :18:39.
:18:39. > :18:49.beautifully done. No effort at all. A little bit low, but a very good
:18:49. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:35.game. So far, this is why he is worthy of a silver medal. Superb
:19:35. > :19:36.
:19:36. > :19:41.work. He just lost it a little at the end. But he has not even warmed
:19:41. > :19:48.up. He got in last thing last night, and if he can produce that, what on
:19:48. > :19:57.earth...? He looks in great shape. My concern in the last year,
:19:57. > :20:02.watching him, was that he looked so slight, his body weight, he was
:20:02. > :20:09.carrying no fat cattle, but now, he looks a bit heavier. I think that
:20:09. > :20:14.has increased his power greatly. This is fabulous tumbling.
:20:14. > :20:21.Everything looked secure. There was no scrabble to fall would walk out
:20:21. > :20:29.of the somersaults. Really strong. He is obviously very light, they
:20:29. > :20:39.can handle his body very easily. So dynamic as well. He just bounced
:20:39. > :20:44.
:20:44. > :20:50.back, so that his 0.1 at least deducted. That is not a bad score.
:20:50. > :20:59.He is substantially in the lead at the moment, ahead of Yusuke Saito.
:20:59. > :21:02.Kazuhito Tanaka is in third place. Kristian Thomas, the Olympic bronze
:21:02. > :21:12.medal-winner and European team champion, such an important member
:21:12. > :21:22.
:21:22. > :21:31.crowd, the first taste of Great Britain. He led the British team to
:21:31. > :21:41.the bronze medal. A super start. Then immediate rebound into the
:21:41. > :21:41.
:21:42. > :21:45.roll-out. The double Arabian. He is a tall gymnast. He has to be very
:21:45. > :21:55.measured with everything. It is easy to bounce out of the floor
:21:55. > :22:13.
:22:13. > :22:23.area when you are as tall as he is, and rolls out. Very precise work so
:22:23. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:32.far. He licks his elements so well. But this is the tester, where is
:22:33. > :22:40.the stamina? It is, no doubt! He meets the floor with absolute
:22:40. > :22:47.control. Well done, Kristian Thomas. You will not remember a sixpence,
:22:47. > :22:52.but he landed on it twice, amazing, accurate. He opened and finished
:22:52. > :23:02.with total accuracy, a fabulous start to the competition. His coach
:23:02. > :23:15.
:23:15. > :23:22.it, a kick out from the legs, fabulous start. He almost ambles
:23:22. > :23:27.into his tumbles, but so much under control with his landings.
:23:27. > :23:32.absolutely uses technique. Some gymnasts charge across the floor
:23:32. > :23:38.area and just use speed, but with him, it is all technical stopped a
:23:38. > :23:48.great technique. What a way to finish, a double the radiant, he
:23:48. > :23:51.
:23:51. > :24:00.plonked it on to the floor. Very stylish work. What a great start.
:24:00. > :24:10.The German is in the lead at the moment. But that is a colossal
:24:10. > :24:22.
:24:23. > :24:32.score for a fabulous floor exercise. very impressive young Spaniard, 20
:24:33. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:46.years old. He has got a great sense Spaniards at the Olympic Games, and
:24:46. > :24:56.that is a lovely start. The bit deep on the landing. But it is
:24:56. > :24:56.
:24:56. > :25:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:25:41. > :25:48.The judges are hot on the lumpy eighths! He was ninth all around in
:25:49. > :25:58.the Olympic Games, a young man with a great future. That was a very
:25:59. > :26:07.
:26:07. > :26:12.measured performance. Very well ever seen a gymnast go cleaner to
:26:12. > :26:19.the edge off the floor. You cannot properly see it, but he was within
:26:19. > :26:24.a millimetre of the end. He did it again on one of the side passes. I
:26:24. > :26:34.think that trouble was pretty nearly round. You are the most
:26:34. > :26:47.
:26:47. > :26:54.severe judge that has ever walked With just one performance to come.
:26:54. > :27:03.That performance is from Daniel Purvis. He has won this event, he
:27:04. > :27:08.won it last year. He has taken up a bronze medal on the floor in the
:27:08. > :27:15.world championships as well, that was in 2010. An amazing gymnast, a
:27:15. > :27:24.great performer. Starting with an incredibly difficult front
:27:24. > :27:31.somersault. Really speedy. Just a tiny Hopps on landing, which is not
:27:31. > :27:39.like him, he is usually very precise. He works out of that won
:27:39. > :27:44.cleanly. He is really very good at building height. When he does one
:27:44. > :27:50.of these multiple somersault runs, the first somersault is not too
:27:50. > :27:54.high, and the second one is higher, that is what is really impressive.
:27:54. > :28:02.He is really gaining strength nowadays. You can see the power in
:28:02. > :28:09.her shoulders in that handstand. A lovely style, and he is quite well
:28:09. > :28:16.known for that. Taking the momentum from the somersault to get him up.
:28:16. > :28:22.A deep breath here, he needs to concentrate, the big hands brink.
:28:22. > :28:26.He did not have quite enough in the locker to make the last tumble.
:28:26. > :28:34.Unfortunate for Daniel Purvis, but there are five events still to go,
:28:34. > :28:40.and he has an all-round mentality. We talk about thinking about the
:28:40. > :28:50.next thing it, and he has got that mentality. He is favouring the
:28:50. > :29:00.hamstring. A double somersault combination. A double pike to open.
:29:00. > :29:10.He normally has great security in his work. There are signs of nerves.
:29:10. > :29:33.
:29:33. > :29:37.Thomas leads the pack in this very did not turn Louis Smith into a
:29:37. > :29:40.household name, strutting his stuff on Strictly certainly has. The
:29:40. > :29:50.three-time Olympic medallist had a fantastic run and introduce
:29:50. > :29:59.
:29:59. > :30:06.Just swing like there is nobody watching. The come on. Keep your
:30:06. > :30:10.head. Goodness me, he did not let anybody down. 2012 has been an an
:30:10. > :30:15.extraordinary year, not just for me, but the British public and the rest
:30:15. > :30:19.of the world. With the Queen's Jubilee and the Olympic Games,
:30:19. > :30:27.there was so much talk about it beforehand about whether it would
:30:27. > :30:32.work. It was such a positive ride. It was such an amazing thing. And
:30:32. > :30:36.on a personal level, having done so well at the Olympic Games in the
:30:36. > :30:42.team and individual, then going into Strictly. It has just been
:30:42. > :30:46.crazy. It has been a whirlwind. the Pall Mall final, you were so
:30:46. > :30:52.close, could not have been closer. How do you reflect on that now?
:30:52. > :30:56.There was a sense of disappointment, because the Olympic Games was
:30:56. > :31:02.fantastic for everybody in Great Britain. So many gold medals were
:31:02. > :31:06.won. But I have to look at the bigger picture. I have a single-
:31:06. > :31:10.parent mum who sacrificed so much of her time to help me. My coach
:31:10. > :31:14.sacrificed time. I have had sponsors who helped me get to where
:31:14. > :31:19.I am. So to be able to do the routine I did under that pressure,
:31:19. > :31:23.with everybody watching, it was the main reason why I was at the
:31:23. > :31:30.Olympic Games, that pommel horse routine. For it to go the way it
:31:30. > :31:34.did and for the result to happen, to even get a medal, I am just so
:31:34. > :31:38.grateful, because it could have gone the other way. I am used to
:31:38. > :31:43.doing six days a week in a gymnastics Jim, 32 hours a week,
:31:43. > :31:47.training hard. It is very different to Strictly training. There is a
:31:47. > :31:52.lot of work on my feet. I am not supporting myself on my hands,
:31:52. > :31:55.which I am used to. So my physique is changing. I am not overweight,
:31:55. > :31:59.but I am definitely picking up aches and pains that I do not
:31:59. > :32:03.normally get when training in gymnastics. You said you saw some
:32:03. > :32:08.of your team-mates this week. Have they been teasing you, saying you
:32:08. > :32:12.are getting soft? Or are they admire you? They know where their
:32:12. > :32:17.boundaries are! I think they can appreciate that I am not just doing
:32:17. > :32:21.this for myself, but also bringing awareness to the sport. British
:32:21. > :32:26.gymnastics has had a fantastic profile after the Olympic Games.
:32:26. > :32:33.They are all very supportive. I think a few are even voting for me.
:32:33. > :32:40.Do you miss gymnastics? I do miss it, yeah. Normally when I wake up,
:32:40. > :32:45.for the last 19 years of my life, it has been gymnasium orientated. I
:32:45. > :32:48.have had holidays for maybe two weeks at a time, but I have never
:32:48. > :32:53.had this long of the sport, so I look forward to get in back in the
:32:53. > :32:58.gym and getting some training done. Are you thinking about Rio? At this
:32:58. > :33:02.moment in time, we'll is too far away to think about. I am looking
:33:02. > :33:08.forward to get in back in the gym and training. And if the spark
:33:08. > :33:18.comes when we get to real, it comes. Once Strictly is finished, I
:33:18. > :33:40.
:33:40. > :33:50.believe the sparkles here. -- I horse. Is it going to be your day?
:33:50. > :34:01.
:34:01. > :34:08.building up a combination. This is nice work. Goodhand a placement.
:34:08. > :34:16.Quick on the triple Russian. Or was it a double Russian? Look how
:34:16. > :34:24.accurate his hands are. I'll, and he almost lost it at the end. That
:34:24. > :34:28.will be relief for Purvis. really rescued that at the end. I
:34:28. > :34:34.think that was a bit of a step up on pommel horse for him. He looked
:34:34. > :34:40.much more confident. There were a couple of new elements in there.
:34:40. > :34:47.That was really nice, clean work. You want to keep the body as
:34:47. > :34:56.straight as possible. A little flair of the arms. He looked as if
:34:56. > :35:05.he enjoyed it. Very sharp, good hand placement. What will the
:35:05. > :35:15.deduction be for the slight loss of leg form at the finish? It will be
:35:15. > :35:37.
:35:37. > :35:47.three tenths, I would say. That is is not that tall, but he looks tour.
:35:47. > :36:14.
:36:14. > :36:19.his legs a little. Good catch up with the hands. Smoothly into the
:36:19. > :36:25.handstand. Good performance. A tiny bit of danger in the middle, but he
:36:25. > :36:30.gritted his teeth. He is actually a very stoic performer. He was night
:36:30. > :36:35.all round at the Olympic Games, and you can see why. He is very
:36:35. > :36:40.efficient. He doesn't look like he wants to throw things away. He does
:36:40. > :36:50.not look too stressed by it all. He looks like he enjoys it. That was
:36:50. > :36:58.very quickly and well performed. For 20 years of age, he has a lot
:36:59. > :37:02.going for him. This young man has five years to capitalise. You saw
:37:03. > :37:10.the little split of the legs, but he did not let that throw his
:37:10. > :37:20.rhythm. He kept it going. He is a good technician. Good character for
:37:20. > :37:22.
:37:23. > :37:32.competition. Gonzalez, 20 years old, finds himself top of the pile at
:37:33. > :37:44.
:37:44. > :37:54.the moment. This is a big challenge They have got to stay flatter them
:37:54. > :37:55.
:37:55. > :38:04.that. -- than that. He seems to be settled now, but that was a shorter
:38:04. > :38:10.route team from him. Yes, he's zipped through. It was as if to say,
:38:10. > :38:14.I will not subtle and less a mistake comes, but it was ragged.
:38:14. > :38:19.And it was not as difficult a routine as others. But he seems
:38:19. > :38:27.very happy to have got it over and done with. It is not one of his
:38:27. > :38:34.favourite pieces. But that was good. He carried on at great speed, but
:38:34. > :38:43.his style was not the greatest. Gymnasts should keep the body as
:38:43. > :38:50.flat as possible. Very expensive, three tenths from each of those
:38:50. > :38:56.swings, at least. I would be very surprised to see Marcel top of the
:38:56. > :39:06.pile after this. But he made that look impressive. Very quick, very
:39:06. > :39:20.
:39:20. > :39:28.top three. He is in fifth at the moment, but there are still four
:39:28. > :39:38.apparatus to go. Kristian Thomas was top of the pile after the floor
:39:38. > :40:06.
:40:06. > :40:16.event. He is last on the pommel He has made the two and a half
:40:16. > :40:16.
:40:16. > :40:20.Russian, but he is losing the swing. He went for a big difficulty, but
:40:20. > :40:30.you could see he was struggling with the swing and almost lost
:40:30. > :40:30.
:40:30. > :40:40.momentum in the middle. This is the tough bit. 30 seconds to get back
:40:40. > :40:43.
:40:43. > :40:48.on. Decision time. To pick it up from where he fell off? He has
:40:48. > :40:58.tried it again, and that was not the thing to do, Kristian. Look up
:40:58. > :41:00.
:41:00. > :41:05.to the heavens. You have got to do that dismount. So a wrong decision,
:41:05. > :41:10.but he has now completed the dismount with a couple of
:41:10. > :41:15.pirouettes. Unfortunate for Kristian, but it is tough and that
:41:15. > :41:22.apparatus takes no prisoners. thinking as he came up, having done
:41:22. > :41:30.so well on the floor, and therefore being last on the pommel horse, it
:41:30. > :41:36.was almost a tough call. He was really Pie King on the swing. You
:41:36. > :41:46.have to be as stretched as you can. And he went for it again. Unlike
:41:46. > :41:47.
:41:47. > :41:51.Kristian to make an incorrect decision. That was an expensive
:41:51. > :42:01.episode for him, but he rescued with a good dismount. His face says
:42:01. > :42:01.
:42:01. > :42:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:42:49. > :42:59.it all. A real uphill job for him strong apparatus. Olympic silver
:42:59. > :43:02.
:43:02. > :43:12.medallist. The rings suit him well, because he has a light weight.
:43:12. > :43:12.
:43:12. > :43:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:43:55. > :44:02.Excellent strength to weight ratio. forward, but that is the class of
:44:02. > :44:07.Marcel Nguyen. To come back from quite an indifferent pommel horse.
:44:07. > :44:13.That was really super rings work. An uncharacteristic slip on the
:44:13. > :44:23.landing. That is not usually a thing he is worried about. But he
:44:23. > :44:29.
:44:29. > :44:38.is really broad-shouldered, with a like that and killed the swing into
:44:38. > :44:48.the cross position. Superbly and work. Lovely flair on the dismount.
:44:48. > :45:11.
:45:11. > :45:21.That is one of my more favourite experienced. He has a light frame,
:45:21. > :45:32.
:45:32. > :45:42.and it suits the shrink to weight performance of his team mate. Can
:45:42. > :45:47.
:45:47. > :45:57.he do likewise? We will see. That is a very impressive start. Believe
:45:57. > :45:58.
:45:58. > :46:08.it or not, that will cost him 0.1. A good upstart to leave a very
:46:08. > :46:11.
:46:11. > :46:16.simple and very impressive Pike body press. Those combinations are
:46:16. > :46:26.notoriously difficult to control. He put a giant handstand on the end
:46:26. > :46:33.of them. It is quite a virtuoso performance. Full twist and the
:46:33. > :46:37.double straight, no nonsense about that. A good performance. Yes, both
:46:37. > :46:44.of the Japanese gymnasts really looking very impressive on the
:46:44. > :46:50.reins. They looked a little off the boil on the floor, but they are
:46:50. > :46:57.sharing their class on the rings. The Japanese culture is about the
:46:57. > :47:03.all-round performer. They are coming through very well. The third
:47:03. > :47:10.apparatus, they are coming to the fore. This is an apparatus that
:47:10. > :47:17.suits their physique. Like frames,... Look at that. That is
:47:17. > :47:22.beautiful swinging. You see double France quite commonly, but the
:47:22. > :47:26.double back, this is good. Interestingly, both of them have
:47:26. > :47:36.struggled a little bit on the handstand phase, which some of the
:47:36. > :47:59.
:47:59. > :48:05.winner of this event last year. Here he is, the top scorer on the
:48:05. > :48:12.pommel horse. He needs to be impressive on rinks. He starts with
:48:12. > :48:18.good strength and control. Shoulders beautifully down. He is
:48:18. > :48:28.definitely gaining strength and power. Could it lead position on
:48:28. > :48:40.
:48:40. > :48:45.beautifully performed. A double bubble to finish, a double twisting
:48:45. > :48:51.double back. That is a really compact retain. Very delighted with
:48:51. > :49:01.that performance. And so he should be. That is really good work from
:49:01. > :49:08.Daniel Purvis. He was second in stuck Court last week. He is
:49:08. > :49:12.chasing the German. He performed within himself all the way through
:49:12. > :49:20.the strength and swing the parts, and he surpassed himself when he
:49:20. > :49:25.got to the dismount. He is a very good competition performer under
:49:25. > :49:34.pressure. This combination is good. He nailed the swing to handstand
:49:34. > :49:44.from it. Good control. The Double Double, plonked, well done, Daniel
:49:44. > :49:50.
:49:50. > :49:56.Purvis. Look at the score. Fabian Gonzalez, if he had to pick a week
:49:56. > :50:06.gritting, this would be it. He is very slight. This is his personal
:50:06. > :50:19.
:50:19. > :50:29.challenge. The leader after two. Forwards again. He cannot rely on
:50:29. > :50:34.
:50:34. > :50:42.strength. That is almost a junior school. He has got some work to do
:50:42. > :50:46.on this apparatus. But his swing is superb. The Double Double, just a
:50:47. > :50:51.little skip to the side. Once he puts the strength into his
:50:51. > :50:55.conditioning regime, he will be a force to be reckoned with. That is
:50:55. > :51:00.the difference at the moment. quite a lengthy gymnast, he is
:51:00. > :51:04.quite tall, so you have got to become powerful in the shoulders to
:51:05. > :51:12.control the long body on the reins. It is quite a tough apparatus for
:51:12. > :51:19.the taller gymnast. For Kristian Thomas,... He is supposed to be in
:51:19. > :51:25.a straight line, horizontally. Not vertically! But he is a great high
:51:25. > :51:33.bar worker, and he showed it with the lovely swinging. As soon as he
:51:33. > :51:43.gains the strength and power, and picks the rings up, he will be a
:51:43. > :52:19.
:52:19. > :52:27.kicks off the fourth apparatus from six for the men. He is in seventh
:52:27. > :52:34.place, going in, but it can change after this. Such a dynamic fault,
:52:34. > :52:41.you have to go for broke. It is out of seven. He was of direction right
:52:41. > :52:47.from the word go. It difficult decision. You have to marry the
:52:47. > :52:56.height and the strike. He squeezed it, overcooked it, and not a happy
:52:56. > :53:02.day. He was off line from the beginning. Yes, he came way to the
:53:02. > :53:12.side, he polled really hard. You have to be square. You have to time
:53:12. > :53:37.
:53:37. > :53:46.it very accurately. As he hits the pulse rate a little. It will not be
:53:46. > :53:55.the most difficult, but he needs a good, strong vault. A double twist,
:53:55. > :54:02.and he may also go. That is just what he needed. They are not going
:54:02. > :54:06.to take an awful lot of that. coach and stepfather highly
:54:06. > :54:12.delighted. He has not had too many things to cheer about this
:54:12. > :54:20.afternoon. He will be deducted a little bit for lack of height, but
:54:20. > :54:25.nothing for other things, like legs apart. He is dead down the middle,
:54:25. > :54:30.right on the white line, no steps on landing. Look at the shape when
:54:30. > :54:40.he comes out of the twist. It is a very good fought indeed, that is a
:54:40. > :54:42.
:54:42. > :54:46.big score coming up. Have a look at that school. That will give him the
:54:46. > :54:55.lead over Kristian Thomas. That is just the performance that Danell
:54:55. > :55:05.Leyva needed. I have been very impressed with this young man.
:55:05. > :55:23.
:55:23. > :55:28.whipped patina. That was super. He lifted high, and he wrapped the 2
:55:28. > :55:35.1/2 twists in. He has got such elegant lines. He twists
:55:35. > :55:42.beautifully. Long, lean, and very efficient. This was grateful to end,
:55:42. > :55:46.a leisurely approach, he converted beautifully. Immaculate LED form,
:55:46. > :55:56.the two-and-a-half twists, this was beautiful Saltend from Fabian
:55:56. > :55:57.
:55:57. > :56:02.Gonzalez. The platform has really aided could fall to end. If they
:56:02. > :56:12.can meet the platform with straight arms, they can rocket off.
:56:12. > :56:27.
:56:27. > :56:33.impressive from the rings, but not so impressive on the pommel horse.
:56:33. > :56:43.He was in third place at the halfway stage. It is very important.
:56:43. > :56:53.
:56:53. > :57:01.It needs to be a good fault, it very efficiently into the two-and-
:57:01. > :57:06.a-half. He is a very experienced performer, he is 25, it is coming
:57:07. > :57:11.good for him lately. He got a silver medal at the Olympic Games.
:57:11. > :57:20.He made sure of two-and-a-half twists. He stepped forward at the
:57:20. > :57:30.end. This is good, clean, efficient. He is pacing himself. This could
:57:30. > :57:30.
:57:30. > :58:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:58:12. > :58:22.make a little difference to him. He is still up for grabs. He played a
:58:22. > :58:22.
:58:22. > :58:30.little bit safer. That is from 16.2. When you play state, you have to
:58:30. > :58:33.perform perfectly. For as we saw from the German and the American,
:58:33. > :58:39.they went for slightly less a difficulty, but they worked
:58:39. > :58:44.perfectly. This was lovely, but it was an untidy landing. He made a
:58:44. > :58:54.bit of a meal of it, really. He got Super distance, he really travelled
:58:54. > :59:04.a long way. In the air, it was very nice indeed. Really tight and clean.
:59:04. > :59:11.
:59:11. > :59:21.He did not print the arms out to Spanish at ahead of the Japanese.
:59:21. > :59:30.
:59:30. > :59:40.Here was the leader at the halfway been there a few times. He is good
:59:40. > :59:43.
:59:43. > :59:48.under pressure. Super two and a half twists, very nicely performed
:59:49. > :59:58.in did. Lovely hiked in flight. Excellent under pressure from Dan
:59:58. > :00:07.Purvis. 6.6 difficulty. He did not hold back. The characteristic shrug
:00:07. > :00:11.of his shoulders. He is quite pleased with himself. Accelerates
:00:11. > :00:21.into the board, good conversion upwards. Look at the way he
:00:21. > :00:21.
:00:21. > :00:31.measured the run, punches hard from the top of the platform. That was
:00:31. > :00:31.
:00:31. > :01:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:01:22. > :01:26.pedigree. Can he bring something very fresh to parallel bars?
:01:26. > :01:36.Straight up to the handstand. This is usually where the swinging
:01:36. > :01:53.
:01:54. > :02:02.stuttered a bit on he has hand placement. It is all there, but it
:02:02. > :02:06.does not look as secure as we have seen it sometimes. Oh! I was going
:02:06. > :02:16.to say a nice little Pike, but then he ricocheted off on to his
:02:16. > :02:17.
:02:17. > :02:21.backside. Another double pike. He laid the shoulders back to try and
:02:21. > :02:31.rotate, but there is evidence of how that guy approaches the
:02:31. > :02:36.
:02:36. > :02:44.apparatus. Today it did not work, but he is such a good gymnast.
:02:44. > :02:54.Simple work. Lost with them slightly. -- lost the rhythm
:02:54. > :03:04.slightly. But he is swinging and pirouetting. Great stuff to watch
:03:04. > :03:04.
:03:04. > :04:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:04:15. > :04:25.when it comes off. That score shows precision. There was never a moment
:04:25. > :04:25.
:04:25. > :06:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:06:01. > :06:05.arms on all the work. Really What has impressed me with a Nguyen
:06:05. > :06:10.is that he has modified his routines. He is working at slightly
:06:10. > :06:14.below his absolute maximum, so he is able to come out and give a
:06:14. > :06:18.measured performance. He knows it is a six-piece event. You do not
:06:18. > :06:24.have to win every event, so he has cut back on difficulty so that he
:06:24. > :06:34.can give a confident performance, and that has worked for him. He is
:06:34. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:07.very sharp on his techniques. No lead. Marcel Nguyen finds himself
:07:07. > :07:21.
:07:21. > :07:31.almost a mark ahead of the Japanese four. Going into apparatus five.
:07:31. > :07:40.
:07:40. > :07:50.Can he hold on? Lovely full pirouette. Very well controlled.
:07:50. > :07:58.
:07:58. > :08:03.Nice, precise work. Lovely front somersault. Lovely double pike
:08:03. > :08:08.dismount. That was a very good routine. We have seen him faltered
:08:08. > :08:18.once or twice on parallel bars. That looked much more confident.
:08:18. > :08:26.
:08:26. > :08:36.Brilliant under pressure. Not fazed at all. Very impressive. Goodbody
:08:36. > :08:42.
:08:42. > :08:52.line. He works with accuracy. This is good work under pressure. Nguyen
:08:52. > :08:53.
:08:53. > :09:03.was trailing a little. A tiny bit laboured through to the handstand,
:09:03. > :09:03.
:09:03. > :09:09.but he pulled it together for the dismount. Daniel Purvis finds
:09:09. > :09:19.himself ahead of Marcel Nguyen, with one apparatus to go. What a
:09:19. > :09:50.
:09:50. > :09:57.performer on high bar. -- the male labour is a great guy on high bar.
:09:57. > :10:07.He has had a wild day so far. has not been his usual, consistent
:10:07. > :10:17.
:10:17. > :10:23.self. But high bar is a speciality of his. Lovely, straight arms. Oh,
:10:23. > :10:32.he kicked too late and kicked over the bar. I saw him train several of
:10:32. > :10:42.those yesterday. But still, when he releases, he throws the arms out to
:10:42. > :10:45.
:10:45. > :10:48.the side with style. When the arms came back, the FA had just moved a
:10:48. > :10:54.centimetre in front of him. watched him when he was training
:10:54. > :11:01.and the one he court, he made the hip open action much earlier down
:11:01. > :11:10.the backswing. He has to pull himself together now, make sure he
:11:10. > :11:20.doesn't have any more errors. Are we getting it again? Yes, he opened
:11:20. > :11:28.
:11:28. > :11:38.the hips much earlier. He is packing it all in now. Giving us a
:11:38. > :11:46.bit of a treat. Swings with excitement. Beautiful, straight
:11:46. > :11:56.line. Well, he has not had the best of days, but he is one very
:11:56. > :12:05.exciting gymnast. Even when he makes mistakes, you can still trace
:12:05. > :12:15.the class. It is obvious. What a performer he is. He has some
:12:15. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:25.marvellous touches. Watch the arms fly out, back in. That is the
:12:25. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :12:54.trademark. He has quality. Put a mark on that, and you are looking
:12:54. > :13:00.
:13:00. > :13:10.at a very classy routine indeed. Now, Fabian Gonzalez from Spain.
:13:10. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:13:58. > :14:08.This, without doubt, is his most style on high bar. That was really
:14:08. > :14:30.
:14:30. > :14:39.great. That is his favourite and There was no interruption to the
:14:39. > :14:49.swing. Very good work. He really enjoys this high bar, you can see.
:14:49. > :15:12.
:15:12. > :15:22.moment about doing a turn out of it. moment. Three big performances
:15:22. > :15:42.
:15:42. > :15:52.knows he still has a job today. Third place coming in. He has got
:15:52. > :16:19.
:16:19. > :16:29.to keep contact with the bar. the full twist. That was quite a
:16:29. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:50.in the forward struggle. Measuring it, opening the hips, lifting into
:16:50. > :16:56.the double twisting, double straight this mad. That was a very
:16:56. > :17:02.controlled performance. He knows exactly what he had to do, he wants
:17:02. > :17:11.to hang on at least a third place. He opted for consistency. He played
:17:11. > :17:17.a bit safer. He has a great mental attitude. The Japanese really have
:17:17. > :17:27.a team mentality, they know they have to stay solid all the way
:17:27. > :18:04.
:18:04. > :18:14.top of the swing. Very nice. The double double. With the little
:18:14. > :18:15.
:18:15. > :18:25.stagger forward to. A great end to the competition for Kazuhito Tanaka.
:18:25. > :18:28.
:18:28. > :18:34.With two performances to go, 89.998. To beat him, the other two have got
:18:34. > :18:44.to get into the 90s, which is truly world class. The pressure really
:18:44. > :19:03.
:19:03. > :19:11.He needs to perform accurately and in a spectacular fashion. Very
:19:11. > :19:16.clean in the one arm. That went the wrong way. He put an extra turn in.
:19:16. > :19:26.He should have put it in after the full term, but he has covered it
:19:26. > :19:28.
:19:29. > :19:38.very cleverly. A big release. Shuffling along the bar. A good
:19:39. > :19:51.
:19:51. > :19:56.He did not hold back much there, we put all of the difficult, exciting
:19:56. > :20:02.somersaults in, and he has laid the gauntlet down, if Daniel Purvis
:20:02. > :20:10.wants to beat him, he has got to be excellent. They had to lose one of
:20:10. > :20:17.his combinations. He meant to do a full turn, he had to think fast,
:20:17. > :20:24.but the rest of it was still impressive. He swings with
:20:24. > :20:28.virtuosity, with excitement. He wanted to go forwards out of the
:20:28. > :20:38.swing, but he put in the difficult... He played that a bit
:20:38. > :20:44.safe. He was not going to let go of the bar. Bent arms on the long
:20:44. > :20:51.swing after the somersault catch. He really lifts up strongly into
:20:51. > :21:01.the double twisting dismount. He could easily have tipped forward on
:21:01. > :21:10.
:21:10. > :21:20.the 90 Plus Club. 90.098. He has set the target for Daniel Purvis. A
:21:20. > :21:29.
:21:29. > :21:38.bit of pressure on the young man. He has done it before. He needs to
:21:38. > :21:43.do it again. What a thrilling finish, the last man up. Can he win
:21:43. > :21:51.the Glasgow World Cup event for the second year in succession? We will
:21:51. > :21:59.find out in 40 seconds. excitement has built. Nothing but a
:21:59. > :22:09.clean routine will do. A very nice swing. That has gone the wrong way,
:22:09. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:21.I think. Like the German, he will have lost the combination. If all
:22:21. > :22:51.
:22:51. > :23:01.He really pulled something out there. He made the same combination
:23:01. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:12.error as the German. It will be close. He does not know. He will
:23:12. > :23:18.need 14.475, something like that. It was going well, but this
:23:18. > :23:26.combination, it does bring problems. He went the wrong way. He had to
:23:26. > :23:31.swing back. Exactly as the German had to spit the combination... He
:23:31. > :23:40.was a bit ragged in some of the Pyrrha what skills, and a bit late.
:23:40. > :23:50.I hope he has done enough. It will be mighty close. The hop forward
:23:50. > :23:59.after the double double. What a job for the judges to sort that one out.
:23:59. > :24:05.It is not enough. The German has pipped him on the last apparatus.
:24:05. > :24:15.That was great, two fabulous all round gymnasts. It went to the very
:24:15. > :24:16.
:24:16. > :24:22.last performance. It went to the wire. The German emerges victorious.
:24:22. > :24:26.Daniel Purvis has slipped to third place. What a shame. To be leading
:24:26. > :24:36.into the final event, finishing third, behind the German and the
:24:36. > :24:37.
:24:37. > :24:43.Japanese, but it was a thrilling The crowd was absolutely deafening
:24:43. > :24:49.when you work on each bit of apparatus, could you hear them?
:24:49. > :24:54.through the competition, they were behind us 100%. It was a long
:24:54. > :24:59.competition. I was really proud of the crowd, they did a fantastic job.
:24:59. > :25:03.Another medal on home soil, a lovely way to end the year. It has
:25:03. > :25:08.been a great year, a dream come true. To finish off in Scotland
:25:08. > :25:12.with a medal, a great end to a great year. It was always come in
:25:12. > :25:18.to be tough, competing after the Olympics, building up my fitness
:25:18. > :25:23.back up. I had a month off. It was always going to be a struggle. But
:25:23. > :25:29.I am still disappointed, I wanted to compete well. It was not my day-
:25:29. > :25:33.to-day, but I will be back next year. It was quite a good
:25:33. > :25:38.competition, I did not make big mistakes. It was not the perfect
:25:38. > :25:43.competition, but really good, without big mistakes. That was my
:25:43. > :25:49.golf. Great to see Daniel Purvis coming away with a medal, but the
:25:49. > :25:55.German got the gold medal. It was really close, incredibly tight into
:25:55. > :25:59.the last apparatus. Marcel made a mistake, and Dan almost made an
:25:59. > :26:04.identical mistake. Dan has done incredible this year, it has been a
:26:04. > :26:10.really longed year, we started with the test event in January,
:26:10. > :26:17.everybody has done well. It was not Kristian Thomas' day. That is how
:26:17. > :26:19.it goes sometimes, he has had an amazing year, called at the
:26:19. > :26:24.European Championships, Proms at the Olympic Games, so it has been a
:26:24. > :26:31.long year for everybody. That was not his day to day, but he will
:26:31. > :26:35.bounce back. Everybody will get the break. Huge Games next year,
:26:35. > :26:40.starting with the European Championships. It is not that big a
:26:40. > :26:45.break, because the trials will start in February/March. It is a
:26:46. > :26:51.vital year, it is about individual apparatus, so the specialists will
:26:51. > :26:54.be looking to take their place on the rostrum. With it being the year
:26:54. > :26:59.after the Olympics, it is so important to make your place ready
:26:59. > :27:05.for the next cycle. The European Championships are in Moscow in
:27:05. > :27:09.April, and we will have full coverage of those, as well as the
:27:09. > :27:19.World Championships from Antwerp in the autumn. Before that, plenty of
:27:19. > :27:19.
:27:19. > :28:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:28:07. > :28:11.I cannot wait for that. That is it from the gymnastics World Cup in
:28:11. > :28:16.Glasgow. It was great to see some of the stars of the London Games