Beth Wins Gold at World Championships
Britain's Beth Tweddle bounced back from her disappointment on the uneven bars to claim a superb gold medal on the floor at the Gymnastics World Championships at London's O2 Arena.
The 24-year-old from Liverpool had failed to make the final on the bars after a fall in qualifying, but made no mistakes today as she became world champion for a second time.
Tweddle competed first in the final and performed a near-faultless routine to post a score of 14.650 in front of an ecstatic home crowd.
Her routine was the hardest in the competition and her rivals were unable to surpass her tally as she led for the whole event.
Tweddle admitted the win would give her enormous confidence ahead of the London Olympics in 2012.
She said: I'll be 27. I'm taking each competition as it comes; I'd love to represent Team GB at the home Olympics - the crowd this weekend were absolutely fantastic and because it's the Olympics, it will be 10 times better.
'I'd love to be in there in 2012, but to be honest the decision will probably be made in 2012. If I'm still enjoying it and I'm still up there competing well then hopefully I'll be there.
'Gymnastics is changing now, it used to be about 15- and 16-year-olds but the age barrier is moving up now. (Oksana) Chusovitina, who represented Germany at the Olympics last year, was 32 and won an Olympic silver, so it is possible
'I've always wanted to be remembered as someone who achieved something, not someone who achieved and then failed, so if my results start to decrease I'll obviously make the decision with my coach and my family that maybe it's time to bow out.
'I've retired from two pieces of apparatus, I just do the bars and the floor now, and that has helped a lot over the past year.
'So hopefully in the next two years, if I just concentrate on those two, my body will hold out and I'll continue to succeed.'
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