British Team Announcement.
The British Team has been selected for the 2009 World Championships -
The WAG Team will be Beth Tweddle, Becky Downie, Becky Wing and Marissa King.
Time Jones, British Gymnastics Olympic Performance Director said:
"We are pleased to have such a strong group of gymnasts available to represent Great Britain at these World Championships.
This is a great time to be competing on home soil in the run up to London 2012 and we will be encouraging our performers to learn from the experience. We will all be working as hard as possible to ensure that we maximise this opportunity".
The line-ups
The Women’s Team will be lead by 2006 World Asymmetric Bars Champion, 7 times British Champion and double-Olympian (4th A. Bars, Beijing) Beth Tweddle (24) from the City of Liverpool, along with Becky Downie (17) of Notts, the current British Senior Champion and Beijing Olympian who finished a record breaking 12th place in the all-around event.
They will be joined by fellow Beijing Olympians, Heathrow’s Rebecca Wing (17) and Huntingdon’s Marissa King (18).
Event Information
From 13th to 18th October 2009 the World Gymnastic Championships will be held in London for the first time. The championships will give a strong indication of which world-class gymnasts will be defending their positions in 2012, and who will be the rising stars that will challenge them. The Championships will see outstanding performances from the best gymnasts in the world representing China, Japan, USA, Romania, Russia, Poland, France, PRK, Korea, Croatia, Spain, Germany, Ukraine and of course GREAT BRITAIN, along with many other strong gymnastics nations.
Wednesday 14th October
Women's Qualifying Competition
10am - 10pm
Friday 16th October
Women's All Round Final
6.30pm - 9pm
Sunday 18th October
Apparatus Finals
Women's Balance Beam & Floor
1pm - 4.30pm
