Bristol Hawks' Claudia Fragapane has taken the 2016 British all-around title in front a sold out crowd at the Echo Arena, Liverpool.
The women’s competition, the performances were none the less impressive. Bristol’s Claudia Fragapane took the title with a personal best score of 58.100. Claudia started off cleanly on the bars but it was the beam where she really made her mark with a highly difficult routine to score 14.750. She then continued onto floor, her strongest piece of apparatus to score a 14.700 and sealed the deal on the vault. The four time Commonwealth gold medallist was overjoyed.
Claudia Fragapane: “It feels absolutely amazing! I’ve never been all-around champion and I got a personal best so really pleased.
I was nervous to start. My bars was a little shaky and I had to fight but I dismounted well so I was happy. Beam was also a bit nerve-wracking but I landed my twists so was solid, floor I absolutely loved, the crowd were amazing and then I landed vault well so really happy overall.
To be British champion is unbelievable really I can’t thank the crowd and all my supporters enough. This gives me a huge amount of confidence and I can’t wait for my next competition now.”
In the silver medal position was comeback kid Rebecca Tunney from the City of Liverpool. Rebecca showed some fantastic work including a difficult bar set for 14.450. Her consistency helped her take the silver. In the bronze medal position was Nottingham’s Ellie Downie. Ellie had to count a fall as she began on the bars but this only spurred her on to score such scores as 14.550 on the beam to secure the final spot on the podium.Finishing in 4th was South Durham's Amy Tinkler who started off strongly on the floor, vault and bars but unfortunately had to count two falls on her final piece of apparatus which left her out of the medals. In 5th place was the Academy's Ruby Harrold who steady competition earned her a place in the top 6. Finishing in 6th was Dynamo’s Kelly Simm with a controlled performance.
Other notable performances in the women's competition were Rebecca Downie's bars and beam routines which earned her a 15.100 and 14.850 respectively. Gabby Jupp was back in action on the bars scoring 14.200.
Congratulations to all gymnasts, coaches, clubs and officials on an incredible day of gymnastics action. Competition continues tomorrow with the women's and disability apparatus finals and men's masters.
Full results can be found on our event page.
Routine videos can be found on our YouTube channel.
