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SportsAid Athlete of the Day:Beth Tweddle

Beth Tweddle, Age 23, Cheshire, Gymnastics.

Event

Gymnastics
Asymmetric bars
Floor

Event Schedule

Women's qualification: 10/08
Women's team final: 13/08
Floor final: 17/08
Asymmetric bars final: 18/08

Profile

SportsAid alumni, Beth, leapt into the world of gymnastics at the tender age of seven. She has dominated British gymnastics for several years raising the standard and competing with success against the world's best.
She is the first ever British gymnast to win a world title, taking Gold in the asymmetric bars at the 2006 World Championships.
It was hoped that she would compete on four apparatus in Beijing but due to injury problems has chosen to compete only in her two strongest events - the floor and asymmetric bars.