World Gymnastics Championships

[staceyb]

Are on this week in London, lots of coverage on the BBC if you fancy something different to watch this week

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/gymna...

[staceyb]

On the bbc red button now

[staceyb]

congratulations to dan keatings who came 2nd in the mens all around competition. He is the first British guy to win a medal in the all around.

[staceyb]

On bbc 2 now, womens beam followed by mens p-bars, followed by womens floor followed by mens high bar.

[R34]

Thanks for the heads up

[GekkoRules]

Always some wee belters on the Gymnastics.

[Lost soul]

OK Stacey you are right after seeing the Columbian girls fall Beths fall was mild uch:

I hope shes ok that was nasty i have never seen anything like that before

Edited by Lost soul on Sunday 18th October 15:32

[segg250]

Gymnastics is a sadly underappreciated sport. Absolutely awesome what they can do puts people like footballers to shame. Some of the falls and knocks they take are astonishing yet they just get back up and keep going without fuss.

[staceyb]

segg250 said:

Gymnastics is a sadly underappreciated sport. Absolutely awesome what they can do puts people like footballers to shame. Some of the falls and knocks they take are astonishing yet they just get back up and keep going without fuss.

TBH its not the falls and knocks that makes it impressive its the training hours to get to a basic level. The gymnasts at this level are training 8 hours per day 6 days per week.

[staceyb]

Congratulations to Beth on becoming the World Floor Championship.

[J5]

Seriously nasty looking fall from that Columbian owww!!!!!