Lauren Mitchell’s Break-through In Gymnastics
- October 26th, 2010
- Posted by EUEditor
Lauren Mitchell won Australia’s first World Championship gold medal in Gymnastics, at Rotterdam (25.10.10), delighting in it as a far-greater prize than her collection of Commonwealth Games medals, earlier this month. Â
She took out the first for Balance, Beam and Floor, an event in which she won the silver medal last year.
On her way home, the 19 year-old Perth university student said the Commonwealth Games competition had been weaker because of the absence of leaders in Gymnastics – China, Romania, Russia and the United States.
After winning six medals at Delhi, and one silver, she told reporters she’d had no regrets about the second-placing, because going on to the Worlds was really the chance to be “up there with the bestâ€.
In Rotterdam she said Australia had been making great gains to get into the top echelon, the national team now ranking sixth in the world.
French Gymnastics followers also had a first World Championship gold to celebrate, through Thomas Bouhail winning the Vault.
The “usual suspects†featuring in the medal tally included gymnasts from America, Romania and Russia — with China the main winners and dominating team overall.
Reference
Emmeline Moore, Mitchell, Bouhail make gymnastics history, AFP Paris, 25.10.10.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jnaSR6L48W_JGL1KAQbIDklRkoWQ?docId=CNG.88fc783a698a4e567a66bd5ad9118bc9.a, (26.10.10).
Jim Morton, AFP, “Mitchell wins handful of golds at Gamesâ€, Sydney Morning Herald, 9.10.10.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/mitchell-wins-handful-of-golds-at-games-20101009-16ceo.html, (26.10.10).
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