London is hosting the world championships this week. Great Britian’s most successful gymnast? Beth Tweddle, 24-years-old, took a nasty fall last night on uneven bars. Her signature move, the Tweddle, brought her to her knees on her favorite apparatus where she was hoping to renew her title from having won the world title in 2006. The fall shocked and silenced viewers, but she is ok and continues.
“I’m obviously gutted,” said Tweddle, “To be honest I didn’t know anything about it until I hit the floor [falling from the? bars]. It was actually my own skill but? it’s one of those things, there was nothing in training leading up to it that went wrong, all my preparation was as good as it could be.”
Her podium dreams are not over. She has progressed to the finals for floor that will take place Saturday.