Beth
Conquers Glasgow (26th
October, 2005)
Beth
Tweddle was in top competition form in Glasgow and was the
most successful gymnast at the event winning two golds on
bars and floor. Beth also picked up a bronze on beam. Fellow
team mate Imogen Cairns added another bronze medal on floor
to the one she picked up in Stuttgart at the weekend and a
bronze on vault. The 2004 Junior European champion on pommels
and rising British star, Louis Smith took bronze on pommels.
Kristian Berki of Hungary took the gold on pommels just ahead
of Marius Urzica of Romania. 30 year old Oxsana Chusovitina
took the vault title. Lili Wang of China performed with great
poise to win gold on the beam. Canada’s Brandon O'Neil
continued his recent success in Stuttgart with a gold on floor.
Yuri Van Gelder of the Nederlands won gold on the rings ahead
of Russia’s Alexander Safoshkin. Lesnek Blanik of Poland
won the vault gold and Dezhi Li of China took gold on the
parallel bars. Australia’s Phillippe Rizzo reigned supreme
on high bar.

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