Wammes High Hopes for Vault Win (16th November, 2005)

Netherlands team member Jeffrey Wammes admitted he was a little nervous in the run up to the Worlds as he worked on his routines and confidence in training early on Wednesday. However, the 18 year states that preparations are going well.

‘I’m doing all around so I’m hoping to get into the all around final. And maybe vault. I think vault is my biggest chance.’ He wasn’t shy in admitting who his main competitors were, either.

‘I think the same names (always come up). The Romanians and some of the Russians.’ Wammes said everything he does was aimed towards his long term goal of making it to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Jeffrey isn’t the only gymnast in the Wammes clan. His older sister Gabrielle was a member of the Dutch team who came second at the European’s in 2002.

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