“I went to watch the World Championships in Liverpool in that big arena and now we’re competing against them,” said Freya incredulously, having competed in an earlier round.Įllen laughed when the pair saw the superstars pre-competition. Collectively, the gymnasts competing had won nine Olympic and 20 world medals between them. ![]() Max Whitlock, Jake Jarman, Courtney Tulloch, Alice Kinsella, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Ondine Achampong, those twins, Jessica Gadirova and Jennifer Gadirova and a returning Becky Downie all featured in the competition, which decided England’s all-around and individual apparatus champions.įreya, 17, and Ellen, 15, of the Garstang School of Gymnastics, a small club in a tiny town in north west England were right to be excited. Garstang School of Gymnastics watch on (Jo Gunston) British gymnastics' superstars The pair were at the English Championships and looking forward, along with their team-mates and a packed crowd, to watching the first outing of a plethora of the uber successful British artistic gymnastics squad from last year who were blowing away the cobwebs with their first competition of the season. ![]() The teenagers weren’t waiting for Harry Styles to perform but instead, when asked who they were looking forward to seeing in a few hours’ time, said in unison: “The Gadirova twins!” ![]() “Oh my god, we’re so fan-girling right now,” said gymnasts Freya Hindle and Ellen Shaw ahead of a big Saturday night (25 February) at the Telford International Centre in the UK.
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