Beth Tweddle

[Hornmeister]

Absolutely flaming awesome, that is all.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lN0NtZYbX4

[Defunct]

Holy cr*p, that's outstanding.

[99mph]

Go on, Medal for Tweddle would be good.:sign15:

I thought that was one of the Chinese girls at first

[Hornmeister]

Nice to see someone from the crowd posted it.
The BBC coverage yesterday was excellent. She did one move going from low to high backwards and had to guess where the bar was.

[oxhey67]

Because she doesn't look like a 19-year old model she doesn't get half the recognition or plaudits she deserves.

Virtually single-handedly been dragging British womens gymnastics along for a while now.

[wfcmoog]

I have so much respect for great gymnasts, over other the majority of sports people. I could never even begin to do what they do, let alone to their standard. For Beth, I don't care what she looks like, she's an awesome human being and I would be honoured to give her one on behalf of the nation.

[StevieT]

I have so much respect for great gymnasts, over other the majority of sports people. I could never even begin to do what they do, let alone to their standard. For Beth, I don't care what she looks like, she's an awesome human being and I would be honoured to give her one on behalf of the nation.

Seconded. It's also worth remembering that at 27, she is a good 10 years older than many of her competitors in a competition where flexibility is key.

[Hornmeister]

Another damn fine performace but sadly no team medal. Roll on the individuals.

[Hornmeister]

Bronze in the uneven bars. Her routine looked far more difficult than the others and one of them looked about 6.
Still a bloody good effort to round off an amazing career.

[wfc4ever]

Finally gets that Olympic medal which was missing from her very impressive career.

Unlucky not to get gold..

[wfcmoog]

She just didnt' get the landing quite right. However, it's nice to see a grown, happily balanced women competing and really doing well, compared to competitors who look like victims of horrible forms of child abuse "Get on the rings and twirl about like an acrobat or you get no dinner"