An artistic gymnast has vaulted herself to a team gold and an individual silver medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Ondine Achampong, from Kings Langley, took the women’s gymnastics silver behind Georgia Godwin of Australia.
The 18-year-old from Kings Langley competed on Sunday (July 21) less than 24 hours after being part of Saturday’s gold medal-winning team event.
She fell from the beam but was able to limit the damage and rebound with a blistering floor routine that scored 13.35 and secured her the silver medal, 0.55 behind Godwin’s winning score of 53.55, with Canada’s Emma Spence in third.
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The former Divine Saviour Catholic Primary School pupil recovered her poise on her next piece of apparatus.
She said: “I try to split up my competition into each piece, so once one piece is over it’s fine and if I’ve made a mistake I just move on.
“Obviously it’s disappointing that Alice (Kinsella) couldn’t join me on the podium. I don’t think I could have got through this without her. After the beam had finished we both made sure each other was okay. I couldn’t ask for a better team-mate.”
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