09. Januar 2011  
London, Great Britain  
Artistic Gymnastics

Louis Smith joins BMW London 2012 Performance Team

Louis SMITH (GBR)
(C) Photo by Handout/Getty Images Europe

Last week Great Britain’s Louis SMITH joined some other stars of the GBR sporting world to promote BMW as the official automotive partner of the London 2012 Games. The initiative is designed to support the Team GB Olympic and Paralympic athletes as they prepare for the Games.
Initially 12 athletes have been chosen to join the BMW London 2012 Performance Team but the number will rise to 25 over the next few months.

<< Louis Smith - Olympic bronze medallist and vice world champion on pommel horse - is among the first 12 athletes who also include double Paralympic Swimming Champion Ellie Simmonds, World Diving Champion Tom Daley and Triathletes Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee. Each athlete will have the use of a BMW car.

BMW London 2012 Performance Team
(C) Photo by Handout/Getty Images Europe

Louis Smith (GBR)

Louis SMITH: 
" My first Olympic Games was Beijing, where I won the Bronze for the men's pommel horse. That made me the first Briton to win a medal in the individual gymnastics since 1908. Since then I've picked up medals in 2009 and 2010.
So hopefully I'm on track for 2012. "

 

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