12. Oktober 2015  
Great Britain  
Artistic Gymnastics

2015 British World Gymnastics Championships teams

The British gymnasts selected to compete at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow have been confirmed as our best gymnasts aim for Olympic qualification at the Hydro Arena later this month. Four of Great Britain’s Olympic medal winners from London 2012 will compete in the six strong men’s team ...:

Louis Smith (GBR)

♦ Men's Team: World Championship all-around silver medallist Max Whitlock, triple Olympic medal winner and European pommel champion Louis Smith MBE and European floor champion Kristian Thomas join Scotsman and British champion Daniel Purvis as the boys aim for Olympic places.
They are joined by European junior all-around champion Nile Wilson and English all-around champion Brinn Bevan in his first World Championships.
Great Britain's men’s head national coach, Eddie Van Hoof: “The team reflects the great trides made by the Great Britain’s men’s gymnastics programme with a real blend of experience and youth in our team. The primary aim for Glasgow s Rio qualification but a home World Championships with the fantastic home crowd also gives extra motivation for individuals to really make their mark.”

Rebecca Downie (GBR)

♦ The women’s team will be 2008 Olympian Rebecca Downie, the European bars and beam silver medallist competes alongside her younger sister Ellie Downie, 2015 European all-around bronze medallist ho makes her World Championships debut. Four time Commonwealth Games champion Claudia Fragapane returns with fond memories to the Hydro Arena, as do her teammates World University champion Kelly Simm and triple Commonwealth medal winner Ruby Harrold. British champion Amy Tinkler, a first year senior like Ellie, also makes her World Championship debut to complete the line-up.
The women’s team traveling reserves will be Charlie Fellows and the men’s to be confirmed later this week.
Great Britain's women’s head national coach, Amanda Reddin: “The British girls are fully prepared and ready to aim for Rio. The girls we have selected blend a mix of great experience with some younger faces who have already proven themselves in major championships. For Becky, Claudia, Ruby and Kelly it’s a return to the Hydro Arena where they’ve all experienced great successes last summer, these girls all competed at last year’s World Championships where the team placed 6th in China. For Amy and Ellie this is their irst World Championships but both showed at the European Championships that they can excel at this level. We’re all excited to get to Glasgow and begin the competitions knowing that we will have amazing support from the home crowd who can help give us that extra edge as fight for Olympic places.”

* The 2015 World Gymnastics Championships take place from 23 October – 1 November 2015. The event will bring together more than 500 gymnasts from over 80 for ten days of exhilarating competition in the stunning Hydro Arena.
* The most important championship of the Olympic cycle, this is the key event on the journey to the Rio with only the top teams qualifying to the Olympic Games next year. The qualification rounds for both men and women take on further significance this year, as the top eight teams who qualify for the final will also secure their place for the team competition at the 2016 Olympic Games.
* Source: British Gymnastics