The 13 gymnastics selected to represent Team GREAT BRITAIN at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) have been officially announced:
* The British trampoline gymnasts will be Kat Driscoll, Bryony Page and Nathan Bailey.... :
* The men’s artistic gymnastics team will be Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Nile Wilson, Brinn Bevan and Kristian Thomas.
* The women’s artistic gymnastics team will be Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold and Amy Tinkler.
♦ Trampoline gymnastics.
Kat Driscoll placed a GB best ever 9th at London 2012 and returns to action in Rio alongside 2016 British champion Nathan Bailey and three time British champion Bryony Page.
• Trampoline Head National Coach Tracy Whittaker-Smith : “We are delighted to have selected three very strong trampoline gymnasts to Team GB, who have all won World and European Championship medals. We have made history by qualifying three places for the Games and the aim is to qualify for finals and challenge for medals against the world’s best.”
→ Kat Driscoll: “It was an honour to compete at my first Olympic Games and I can't believe I'm back here being selected for my second one! I have learned a lot in the last 4 years and I'm relishing the opportunity to get out there on the big stage again and represent my country the best I possibly can.”
The Games
Competitions will take place in men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics, trampoline and rhythmic gymnastics. We have qualified two places for Team GB in the women’s trampoline event and one in the men's event.
For Team GB the gymnastics events begin on the 6th of August with our men’s team in qualifying action and end on the 16th August with the men’s parallel bars and horizontal bars finals and women’s floor final. There are medals on offer for both individuals and teams in artistic gymnastics and individuals in the trampoline events.
* source: British Gymnastics