Great Britain take European team silver

Britain’s senior women’s gymnastics team have taken silver at the 2016 European Championship in Bern (SUI).

The GB line up of Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Gabby Jupp and Ruby Harrold matched the medal won in 2014 with a final score of 170.312 . Britain and Russia proved to be a class above the other nations in the final despite both counting falls in the ‘all routines count’ format of the competition.

Rebecca Downie “It’s amazing to win the silver medal but there’s also mixed emotions as we know we could have performed even better. Coming in to the final we were dreaming of the gold but a few mistakes cost us today and that’s something we will learn from. Every girl tried their hardest and put everything in to it so there are no regrets. The fact there are those mixed emotions show how far we have come, when we won silver in 2014 we were all amazed and delighted. It just shows how much we’ve grown as a team and how much our ambitions have developed.”

Ruby Harrold adding “It is a fantastic achievement and when it sinks in I think we can all be very proud.  We have proven again that we can push the best countries in the world. To be the second best country in Europe …

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