Thursday 13 March 2008

Oops - Sportsnight just changed to Thursday!

This weeks pick of the Brit Champions:


British gymnasts Beth Tweddle and Marissa King both claimed gold in the finals of their events at the Glasgow Grand Prix. Tweddle won gold on the floor from Czech Nicole Pechancova and King added the Grand Prix vault title to her British crown.
Meanwhile, Louis Smith took silver on the pommel horse and Kristian Thomas claimed bronze in the floor exercise.

Great Britain won two golds and three more bronzes on their most successful day ever at the World Rowing Championships in Munich.
The women's quad sculls led the field from the start to win their third consecutive world title.
The men's lightweight four took gold for the first time, while Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter clinched a bronze in the lightweight double sculls.
There were also unexpected bronzes for both the men's and the women's eights.

Sailors Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson have retained their Yngling World Championship title with a day to spare in Miami.
The Beijing-bound trio won gold after gaining an unassailable lead going into the final day in Biscayne Bay. The world title is Great Britain's third of the year after Ben Ainslie won the Finn Gold Cup and Elliot Willis and Nic Asher triumphed at the 470 Worlds in Melbourne last month.

Great Britain's taekwondo team won a total of eleven medals at the recent German and Dutch Opens. In Hamburg, Stella Whitehead won -63kg gold, while Romaine Bailey (-54kg) and Jordan Gayle (-59kg junior) and both won silver. At the Dutch tournament, Sarah Stevenson beat Nina Solheim in the -72kg category final, while Louise Mair won gold in the -47kg final. Michael Harvey and Adam Corrigan took silver, Davoud Etiminani and Aaron Cook bronze while Jordan Gayle and Bianca Walkden won gold at junior level.

Congratulations to all, roll on the Olympics!

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