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Jessica Gadirova puts vault disappointment behind her to win gold in women’s floor at European Championships with impressive score of 14.000
- Jessica Gadirova won gold in the women’s floor at the European Championships
- She registered a score of 14.000 to bounce back from vault disappointment
- The 17-year-old finished fifth but later took gold after she ‘tried to start fresh’
- Ondine Achampong took silver in the balance beam, with success in rowing too
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Gymnastics star Jessica Gadirova put the disappointment of a fifth-place finish in the vault firmly behind her by winning gold in the women’s floor at the European Championships in Munich.
The 17-year-old was below her best in the vault in the early afternoon, finishing fifth with 13.433, but she bounced back brilliantly a few hours later to retain her European floor title in style with a score of 14.000.
‘There was a big challenge in front of me to pick myself up,’ she said. ‘I wiped it away and thought: I have another final, another chance to redeem myself. I tried to start fresh and that’s what I did. It came with the gold.’
Jessica Gadirova won gold in the women’s floor at the European Championships in Munich
The 17-year-old bounced back from earlier vault disappointment with a score of 14.000
Her twin sister Jennifer finished fifth with 13.466 and she was overcome with emotion watching Jessica’s win, having missed last year’s Europeans in Basel through injury.
‘It touched my heart,’ said Jennifer. ‘I’m so happy for her. Being there on the floor cheering her on, I couldn’t ask for any more.’
Ondine Achampong won silver in the women’s balance beam with a score of 13.400, which left the 18-year-old overjoyed.
Gadirova embraced her twin sister, Jennifer – who finished fifth – upon winning the gold medal
‘I can’t believe it, I went into this final with no expectations,’ she said.
‘I didn’t watch anything and didn’t listen to any of the scores. I just focused on myself. I just put my mind elsewhere, thinking about other stuff. It worked.’
In rowing, there was an emotional victory for the PR3 mixed coxed four given their cox Erin Kennedy was competing amid chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer.
The British crew of Frankie Allen, Giedre Rakauskaite, Ed Fuller and Ollie Stanhope finished 19 seconds clear of France.
Ondine Achampong won the silver medal in the women’s balance beam with a score of 13.400
Frankie Allen, Giedre Rakauskaite, Ed Fuller and Ollie Stanhope also won gold in rowing
‘Today’s been really emotional, I’m trying to hold it together,’ said Kennedy. ‘I’m just really proud, not for myself but for the team. They’ve picked me up every time.’
It capped a successful day for Britain at the Olympic Regatta Course, with Imogen Grant and Emily Craig winning the lightweight women’s double sculls and the women’s eight taking silver.
The British rowers left Munich with 10 medals, six of them gold, which put Britain top of the overall medal table last night.