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Latest news - 15th August

Becky competed in the women's all around final today and had a fantastic competition to finish her olympic games on. She finished joint 12th with a score of 59.450 which was equal to vanessa ferrari of Italy the 2006 AA world champion. congratualtions bex xxx

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Lastest news - 11th August

Becky competed in the olympic qualifications yesterday and placed 19th AA which qualified her through to the Women's All Around final which will take place on friday. The team also finished in 9th place which is a new record for Britain gymnastics. Well done bex and good luck for fridays AA. xxx

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Becky has sent in a new journal entry from Beijing and here competition starts on sunday the 10th of August.
Good luck bex xxx

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Latest news - 21st July
Olypmic games

Becky leaves for China on Tuesday the 22nd of July and will try and keep you updated throughout her Olympic journey.
Good luck Beck xxx

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Latest news - 29th june
British finals and OLYMPIC TEAM announcement.

Becky did not compete in the floor and vault finals today as she was resting her feet but she did compete on bars and beam.
Becky did a clean routine on bars to take the gold over last years champion Beth tweddle and placed 4th on beam with a fall to score 14.5. At the end of the competition was the olympic team announcement meaning Becky is now officially part of the 2008 gymnastics olympic team along with teammates laura jones, Marissa king, Beth tweddle, Hannah whelan and Becky wing who will compete in Beijing in just over 40 days.

Congratulations becky and good luck in Beijing xxx

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Latest news - 28th june
British championships

Becky competed for the first time as a senior this weekend at the British championships in Guilford. Becky was crowned the 2008 British senior champion and also was the highest scorer on beam and vault of the day. Becky also qualified for all 4 apparatus finals which will take place tomorrow.

good luck bex xxx

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Latest news - 14th & 15th june
GB vs. Romania

Becky had a fantastic competition in ipswich this weekend in her match against one of the best teams in the world Romania.
Becky scored a personal best of 60.750 in the AA competition only 0.250 behind Steliana Nistor 2007 world medallist. Becky also excelled in the apparatus finals as she took home the gold on vault and achieved another personal best of 16.10 to take 2nd place on bars.

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Latest news - Brits to Watch videos

Becky has been chosen by team GB to take part in a "Brits to Watch" project which lets you follow Becky's personal journey to Beijing. Here you will be able to see written and video diary entries from becky herself. Just click here to see for yourself -
http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/BritsToWatchOutFor.aspx

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Latest news - BG TV

British gymnastics have now introduced an online TV channel so you can keep up to date with your favourite british gymnasts. Here you can find recent updates on competitions, training camps and interviews from all the British gymnasts. Click here to check it out - http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=442&Itemid=419

congratulations becky xxx

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Latest news - 6th june
Olympic trail 2

Becky completed her second olympic trail this week at lilishall national sports centre. Becky had a good competition and placed 2nd in the AA competition.
well done beck xxx

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Latest news - 29th-1st june
Great Britain vs. Romania

This weekend becky travelled to romania to compete in an international match against romania. team GB placed 2nd to Romania and becky placed 4th in the AA competition.
congratulations bex xxx

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Latest news - 25th may
British team championships

Becky competed at the british team championships this weekend which was also Becky's first olympic trail. Becky lead her team to second place and also placed 2nd in the AA competition.
well done becky xxx

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Latest news - 11th -13th april
Cottbus world cup

Becky competed in germany this weekend at her first grand prix. She competed again some world class gymnasts to qualify in 7th place on bars and proved she was worthy of a medal as she took the silver in event finals.

congratulation becky.

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Latest news - European championships

Becky took part in her first senior european championships in clermond-ferrand France this week. She helped the team to 5th place in qualification but she only competed vault and bars due to illness and she still managed to qualify for those to event finals. In the team final becky also competed on beam and with a shaky start the team finished in 6th place.
In event finals becky did not have such a good day as she finished 8th (last) on both bars and vault but for her first senior euros its not a bad start.

well done beck x x

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Latest news - 15th & 16th march
Great Britain vs. France

Becky competed in blackpool this weekend for a friendly competition against france as part of the preparation for the european championships.
The team placed 2nd to france with an overall score of 227.50 and becky also placed 2nd in the AA competition with 58.10
becky also performed a fantastic beam routine to score 15.40, the highest score on beam ever in great britain.
In apparatus finals becky took the gold on bars 15.00 and a bronze on vault 13.725.

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Latest news - 1st & 2nd march 2008
Great Britain vs. Czech republic.

Becky competed for Great Britain in her first competition of 2008 this week in a match against the czech republic.
becky helped the team to 1st place and was the highest scoring brit placing second with a score of 57.80.
In apparatus finals becky took the gold on vault 14.350 and came 2nd on bars 14.80
Well done beck.

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Latest news - 28th November 2006

At last nights BBC East Midland Sports Personality Of The Year Awards,held at the Derby Assembly Rooms,
Becky won the title of JUNIOR SPORTSWOMAN 2006.
She enjoyed a wonderful evening and was exremly honoured to receive the beautiful award which recognised all her acheivements to date.
She would like to thank her coach Claire Starkey for all her support and everyone at Notts Gym Club.
Photographs of the event will follow shortly. CONGRATULATIONS BECK ! !

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Latest news - 8th July 2006

CONGRATULATIONS BECKY !!!!!!! BRITISH JUNIOR CHAMPION 2006.

On saturday 8th July Becky competed her first Junior Championship,winning the title with an AA score of 56.600 .
This is Beckys 3rd sucessive British title.
Also on apparatus finals day she took Gold on Floor and Vault plus a Bronze on Bars .
A fantastic result well done Beck !!!!!!!!!

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Latest news - 2nd May 2006

JUNIOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Becky and her Team arrived home from Volos last night after coming 5th in the Team competition.
Becky managed to come 8th AA after some tough competition from Russia and Romania. She also made the floor final and came in 6th place.
She will now be preparing for the British Championships in July where she will compete as a first year junior. Congrats to Becky and all the Team .
Read more about Beckys 1st Europeans in her new journal entry.

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Latest news - 10th April 2006

BRITISH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Becky had a fantastic weekend . Notts took the Bronze medal in the Team Champs with Heathrow taking Gold and Liverpool Silver.
Individually Becky was in joint 1ST AA place with Heathrows Amy Nunes with a score of 55.150.
This Comp was a final trial for the European Championships later this month in Volvos Greece.The Junior Team are Becky,Hannah Clowes,Rebecca wing,Jodie Standish,and Beckys teamate Laura Jones [reserve Zoe Allan]

Watch this space for news of their results and Go For It Girls ! ! ! ! !

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Latest news - 2nd April 2006

Becky is to appear on a new BBC show called LEVEL UP with sam and mark from the x factor. It will be screened on 10th April on CBBC and BBC2 during the morning look out for Becky if you are not training or ask someone to record it.

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25th March 2006

Becky returns home after a very sucessful commonwealth games with two medals

A Silver Team Medal and a Bronze Medal acheived through an excellant performance
on Beam on apparatus final day with Australias Monette Russo coming 4th.
A brilliant 1st major international result. Becky also acheived 6th AA on Team Final Day 1, 8th AA on ind AA day 2 and placed 5th in the Bars Final CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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1st February 2006

BECKY SELECTED TO REPRESENT ENGLAND ! !

It has been announced today, that following a successful trial on sunday 29th january, Becky is to be a member of The English Commonwealth Team, competing in the Commonweath Games march 15th - 26th in Melbourne Australia. [ wow ]
The five strong team are as follows, Imogen Cairns, Shavahn Church, Hannah Clowes, Beth Tweddle and Becky Downie. CONGRATULATIONS ! ! ! ! !

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18th January 2006

Becky starts 2006 fully fit and raring to go in her 1st year as a junior gymnast.
She will be attending the 3rd commonwealth trial at the end of january, hoping to prove herself worthy of a place in Great Britains squad.

Wishing her all the luck in the world