British Championships: Event Finals

British Championships: Event Finals

Jun 24, 2012 by Danny Sierra
British Championships: Event Finals
The 2012 British Championships came to a close on Sunday with the individual apparatus finals.  Kristian Thomas and Niamh Rippin each won two titles, while Louis Smith and Elizabeth Tweddle shined on their specialties.

On the men's side, Kristian Thomas won both the floor exercise (15.525) and the vault (16.45).  2011 World Bronze Medalist Louis Smith won the pommel horse with a magnificant 16.375, one of the highlights of the day.

All-around champion Daniel Purvis took home another title on rings (15.2) and placed in the top three on every event but vault.  Sam Oldham and Daniel Keatings also performed well, each claiming one title.  Oldham won high bar (15.3) and placed second on floor (15.175), while Keatings took parallel bars gold (15.7) and was third on high bar (14.575).

For the women, Niamh Rippin made a strong bid for London, winning both the vault (14.6) and floor (14.25).  Jennifer Pinches won balance beam, just like she did in the all-around competition, scoring 14.3.  Pinches also took second on vault (13.95).

Two-time Olympian Beth Tweddle won the title on bars, scoring 15.85.  Her score was well above those of all-around champion Rebecca Tunney (14.35) and Ruby Harrold (14.3).  

2008 Olympic team members Hannah Whelan, Rebecca Downie and Imogen Cairns also factored into the finals, as Whelan and Downie tied for second on balance beam (13.85) and Whelan also took third on floor (13.9).  Cairns took second on floor with a score of 14.1.

WOMEN'S RESULTS

Vault -
Niamh Rippin 14.600
Jennifer Pinches 13.950
Kelly Simm 13.650

Bars -
Elizabeth Tweddle 15.850
Rebecca Tunney 14.350
Ruby Harrold 14.300

Beam-
Jennifer Pinches 14.300
Joint 2nd Rebecca Downie 13.850 Hannah Whelan 13.850

Floor -
Niamh Rippin 14.250
Imogen Cairns 14.100
Hannah Whelan 13.900

MEN'S RESULTS

Floor -
Kristian Thomas 15.525
Sam Oldham 15.175
Daniel Purvis 14.950

Pommel -
Louis Smith 16.375
Max Whitlock 15.425
Daniel Purvis 15.225

Rings -
Daniel Purvis 15.200
Courtney Tulloch 14.950
Kristan Thomas 14.750

Vault -
Kristian Thomas 16.450
Ruslan Panteleymonov 16.050
Jay Thompson 15.400

Parrallel bars -
Daniel Keatings 15.700
Daniel Purvis 15.475
Frank Baines 15.175

High bar -
Sam Oldham 15.300
Daniel Purvis 14.875
Daniel Keatings 14.575