London 2012 Gymnastics test event hailed a success

The event offered tens of thousands of spectators the chance to see some of the world’s top athletes competing at the North Greenwich Arena.

Over 50,000 tickets were sold for the competition, with crowds enjoying group and individual Artistic, Trampoline and Rhythmic Gymnastics.

In the Artistic Gymnastics team qualification event, the Great Britain men’s team took the gold medal ahead of France and Spain and confirmed their place at the Games.

Great Britain gymnast Daniel Keatings (pictured) said: ‘It was amazing, especially the support from the home crowd. We had to pull together as a team after Tokyo (World Championships), but the crowd really lifted us.’

'Spectacular venue'

Debbie Jevans, Director of Sport at LOCOG said: ‘The Visa International Gymnastics was the largest test event that we have run to date. As an Olympic qualifying event we had to ensure everything was delivered to the highest standard and the team performed really well.  

As far as Esprit was concerned, we were represented by our head of Rhythmic coaching, Deb Hows who was one of the officials making sure the event ran smoothly.

Our gymnast, Jade Faulkner, was part of the Rhythmic Group who fell agonisingly short of the qualification mark on day two of the competition and easily surpassed it in the finals on day three.