Gymnastics World Championships 2022: Jessica Gadirova wins bronze for GB's first all-around medal

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Jessica GadirovaJessica Gadirova, a two-time European level champion, had the joint-best people of 14.400 connected level - matched lone by wide victor Rebeca Andrade
Venue: M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool Dates: 29 October-6 November
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Britain's Jessica Gadirova said she was "over the moon" aft finishing 3rd successful the women's all-around last astatine the Gymnastics World Championships.

It was the archetypal women's idiosyncratic all-around medal won by a British gymnast astatine a World Championships.

Gadirova, 18, and team-mate Alice Kinsella, 21, who finished fourth, besides helped GB assertion a archetypal metallic medal successful the squad lawsuit successful Liverpool.

"I americium conscionable truthful shocked astatine the score," added Gadirova, who finished connected 55.199.

Brazil's Rebeca Andrade took a deserved golden with 56.899, portion the United States' Shilese Jones claimed silver, conscionable edging Dublin-born Gadirova into bronze by 0.200.

Gadirova, who was besides 3rd successful the all-around astatine the European Championships earlier this year, was extracurricular the medals, and down Kinsella, going into the last rotation.

But the two-time European level champion produced a superb regular successful her favourite subject to clinch her spot successful history.

Gadirova's level regular earned an awesome 14.400, equalled lone by Andrade, to adhd to 13.833 connected the vault, 13.733 connected the beam and 13.233 connected the bars.

"I conscionable stuck with the grooming and believed I could bash it," she said aft holding her nervus to nutrient her champion show successful her last routine.

"I had done each the hard work, truthful it was clip conscionable to spell execute it arsenic champion I can, and that's what I did."

Basildon-born Kinsella, who won all-around metallic astatine the European Championships, finished with 14.166 connected the bars to driblet retired of the medals, ending 0.134 down her team-mate.

Gladirova added: "I conscionable privation to accidental a monolithic congratulations to Alice, she did amazing. I americium truthful arrogant of her."

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