Like Ellie, 26-year-old Becky will return from long-term injury in Doha, as she bids to crown her own promising but somewhat unfulfilled career with a major medal on that same piece of apparatus. Such was the extent of Downie’s domination in Romania that she came home with a total of four medals, also taking silver on floor and beam, and a bitter-sweet bronze on the uneven bars when her sister Becky crashed off the apparatus. It’s kind of a nice feeling, going into a major championships with not so much pressure on myself.” “At this stage of my comeback, any individual success that comes along with it has got to be see as a bonus. Because of my injury, I just have to go out there with the mindset of achieving the best result possible for the team.
“Obviously I have expectations for myself but I’m not really feeling them at the moment.
Gymnastics great Nadia Comaneci looked on admiringly 18 months ago as the then 17-year-old Ellie Downie became the first British gymnast to claim a European all-around gold medal in Cluj.ĭownie’s ascent was as emphatic as it had been unexpected, and ended in one of the sport’s all-time greats backing her to continue emerging towards the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.īut two subsequent ankle surgeries forced that trajectory to a juddering halt, leaving Downie to reconsider her aspirations as she prepares to make her belated return at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar.ĭownie said: “After Cluj I could never have expected that I would be sitting out for 18 months, so to get back in this team with the rest of a girls is a really big deal for me.
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