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British Gymnastics announced that the world vault bronze medallist, 21, is taking some time away. "So it’s about making people aware and, hopefully, a lot more lives can be saved.” Gymnast Ellie Downie will miss the Olympics following the tragic death of her brother last week.
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"There are tens of thousands that are out there that aren’t registered and aren’t being used, and it’s just a matter of minutes that will save a life. LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - World uneven bars silver medallist Becky Downie has missed out on selection for the Tokyo 2020 Games after being given a special chance to qualify for the British team. The Olympians were giving their support to the British Heart Foundation’s campaign The Circuit, which aims to get unregistered defibrillators added to the centralised network for easy access in emergencies.īecky said: “If you don’t have access to them, they can’t be used. It was more blood, sweat, and tears for Becky. Meanwhile Becky herself was living on a false hope, while dedicating her time and body in an attempt to accomplish a goal that was so far out of reach. That’s the approach I’m taking this year.”Įllie was speaking on BBC Breakfast, where she was joined by her sister Becky, who is also a medal-winning Team GB gymnast. The reality was, there was very little Becky Downie could do and many inside the British program seemed to understand that. You’ve got to live every day and be happy. “If you need to go and talk to someone, if you need to get help, then go get it.”Įllie added: “I feel like I’m starting to come out of the other side now, which is nice. “Now that I’ve started seeing one it really doesn’t feel like that big a deal. “It was quite hard to admit to myself that I needed to see somebody. “It flipped my world upside down,” said Ellie, who has won 10 European Championship medals and winner of two World Championship bronze medals. Josh was 24 and had an undiagnosed heart condition.Įllie opened up about taking the first step to see a counsellor and encouraged other people to seek therapy. The four selected are 2019 European beam champion Alice Kinsella, twin sisters Jennifer and Jessica Gadirova and 2021 European uneven bars bronze medallist Amelie Morgan.Team GB gymnast Ellie Downie has encouraged people in need to seek therapy after being helped by a counsellor following the sudden death of her brother.Įllie said her world was “flipped upside down” when her brother Josh died last year from a cardiac arrest while playing cricket. The BBC reported that British Gymnastics had wanted to focus on winning a team medal rather than taking a specialist.
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Neither sister took part in last month’s British Olympic trial in Cardiff after their 24-year-old brother Josh suffered a heart attack during a cricket nets session.īritish gymnastics had agreed to delay the selection of the women’s team until early June.
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“I’m very confident the team were considered on their gymnastic merits and nothing else,” he told reporters. “With Becky having criticised the culture in British gymnastics just last year, it’s hard not to assume that their motivation in effectively ending Becky Downie’s career is a sinister warning to those who might speak out in future,” it added in a statement.īritish Gymnastics performance director James Thomas said the decision was based purely on merit. The Gymnasts for Change group of former gymnasts said the exclusion was a “total shock”. “I would say it comes as a shock but after how we’ve been treated this year it’s not really,” said Downie’s younger sister Ellie, who has decided to take time out of the sport, on Twitter.īoth sisters spoke out last year about the emotional scars from their careers and said abusive behaviour in gymnastics training had become “ingrained” and “completely normalised”. The BBC reported that Downie was not on a reserve list either and an appeal by her legal team had been rejected. LONDON (Reuters) – World uneven bars silver medallist Becky Downie has missed out on selection for the Tokyo 2020 Games after being given a special chance to qualify for the British team following the sudden death of her brother.ĭownie, who had been hoping to compete at her third Olympics at the age of 29, was the notable absentee from the four-athlete women’s team announced by Team GB on Monday.