Louis_Smith_2November 4 - Star gymnasts such as Louis Smith (pictured), Daniel Purvis and Sam Hunter will all be in action this weekend as the showpiece Men's Artistic Gymnastics British Championships gets under way in Leicester.


Smith, who took silver in the pommel at the World Championships in Rotterdam last month, heads a line-up of senior and junior world and European medallists being put through their paces at New College from November 5-7.

Other well-known gymnasts taking part include Sam Oldham, Reiss Beckford, Luke Folwell and Kristian Thomas, all of whom have made names for themselves in major championships over the last 12 months.

They will compete on various apparatus and show the strength, mobility, endurance, flexibility, body control and co-ordination needed to be a master gymnast.