Georgia Godwin became the first Australian to win the individual all-round competition since Lauren Mitchell in Delhi 12 years ago.
But, in the end, it was Georgia Godwin who left almost everyone in a packed Arena Birmingham“That song is something that’s grown with me,” she says of the track she chose for her floor routine.
Having struggled to recover from twin ankle operations in the build-up to her second Games, Godwin considered not coming to Birmingham, worried she would let her team down if she was not at her best. And she did it all on adrenaline, admitting she barely slept the night before after the teams event. Even still, she stuck to her disciplined competition routines of rehabilitation and nutrition.
The gruelling routine – four consecutive days of competition – is a first for the Queenslander. She’s not sold that’s it’s sustainable, but she is not one to complain.Godwin was the third-highest qualifier after Kinsella and Achampong, who were coming off helping England claim team gold ahead of Australia. The Australian was fifth after scoring 13.300 on the vault, but an outstanding uneven bars routine with a perfect landing delivered a score of 13.550 and lifted the Australian into third, 0.
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