Team GB's rhythmic gymnasts fail to qualify for London 2012

? Team missed benchmark score by 0.273 marks
? Errors with the hoop caused problems

Great Britain's rhythmic gymnastics group fell agonisingly short of securing an Olympic Games place at the London Prepares test event at the O2 arena in Greenwich. The team missed the benchmark score of 45.223 by only 0.273 marks in the group all-around competition, meaning British Gymnastics will not submit a nomination to the British Olympic Association for a host-nation place at London 2012. The GB team ? Jade Faulkner, Francesca Fox, Lynne Hutchison, Louisa Pouli, Rachel Smith and Georgina Cassar ? completed a clean ball routine on Monday to score 23.100, but fell just short of their target after they scored 21.850 in Tuesday's ribbon and hoop performance. Errors with the hoop and a knot in a ribbon caused problems but Cassar is confident this does not spell the end for the GB rhythmic group. "We're definitely gutted," Cassar said. PA

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