Kelly Simm to represent Team England in Commonwealth Games

Team England has today named 10 artistic gymnasts to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Simm, from Whiteley, will be competing again after helping the team win gold in Glasgow in 2014.

The talented squad also includes triple Commonwealth and double Olympic Champion Max Whitlock MBE and Claudia Fragapane, who will defend the four Commonwealth titles she won at Glasgow 2014.

Max and Claudia are joined on the 2018 Commonwealth Games team by Olympic bronze medalists Amy Tinkler and Nile Wilson.

At Glasgow 2014, Team England topped the gymnastics medal table with a total of 19 medals. Four of the athletes who were part of the successful team at Glasgow will be returning to the Commonwealth Games stage while six of the athletes will be making their Games debut.

The artistic gymnastics competition will take place at Coomera Indoor Sports Centre from April 5 to 9.

Claudia Fragapane came to prominence at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she was the first English woman to win four gold medals since 1930.

She is expecting the team to go well again in Australia.

She said: ‘Competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow was one of the best and most memorable experiences of my life. I’m so happy to have been selected for Team England again and I’m really excited to be going to Australia.

‘Four years on from Glasgow I have a lot more experience and I’m looking forward to supporting my team-mates and hopefully repeating the success of last time.

‘We have a really strong group of girls in the team with a mix of experience and some newer girls and I’m confident we can all put in good performances and win medals for England.’