British gymnast given particular likelihood to qualify for Olympics after brother’s sudden loss of life

British gymnast Becky Downie has been given a particular likelihood to qualify for her third Olympics after the sudden loss of life of her brother Josh at a internet cricket session.
Becky Downie, a World silver medallist, skipped final weekend’s remaining trial for Tokyo after her brother’s loss of life.
“We felt it important in such an unprecedented situation to take time to look at how we might be able to grant an extension to the selection window to allow for a further opportunity to complete the trial,” British Gymnastics mentioned in a press release on Thursday.
“In such difficult circumstances we feel strongly that this is the right thing to do,” the assertion mentioned.

The ladies’s Olympic choice course of has been prolonged.
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— British Gymnastics (@BritGymnastics) May 13, 2021
Josh Downie, brother of Olympians Becky and Ellie, collapsed within the nets in Birkenhead, close to Liverpool, on 6 May and was pronounced useless of a coronary heart assault that night.
In the tributes that adopted, his former cricket membership in Burton Joyce mentioned he had the best particular person rating by a participant in its historical past. Josh performed for a number of cricket golf equipment together with Hucknall CC, Fikserton & Thurgarton CC, and Burton Joyce CC in Nottinghamshire.

The hardest 3 days of my life however I didn’t come this far to solely come this far. I do know Josh would need me to take it so far as I may go & I owe it to myself to complete what I began.Doing it for us each 🤍 pic.twitter.com/TwPHMfksp6
— Becky Downie (@Bdownie) May 10, 2021
Becky, 29, received silver on the uneven bars. on the 2019 Stuttgart world championships.