Gymnast Becky Downie welled up with emotion after overcoming family tragedy to mark her return to the Olympic stage after an eight-year absence in Paris on Sunday.
Downie steered her team-mates towards an expected place in the women's team final in two days' time - a date that will have extra relevance for the Nottingham 32-year-old. "The team final was a big goal for our team coming here, and for me especially I know it's going to be an emotional day because it falls on my brother's birthday," said Downie.
"But I know this is going to be my last Olympics, and to have a moment like today and deliver the routines like I thought I could, it was really special. "I knew there were a lot of doubters, but there were also people who believed it was still in there, and it was getting me to believe that that was really challenging, after essentially being at the top of the programme for so long and then sliding down to rock bottom.
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