West Lothian gymnast scoops three gold medals at national championships

A Bathgate gymnast has confirmed she’s the very best within the nation after being topped Scottish champion 3 times.

Megan Docherty grabbed three gold medals in addition to a bronze on the latest nationwide championships.

The 16-year-old Cedarbank pupil received gold within the beam, bars and vault competitions and positioned third within the ground.

It caps a exceptional few months for Megan, who picked up the general gold to go together with a gold and three silvers on the Incapacity Inventive British Championships in October final yr.

The teenage star was in effective kind on the occasion in Perth in what was her first Scottish Incapacity Masters competitors.

Megan was competing on the occasion for West Lothian Inventive Gymnastics however can also be a member of Metropolis of Glasgow Gymnastics Membership and he or she has her sights set for extra glory later this month as she travels to Liverpool for the British Championships that are set to happen on March 24.

Proud mum Shona McIntyre mentioned: “Megan was feeling assured going into competitors though nervous too as she had some new strikes in her routines and a brand new ground routine she had simply discovered just a few weeks in the past.

“She had a fall on ground which was her first spherical however she didn’t let that maintain her again. She received bronze on the ground after which went on to get gold within the subsequent three occasions.”

She added: “We’re extremely grateful to her coaches and the help she has acquired at each of her golf equipment.”

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