A gymnast from Newport has been selected to represent Great Britain at the upcoming Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships in Turkey.

Jemima Taylor, from Bassaleg, will be accompanied to Antalya as part of the travelling British delegation by Welsh head national women’s artistic coach Tracey Skirton-Davies.

The event takes place from March 29 to 2nd April 2.

Taylor, who also turns 14 this month, began her gymnastics journey at City of Newport Gymnastics Academy.

She has been training at Sport Wales National Centre under the guidance of the national coaches since the age of seven.

Jemima was British floor and beam champion in the espoir age group (12-13 years) in 2021 and retained the floor title at last year’s Artistic British Championships, when she also bagged herself a silver medal in the all-around competition in that age category.

This coming weekend Jemima will compete as a junior (14-15 years) at the Welsh Open Artistic Championships in Cardiff.

At last year’s Welsh Championships she was second overall in the espoir category and first on beam.