Gymnast Lucy Stanhope knows what it is like to struggle at the School Games, but after winning a silver medal in the Junior European Championships in June she is determined to put the record straight this year.

The 14-year-old was part of a five-girl team which finished second to Russia in the team all-round event in Bern, and now she heads for the School Games full of confidence.

The School Games will see around 1,600 of the nation’s finest young sports stars compete across 12 current and future Olympic and Paralympic sports – seven of which include disability competition – at Loughborough University on September 1-4.

A high-performance event for elite youth athletes and a key step on the road to senior success for Team GB’s next generation of athletes, the School Games is supported by National Lottery funding from Sport England and delivered by the Youth Sport Trust.

Stanhope insists Team GB were not expected to medal in Bern but their spirit and ability to perform under pressure got them over the line – something she is hoping to take into Loughborough next month.

“The season has been going really well. The silver medal was awesome, I was so happy after that,” she said,

“It was amazing because we were not expected to do so well. We only had one fall and we did not have to count that anyway so all our scores were technically our best.

“I am really confident of doing well in the School Games. I know I can do it, it is just about doing it again in another competition and repeating what I did in the Europeans.

“Training has been geared to that for the last few weeks so that I am in the best possible shape for the School Games.”

Stanhope first competed in the Games in 2013 and, although she won a gold medal in the team event, she was disappointed with her own performance – which she is desperate to put right this time.

“I am looking forward to it. I did it in 2013 and it was not my best but I have worked hard am better now,” she said.

“England won gold then and we want to do it again and then I am hoping to do beam or bar, but I am mainly focussed on getting it all right this time.

“I have just been working on getting a little bit better, making sure I am doing what the judges want to see.”

The School Games is supported by a range of partners including the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Sport England, Youth Sport Trust, Department of Health, British Paralympic Association and Leicestershire and Rutland Sport, with the multi-sport event seen as one of the annual highlights for school-age elite athletes.

Stanhope competed in the School Games in 2013 but she was disappointed with her performance – which she says fuelled her desire to come back and put the record straight.

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