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The Cheshire acrobat completed the full set of medals at Olympic level as she topped the eight-woman final at the Bercy Arena.Page qualified in fifth spot but was the penultimate jumper to go and she scored 56.480 by the judges with her solo routine in the final.Page, 33, fell to her knees in shock and started crying when the score flashed up on the big screens in the arena where Simone Biles had stunned the world of artistic gymnastics the night before.
Even before the scores came through – the mark of 11.790 placed her last – it was obvious that Page was the winner.The four-time world champion can now go away and complete an ambition to become a Cirque du Soleil performer after the Paris Olympics.Though the LA Games in 2028 are a real possibility, she is conscious she is running out of time to fulfil a lifetime dream to appear on stage with fellow trapeze artists and rope walkers.
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