Olympics: Gymnast Lim Heem Wei finishes 45th out of 98

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With a performance both sound and poised, Singapore's Lim Heem Wei finished in 45th position in the qualification round of the women's artistic gymnastics competition with a combined score of 50.799 on four apparatus.

She did not qualify for the all-around final, but considering she is the first Singaporean to qualify for the Olympics in her event, and that there were 98 competitors, it was a creditable result.

Watched by her parents, Lim was reasonably pleased with her performance. Especially since she said that her combined total was higher than the one with which she qualified for the Games.

'I wanted to beat that score', she said.

As she walked into a full and grand arena at 8pm London time, Lim began on the beam, a difficult apparatus which she said was the 'least ideal' to start with.

Yet she was assured, wobbled only a little and finished with a score of 13.033 out of 20.

A slight mistake on the floor led to a 12.033, a decent vault earned her 13.333 and she finished on the uneven bars with a 12.400.