Wednesday at the World Gymnastics Championships in London features qualifying for the women's all-around event. Here Alina Kozich of Uzebkistan is in action
Joy Rianne Goedkoop of Netherlands competes in the beam
Deng Linlin, a member of China's gold medal team in Beijing, tops the early qualifiers with 56.350 points. By the end of the night, her total is good enough for fourth place among the 24 qualifiers
Lu Sui of China strikes an uncomfortable-looking pose in her floor routine
Concentration is etched on the face of Vietnamese competitor Pan Thi Ha Thanh as she attacks the beam
The first British competitor in action is Rebecca Wing. The 17-year-old from Hampshire has to wait long into the night before discovering she has done enough to make the all-around final
Marissa King, 18, of Huntingdon, is in the middle group of competitors. She fails to do enough to qualify for the vault final, but says she is pleased with her performance
The biggest upset of the day comes when British favourite Beth Tweddle, the 2006 world champion on uneven bars, falls in qualifying to miss out on the final of her best event
Rebecca Bross of the United States, in her first World Championships, has the best qualifying score, totalling 57.4 points, one-tenth ahead of another newcomer, Romania's Ana Porgras, with Australia's Lauren Mitchell third
Becky Downie, 17, of Nottingham, is the second British girl through to the all-around final - and she does it despite falling off the stage during her beam dismount
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