The 24-year-old Briton won her second world title at the venue that will host the gymnastics during the Games in three years time, claiming gold on the floor having won on the uneven bars in 2006.

 

She said: "I'll be 27.

 

"I'm taking each competition as it comes; I'd love to represent Team GB at the home Olympics – the crowd this weekend were absolutely fantastic and because it's the Olympics it will be 10 times better.

 

"I'd love to be in there in 2012, but to be honest the decision will probably be made in 2012.

 

"If I'm still enjoying it and I'm still up there competing well then hopefully I'll be there.

 

"Gymnastics is changing now, it used to be about 15- and 16-year-olds but the age barrier is moving up now.

 

"[Oksana] Chusovitina, who represented Germany at the Olympics last year, was 32 and won an Olympic silver, so it is possible.

 

"I've always wanted to be remembered as someone who achieved something, not someone who achieved and then failed, so if my results start to decrease I'll obviously make the decision with my coach and my family that maybe it's time to bow out.

 

"I've retired from two pieces of apparatus, I just do the bars and the floor now, and that has helped a lot over the past year.

 

"So hopefully in the next two years, if I just concentrate on those two, my body will hold out and I'll continue to succeed."

 

Tweddle's world title came despite the disappointment of missing out on the final in her preferred bars discipline after falling while performing her signature move.

 

She claimed said this second title "means more" than her success three years ago.

 

Tweddle said: "Obviously I am known on bars from my signature move.

 

"But I missed out on qualifying for the final and obviously was quite disappointed with that result and just had to look forward to the floor final.

 

"I had nothing to lose going into that so just went out and enjoyed it.

 

"It probably means more winning that world title than it did winning the bar world title."

 

The difficulty level of Tweddle's tumbling routine, 14.650, combined with her near-perfect execution after leading off the competition, meant her rivals were unable to surpass her score.

 

She said: "The routine itself hasn't changed that much in the past couple of years, the main thing that has changed is the leap combinations, which is the special requirement.

 

"When you add turns to the leaps, it adds difficulty.

 

"I did one with a one-and-a-half turn, which is the highest difficulty you can get."

 

 

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