FAREHAM'S Olympic gymnastics hopeful Vanessa Hobbs won two bronze medals in the Great Britain versus Russia gymnastics international in Liverpool.

The teenage sensation from the Dynamo School of Gymnastics, recent winner of Britain's first Olympic trial, was third in the vault with a score of 8.975 and third on the floor with 9.050.

In the team competition the previous day, Hobbs had top-scored for Britain on vault with 9.125. Russia edged the match 146.000 to GB's 142.275.