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Olympian Neil Wilson opens new gymnastics club in Leeds with slides and cafe

A brand new gymnastics club has opened in Leeds by city's own Olympian Neil Wilson.

The club in Elmfield Way, Bramley, is 11,000 square feet wide and filled with state-of-the-art equipment.

Inside the brightly coloured activity spot there are climbing walls and even slides.

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There is also a cafeteria, and gymnastic courses for all ages.

In a post on Facebook, the club stated: "We are enormously proud that Nile Wilson Gymnastics Leeds will be opening offering pre-school, recreational and adult gymnastics.

"We are striving to look at things in a different way and increase participation in gymnastics at all levels.

Leeds gymnast Neil Wilson has opened a brand new club in Bramley (Neil Wilson Gymnastics)

"From pre-school to adults (yes parents, that means you!), the experience in the gym is based around putting a smile on your and your children's faces."

This isn't the first time Nile Wilson has opened a gym in Yorkshire; he also opened one in Sheffield.

But the West Yorkshire spot is extra special as the Olympian is from Leeds.

Neil began with the sport age five at Leeds Gymnastics Club. He went on to be crowned British Junior Champion in March 2014 and received the Young Sportsman male award at the Leeds Sports Awards.

West Yorkshire's Nile Wilson competes in the men’s gymnastics team event final at the 2018 Commonwealth Games (Mike Egerton/PA Wire)

He competed at the 2014 European Championships, the European Junior Gymnastics Championships, England Commonwealth Games team, before being a part of the team that won GB’s first world team silver medal, and a bronze medal in Rio.

His vision is to run gymnastics clubs around the country that ‘Change the Game’, delivering unique and engaging gymnastics programs.

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