Just about everyone in the arena knew that the Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton, was at the O2 Arena for the first day of event finals Sunday.
Everyone, that is, except for one of the gymnasts she came to see.
Louis Smith was a favorite for a medal on pommel horse, his signature event, and Middleton had a front-row seat for the show. When
Smith finished his routine, Middleton and the British gymnasts they were with jumped to their feet, cheering. Not that Smith noticed.
"If I had seen her, I would have blown her a kiss," Smith said.
Smith and Krisztian Berki finished with identical scores of 16.066, but the Hungarian got the gold because of a higher execution score.
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