sentences:  In 1988, at the age of 14, Telfer was chosen to join the WAIS elite squad, training full-time.Michelle went on to represent Australia in the Junior Pacific Alliance Competition in Colorado Springs and the Gymnastics World Championships in West Germany in 1989.In 1990, Michelle was selected for the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand, receiving a bronze medal on bars, which was the first medal achieved by a WAIS gymnast at a Commonwealth Games.