Crowd made European Championship haul feel bigger than Olympics, says gymnast Kinsella

Crowd-pleaser Alice Kinsella says her pair of multi-sport European Championship medals feel even bigger than her Olympic bronze after a magical week in Munich. The Southend-born star, 21, won individual all around silver on Thursday before following it up with the same colour medal in Saturday’s team event. Ad Kinsella joined forces with Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova, Ondine Achampong and Georgia-Mae Fenton to finish second behind Italy ahead of hosts Germany on the podium.

GymnasticsKinsella insists she has even more to give after earning hard-fought European silver12/08/2022 AT 07:40 Artistic gymnastics is one of nine sports hosting their European Championships during the current 11 day period, with athletics, cycling, rowing and triathlon four of the others featuring at Munich’s storied 1972 Olympic Park. Kinsella’s Olympic team bronze came behind closed doors in Tokyo last year and she admits the buoyant German atmosphere amplified the feeling of her latest achievements. She said: «I wouldn’t say it feels as a bigger competition than the Olympics.

»But the atmosphere definitely feels bigger. «It’s always different having a crowd and for me personally, I don’t know about these girls, I love having a crowd. »I feel like they are one of the reasons why we actually get around for competition." Teammate Jessica Gadirova, 17, added: «I agree with Alice — I enjoyed the crowd and this is why we all do gymnastics.