Jessica Gadirova seals European golden gymnastics treble as Kinsella wins silver

Jessica Gadirova secured a hat-trick of gold medals at the European gymnastics championships after taking top spot in the women’s floor final on Sunday, with Great Britain teammate Alice Kinsella taking silver.

Gadirova won her third straight European floor title, adding to golds won earlier this week in the women’s all-round and team competitions in Antalya, Turkey. The 18-year-old finished with a total of 14.000 points, while Kinsella scored 13.666.

“The experience has been amazing and I cannot believe what is happening,” said Gadirova. “It has been such an amazing championships and I couldn’t have asked for anything more. That is the reason I am a gymnast, because I love to perform on the floor. I gave it everything today.”

The 22-year-old Kinsella was delighted with her medal-winning performance. “It feels amazing. I went into the final not expecting much but just to enjoy it. I did that but to come away with a medal is so surreal. I am just speechless to be honest.

“I think it’s probably one of the best floor routines I’ve ever done, so I’m just super, super chuffed,” added Kinsella. Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, the daughter of former Olympic silver medallist Camelia Voinea, took the bronze medal for Romania.

Gadirova bounced back from an earlier stumble in the women’s beam final, where she placed seventh. “I’m not always the best at beam,” she told BBC Sport. “I wiped it from my memory, and thought floor is my chance to show it off and forget about what happened on beam.”

Team GB’s Ondine Achampong just missed out on a medal, finishing fourth as Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands won gold.

In the men’s vault, the defending champion Jake Jarman had to settle for silver after he was narrowly beaten by Artur Davtyan. The