Kinsella hopes her international experience can inspire upcoming gymnasts

Precocious Alice Kinsella is relishing her role nurturing the next generation of British gymnasts. The Sutton Coldfield star is just 21-years-old but after one Olympic, three European and five Commonwealth Games medals, has firmly established her status as the most experienced member of the British team. Ad Kinsella scooped a pair of silvers at this weekend’s multi-sport European Championships in Munich but was unable to complete a hat-trick on the bars on Sunday.

GymnasticsGadirova dazzles to defend European floor title39 MINUTES AGO A dodgy dismount scuppered her chances as she finished bottom of the leaderboard behind teammate Georgia-Mae Fenton, 21, and German champion Elisabeth Seitz, 28. But Kinsella has enjoyed a memorable four days in Munich and reckons she has all the tools required to propel younger teammates Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova, 17, and balance beam silver medallist Ondine Achampong, 18, forward. She said: «Me and Georgia are two of the older ones so our job is to keep the younger members of the team all okay and stress free.

»I think we’ve done this at these Championships. «Obviously I did have that stop and fall on one of my dismounts today, but I just wanted to go out there and enjoy it. »I've never been in a European bars final so I just wanted to go out there and have fun.

«I wasn't expecting a medal — the main thing was just to have fun, and I definitely did. »In terms of the week as a whole, I was expecting an all around and team medal and we did that. «I'm just so proud of this team — we absolutely smashed it.» Fenton, who won two golds for Team England at this month’s Commonwealth Games alongside Kinsella, added: «I hit a clean routine today and I'm definitely really happy.