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Alice Kinsella wins all-around silver medal at European Championships

Alice Kinsella wins all-around silver medal at European Championships
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Alice Kinsella wins women's all-around silver for Great Britain in the artistic gymnastics at the European Championships in Munich.

Great Britain's Alice Kinsella followed up her Commonwealth Games success with the silver medal in the women's all-around artistic gymnastics final at the European Championships in Munich.

The 21-year-old had taken team and floor gold in Birmingham only a couple of weeks before jetting off to Germany and finished with a total score of 54.132 to take second place on the podium.

A large stumble on her beam dismount cost Kinsella the chance to be crowned European champion, as she landed deep in her double piked back somersault and took several steps back, eventually going off the landing mat.

Kinsella nevertheless recovered to post a strong score on floor and briefly held top spot before being overtaken by Italy's Asia D'Amato, who won the title by 0.600 marks.

D'Amato's compatriot Martina Maggio clinched the bronze medal with a total score of 53.965, while Jessica Gadirova and Ondine Achampong finished 10th and 13th for GB respectively.

Gadirova, Achampong, Kinsella, Georgia-Mae Fenton and Jennifer Gadirova helped GB qualify for the team final in second place with a total of 162.129 behind Italy, and all five also qualified for individual apparatus finals.

Jessica Gadirova will go for glory in the vault and floor finals, while her twin sister Jennifer qualified for the latter, and Achampong will compete in the beam final.

Kinsella is a reverse for the beam final and also made it into the uneven bars final, where she will be joined by compatriot Fenton.

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