Alice Kinsella and Joe Fraser named for championships
Commonwealth games champion Alice Kinsella and world champion Joe Fraser are amongst the artistic gymnasts chosen to represent Team GB at the 2021 European Championships.
Kinsella, the sister of Saddlers midfielder Liam, will enter the competition as the 2019 European beam champion.
A member of Telford’s Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club, the 20-year-old will aim to use the competition as a platform to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
Fraser, a former Sandwell Academy student, has been named in the men’s squad.
He enters the tournament as the current parallel bars world champion.
The European Championships are being staged in Basel, Switzerland, from April 21 to 25.
British Gymnastics performance director, James Thomas, said: “To be back announcing teams for major championships feels like a huge landmark for the sport which has been affected so starkly at all levels by the Covid outbreak
“We are extremely excited to see such incredibly talented gymnasts back proudly competing with the GB flag as we aim for a safe and successful championships.”
