Great Britain won their first-ever women’s team gold at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Ondine Achampong, Jessica Gadirova, Becky Downie, Alice Kinsella and Georgia-Mae Fenton combined to score 164.428 points over the four apparatus.
Italy claimed silver with 161.629 points, while the Netherlands came third with 158.896 points.
Gadirova, 18, finished qualification for Friday’s all-around final in first place and will be joined by Fenton.
Defending floor and world champion Gadirova scored 13.900 and 13.600 points respectively in floor and beam qualifying as she topped the standings in both.
In Sunday’s beam final she will be joined by GB team-mate Achampong, while Kinsella will join her in the floor final.
Two-time Olympian Downie, who was competing for the first time since rupturing her Achilles in June 2022, finished fourth on the uneven bars to qualify for Saturday’s final.
On Tuesday, Great Britain won men’s team bronze, finishing behind gold medallists Italy and hosts Turkey who clinched silver.
