Alice Kinsella

For the past few days at Arena Birmingham, two hometown heroes were forced to confront very different personal struggles.

If I could, I’d do the whole week again and give the medals back just to feel that buzz of competing in front of a home crowd again.” “You could say it has been a rollercoaster but it all paid off in the end,” she said. Still, the crowd lived her tension before the score of 13.366 came through. “But that made me push myself more for the floor final, knowing I came first in qualification.” Routine complete, Kinsella threw her head to the skies and this time any tears were of relief. Yet if anything that made her subsequent performance on the floor, in the final gymnastics event of the games, even more impressive.

Cyrille Tchatchet hopes to complete a remarkable story with a medal in the men's 96kg weightlifting category.

Tchatchet is now a mental health nurse in the west midlands, the proud owner of a British passport, and a medal contender in the men’s 96kg weightlifting category. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Alice Capsey should be OK after starring at the weekend despite a black eye she suffered in the warm-up.

Hometown stars Joe Fraser and Alice Kinsella won physical and mental battles to claim Commonwealth Games golds against the odds.

I did the same thing in Tokyo so for that to happen again, the trauma all came back. “It has all paid off in the end. I had to change a lot of my training sessions, but I have a mindset where I believe in myself. I’m grateful to be here in front of a home crowd with three golds. I can’t explain the feeling I had out there. “It was mentally hard for me.

Two days after her tearful exit from contending that final Birmingham-born Kinsella will compete for individual apparatus gold on the beam as well as the ...

It was a heavyweight showdown fraught with adversity in the build-up, yet Joe Fraser was left standing after dethroning a gutsy Rhys McClenaghan to take Commonwealth Games gold on the pommel. Tom Dean, meanwhile, was delighted he was able to haul in a silver, even if the gold proved just out of reach. It was a tough double with the 100m freestyle as well. But the Aussies are such a strong team, they showed that at the Worlds. Incredible race to be a part of.” But Fraser, the 2019 world champion on parallel bars, showcased his versatility with impressive acceleration into a double-leg circle, snapping his wrists on and off the handles while gracefully extending his hips. Adam Peaty is in 50m breaststroke action and European judo champion Gemma Howell competes in the women’s -63kg class with Walsall’s Daniel Powell taking part in the men’s -73kg. Meanwhile, Jake Jarman is in the vault final and Joe Fraser competes in the parallel bars and horizontal bar. Obviously we can’t go forever but it’s nice to see the young guys coming through and pushing us,” he said. But having 12 lads here, it’s great for the future. All this is before mentioning that the athletics is on. He is now a mental health nurse in the west midlands, the proud owner of a British passport, and a medal contender in the men’s 96kg weightlifting category. Team England are chasing more gold medals in the artistic gymnastics with one of the main hopes coming from Alice Kinsella who can bounce back her disappointment in the women’s all-around final.