The medals were designed close to home by Wirral-based designer, Amy Flynn, who met with gymnastics icon and World Gymnastics Championships ambassador Beth Tweddle MBE and Councillor Roy Gladden, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, as part of the medal unveiling in the city. With just one month to go until the championships get underway, excitement continues to build, as Liverpool prepares to welcome the world’s best who will be hoping to take Flynn’s spectacular medals home.

Under the brand name ‘Dripped Goods’, Flynn creates hand-crafted jewellery from recycled sterling silver. Proud to now be producing the competition’s medal using her own personal relationship to the city and its character, Flynn said: “I am thrilled to finally reveal the medal design I’ve been working on since the end of last year to the public. The excitement for the event is really building up, it’s so close now.

“I have taken impressions of some of Liverpool’s iconic landmarks including the M&S Bank Arena where the competition will be held, as well as the Liver Building and St George’s Hall. These locations are preserved in the medals surface, the idea is that the winning gymnasts get to take a little piece of Liverpool away with them when they leave.

“It is absolutely fantastic that people from around the world will be here for gymnastics, and to experience Liverpool – it is really exciting for everyone involved. I still can’t quite believe that I get to design items that are so significant to these gymnasts and that they will cherish forever.”