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RHYS MCCLENAGHAN SUCCESSFULLY defended his gold medal on the pommel horse at the Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp this afternoon.
McClenaghan went back-to-back at the worlds with a score of 15.100, pipping America’s Khoi Young, who finished with a score of 14.966.
Jordan’s Ahmad Al Soud – second to McClenaghan last year – took the bronze medal, scoring 14.633. This win is sweeter for McClenaghan given the strength of the field: Olympic champion Max Whitlock, who sat out last year’s world final, competed this time around, finishing fifth.
The victory also guarantees McClenaghan’s spot at the Paris Olympics next year, where he will bid to add an Olympic medal to his stunning haul from the world championships.
Elsewhere, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade won her second world gold in the women’s vault ahead of US star Simone Biles at the world championships in Antwerp on Saturday.
Olympic champion Andrade scored 14.750 points to take the title ahead of Biles (14.549) who fell on the landing of her first jump but took silver and her 28th world medal.
South Korea’s Yeo Seo-jeong scored 14.416 to win bronze.
Written by Gavin Cooney and posted on the42.ie
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Good man great achievement.
Well done, great stuff
World champion, brilliant on the pommel horse.
Well done, incredibly tough to achieve at that level
Fantastic. Congratulations. Good on you Rhys
Well done, young man
Fantastic achievement in a demanding competitive sport.
Great achievement Rhys
Well done
Brilliant achievement.
He’s some lad. Fair play!!
Amazing achievement. Should be proud
Irish lads finishing 1-2 in the recent downhill MTB World Cup, and Rhys winning in Gymnastics – great to see Ireland going well in sports we used to just see on TV.
Before tv was invented, how many ‘sports’ were there, that people would have got up off their couch, gone outside and watched ?
Fair play to the lad all the same.
If it’s a sport then so is break-dancing
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