The 25-year-old gymnast intends to compete in the all-around in four years’ time.
Sinead O'Carroll Reports from Paris THERE ARE SIX apparatus in men’s gymnastics and Rhys McClenaghan, Newtownards pommel horse specialist, is the world’s undeniable best on one of them.
Advertisement He confirmed, following a question from The 42 today, that not only will he contest the floor competition but that he will attempt vault, horizontal bar, parallel bars and rings as well. He acknowledged that floor, where competitors do a range of tumbling lines, is his second strongest event but that once he mounts any of the apparatus, he wants his routines to be medal worthy.
Asked by The 42 if he had watched that 15.533 routine back yet, he admitted it looked better than it felt.
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