After being something of a prodigy since the age of six, many feel this is Ireland gymnast's Rhys McClenaghan's time for Olympic glory.
After being something of a gymnastics prodigy since the age of six, many feel like this is Rhys McClenaghan's time for Olympic glory.
"When I first started gymnastics, he would have been a few years older than me. I remember watching him and seeing him do skills that I wanted to do," Montgomery said. "The final didn't go that well but seeing him bounce back in the next year and become world champion in 2022, he just kept getting better and better."McClenaghan, with his coach Luke Carson, after finishing seventh in the pommel horse final at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics
"Let him do his thing and then support him through it. Especially in the younger years in school, it was crazy. His friendship with Montgomery has always been there, but the pair bonded when they were living and training together in Dublin."When he was in Dublin training by himself all the time. He had Luke with him but it was lonely, so when I came down I think it sparked a bit more fun in him.
The first double Irish gold medals were celebrated in the arena for gymnastics at the Olympics in Paris.
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