Northern Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan competes in the men's pommel horse final at Arena Birmingham on day four of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA WirePutting it gently Rhys McClenaghan did not appear all that impressed. Four years after becoming the first gymnast from Northern Ireland to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, McClenaghan had to settle for silver after his final pommel horse routine went ever so slightly wrong.
It earned him a score of 14.133, which kept him in the silver medal position after the four gymnasts who followed, the Canadian Jayson Rampersad winning a surprise bronze with his next to last routine with a score of 14.000. “I’m just glad I stayed on the pommel horse. That’s the number one goal of any gymnastics apparatus routine: stay on and finish the routine, and I feel like that’s the reason there’s a medal wrapped around my neck.
Fraser scored 6.100 on difficulty, 8.733 on execution, the pressure of performing in front of his home Birmingham crowd in no way putting him off. The 23-year-old, who already won gold in the team competition, also overcome a difficult build-up to the Games, suffering a burst appendix just six weeks ago, also fracturing a bone in his foot which at one stage threatened his participation.
The Canadian Kenji Tamane and Marios Georgiou from Cyprus both fell off in the opening two routines, the Australian Jesse Moore at one point was looking as if he might challenge for the silver medal, before a late slip cost him too and he ended sixth with a score of 13.366
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