Britain’s Max Whitlock overcomes jitters to make Olympics pommel horse final

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The British gymnast admitted to ‘nerve-racking’ Olympic qualification while Japan’s Kohei Uchimura exited after peeling off the horizontal bar

As is often the case, Whitlock has vast room to improve from qualifying to the event finals, but the five-times Olympic medallist’s position is a reminder that there are gymnasts ready to take advantage of any mistakes. Among them is 22-year-old Rhys McClenaghan, an incredibly clean and precise pommel horse worker who became the first Irish gymnast to reach an Olympic gymnastics final by qualifying in second place with a score of 15.266.

 

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