Gymnastics: Rhys McClenaghan (IRL) wins pommel horse gold!
The two-time defending champion is now an Olympic champion!
McClenaghan stepped up to the apparatus with plenty of confidence, and moved like it to throughout his routine to great encouragement from plenty of Irish fans in the crowd at the Bercy Arena.
But as he executes a flawless dismount, the entire arena is applauding what they see -and the judges respond in kind with a score of 15.533!
It’s good enough for gold – what a moment! Silver goes to Nariman Kurbanov (KAZ) and bronze for Stephen Nedoroscik (USA), with the latter now sporting the USA flag as a cape like a superhero as he celebrates in front of the crowd. That’s an image that will live on for a while!
Max Whitlock, the two-time defending Olympic champion in this event, finishes fourth.
🥇Rhys McClenaghan (IRL): 15.533
🥈Nariman Kurbanov (KAZ): 15.433
🥉Stephen Nedoroscik (USA): 15.300