Team Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan has qualified for the pommel horse final in first place after hitting a high score of 15.233 at the 2022 World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool.
Teammates Dominick Cunningham, Eamon Montgomery and Ewan McAteer concluded their all-around and apparatus qualifiers today with Cunningham’s best score of 13.800 on the Floor ranking 38th in All-Around. McAteer’s top score was of 13.966 on Vault and Montgomery’s floor score was 12.900.
McClenaghan will now have 5 days to prepare for his World Final which will be held between 15:22 and 16:02 on Saturday and will be shown live on RTÉ2.
“I felt very confident today, it felt like another day of training although with a few more Irish fans which made the occasion much more special,” said McClenaghan.
“I know it’s only 50 percent of the job done, I’ve got another routine to do in the finals and I’m looking forward to that. I hope that the Irish fans will come out in their numbers once again and support me, an Irish gymnast in the pommel horse final.”
“This was a superb performance following such great preparation for Rhys,” added Gymnastics Ireland’s Performance and Technical Manager Sally Johnson.
“His routine is the definition of what a World Class athlete looks like.”
“It was a great job today by all our gymnasts, very well composed performances from Dominick and two super vaults for Ewan showing great potential.
