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Olympics 2024: Rhys McClenaghan wins historic gymnastics gold for Eire as Max Whitlock finishes fourth
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Olympics 2024: Rhys McClenaghan wins historic gymnastics gold for Eire as Max Whitlock finishes fourth

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By Tycoon Herald 10 Min Read Published August 4, 2024
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Rhys McClenaghan received Eire’s maiden gymnastics gold on pommel horse however there was heartbreak for Max Whitlock in his remaining competitors.

McClenaghan was the one in despair in Tokyo after he might solely end seventh however he went into this remaining because the main qualifier and two-time world champion, with the Irishman enjoying his position as favorite to perfection.

Kazakhstan’s Nariman Kurbanov opened the competitors with an enormous rating of 15.433 however fell behind when McClenaghan’s mark got here up as 15.533, with the 25-year-old setting a goal that might not be overwhelmed by any of the remaining finalists.

Olympics 2024: Rhys McClenaghan wins historic gymnastics gold for Eire as Max Whitlock finishes fourth
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McClenaghan’s rating was 0.1 higher than Kazakhstan’s Nariman Kurbanov

McClenaghan turned Eire’s first Olympic medallist in inventive gymnastics and left Kurbanov taking silver, with American Stephen Nedoroscik 0.1 forward of Whitlock – chasing a 3rd successive Olympic title on the pommel horse – in bronze.

“It feels like a dream,” McClenaghan mentioned. “It is a dream nicely earned and I simply can’t imagine it is occurred. It all the time felt prefer it was going to occur however I wasn’t certain when.

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“Listen, everybody at home, see this as an example of find a dream that you love, chase it and enjoy that journey because, I can tell you, if I fell off that pommel today, I still would have loved this journey, every single second of it, but I didn’t and today I’m walking away with an Olympic gold medal.”

Whitlock couldn’t cover his disappointment after a heart-breaking finish to his historic gymnastics profession, having received bronze at London 2012 earlier than claiming gold in Rio and Tokyo, with the 31-year-old marked down for errors throughout his fiendishly tough routine and ending fourth with a rating of 15.200.

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Max Whitlock completed simply wanting including to his medal tally on his Olympics farewell

“I’m disappointed,” Whitlock mentioned. “I think because it’s so raw, it’s quite tricky. It was hard, it was my final one. I, of course, didn’t want it to finish that way.

“Coming to Paris with the choice made that this was going to be my remaining one – not primarily based on what the end result could be, simply primarily based on getting right here within the first place and making my fourth Olympic Video games – I am pleased with that.

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Whitlock had received medals in every of his three appearances on the Olympics

“Of course I would have liked this chapter to end a little bit better but it wasn’t to be. There’s a reason for everything and I think it wasn’t my day today. It was a very, very strong pommel final, amazing routines from everybody.”

Jarman celebrates gymnastics gold for Group GB

Earlier, Jake Jarman secured Britain’s first inventive gymnastics medal within the French capital in a high-level ground remaining, taking bronze, his first Olympic medal. The 22-year-old had the best rating in qualifying and likewise topped the ground standings in the course of the males’s all-around remaining.

Jake Jarman of Great Britain reacts after seeing his score in the men's gymnastics floor finals
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Jake Jarman’s bronze was the fifth medal received by Group GB on day eight of the Paris Olympics

However his routine was not fairly as clear as that of gold medallist Carlos Edriel Yulo of the Philippines, who scored 15.001 to turn into the primary man from his nation to win an Olympic title, whereas Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat took silver, with Jarman simply behind on 14.933.

“I’m super proud,” mentioned Jarman. “It’s definitely a massive achievement. Floor, although I post some crazy videos, historically I’ve not done well on floor in major championships.

“I’ve solely obtained a bronze medal at a European Championships so, to be strolling away with an Olympic medal, I really feel like I’ve skipped a step. It is unbelievable.”

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Jarman’s team-mate Luke Whitehouse, European champion within the self-discipline, completed down in sixth with 14.466 regardless of a really spectacular routine after being marked down for problem following a low touchdown. He could have one other likelihood of a medal when he goes within the remaining on vault on Sunday, the place he’s world champion.

Seven heaven for Biles after ladies’s vault gold

An “ecstatic” Simone Biles received her seventh Olympic gold medal and third of this Video games within the ladies’s vault.

The American was all smiles after touchdown a Yurchenko double pike, often called the Biles II, on her first vault, taking solely a small step again and scoring a large 15.700.

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Simone Biles has now received three gold medals in Paris and 7 throughout her Olympics profession

Her second vault was scored at 14.900, giving her an general mark of 15.300 and leaving her nicely away from Brazil’s Rebecca Andrade in silver, whereas one other American, Jade Carey, took bronze.

“I’m super excited, ecstatic for how my vaults were,” mentioned Biles. “I wanted to perform them well, and I think you saw that. I put in a lot of work to be able to perform that vault (the Yurchenko double pike) well. I’m excited I got to show that here during finals.”

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The way to comply with the Olympics on Sky

Maintain updated with the motion from the Paris 2024 Olympics throughout Sky Sports activities’ digital platforms and Sky Sports activities Information daily between now and Sunday August 11.

Alongside stay information blogs and updates as information are damaged and medals received on skysports.com and the Sky Sports activities app, Sky Sports activities Information may also have devoted reporters on the scene in Paris in the course of the Video games to collect the most recent information each inside and out of doors the arenas in France in addition to response to the massive moments from medal winners, coaches, relations and pundits.

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