Silver for McClenaghan at Apparatus World Cup

Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan has won silver in the pommel horse event at the 2023 FIG Apparatus World Cup in Doha.

McClenaghan scored 15.033, just behind Kazakhstan's Nariman Kurbanov who took gold with a score of 15.400.Jan Shiao-Yu, representing Chinese Taipei took the bronze.

Speaking from Doha, Gymnastics Ireland's National Coach, Luke Carson was impressed by McClenaghan's performance and his progress throughout the season.

"It was a good routine, his best one of the year, so that's good," Carson said. "At each competition he has demonstrated an improvement from the previous routine, so at this early stage in the competition season that's excellent to see.

"Going into Baku we will focus on difficulty and improving execution. It was a very high standard competition, a high standard final today, so it's excellent to be on the podium."

McClenaghan's teammates Adam Steele, Dominick Cunningham, Eamon Montgomery and Halle Hilton concluded their apparatus qualifiers on Thursday with Hilton making first reserve for the beam final on Saturday afternoon.