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# gymnastics

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2022
# identity
'Researching Good Friday Agreement' in fight to compete and 2022 world title win
Rhys McClenaghan reflects on a positive end to 2022 and the challenges he faced throughout the year.
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Dec 28th 2022, 8:00 AM
# Legend
Tears of joy for McClenaghan as he becomes first Irish gymnastics world champ
The 23-year-old put to bed a difficult 15 months and made more history for Irish gymnastics in Liverpool.
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Nov 5th 2022, 4:53 PM
# Golden Boy
Rhys McClenaghan crowned world champion with pommel horse gold
McClenaghan’s score of 15.300 gave him a wide winning margin over the rest of the field.
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Nov 5th 2022, 4:00 PM
# narrow miss
Shock as Rhys McClenaghan misses out on European final
McClenaghan missed out on the final by a single place.
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Aug 18th 2022, 9:14 PM
# Moving On
McAteer and Montgomery make history and join McClenaghan in Commonwealth gymnastics finals
All three Northern Ireland athletes have progressed to next week’s finals.
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Jul 30th 2022, 1:56 PM
# Commonwealth Games
Rhys McClenaghan sets the score to beat in pommel horse qualifying
Tokyo Olympian’s score of 14.350 was comfortably the best with two of the three qualification subdivisions completed.
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Jul 29th 2022, 5:29 PM
# Justice
'Allow us to compete' - McClenaghan launches appeal after Commonwealth Games ban
The 22-year-old and two Northern Ireland team-mates have been told they are ineligible to compete in the event.
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May 26th 2022, 8:19 PM
# Controversy
Russian gymnast's Ukraine invasion symbol blasted as 'shocking'
Ivan Kuliak’s shirt had the letter ‘Z’ prominently placed.
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Mar 6th 2022, 8:01 PM
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# Flying the flag
'A phenomenal athlete' - Irish teen Slevin finishes 19th at World Gymnastics Championships
The Galway native made history earlier this week in Japan.
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Oct 21st 2021, 2:20 PM
# gymnastics
McClenaghan fumes over 'slippery' pommel horse after missing out on world championship final
The 22-year-old had to compete after an unscheduled 90-minute break, during which workers disinfected the apparatus.
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Oct 20th 2021, 3:06 PM
# one for the books
Galway's Emma Slevin makes history after reaching World Gymnastics Championships final
Slevin has reached the All Around finals after placing 21st in with a score of 50.165.
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Oct 19th 2021, 8:47 AM
# Call it a Comeback
Simone Biles caps remarkable return with Olympic bronze in beam final
The American was back competing after withdrawing early in the women’s team final last week, citing a desire to protect her mental health.
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Aug 3rd 2021, 11:15 AM
# Heartbreak
'I'll come back a better gymnast and a better man' - Devastation for Rhys McClenaghan in pommel horse final
The Irishman fell during his routine, finishing seventh and missing out on a medal.
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Aug 1st 2021, 11:32 AM
# Out
Simone Biles withdraws from women's floor final
Biles’ return to the Games is looking increasingly unlikely.
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Aug 1st 2021, 10:50 AM
# gymnastics
Simone Biles withdraws from two of her four individual Olympic finals
The 24-year-old has not competed since she pulled out of the women’s team final on Wednesday.
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Jul 31st 2021, 3:32 AM
# Out
Simone Biles withdraws from individual all-around gymnastics event
The defending champion is not competing as she prioritises her mental health.
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Jul 28th 2021, 7:42 AM
# Out of Action
Tearful Simone Biles withdraws from gymnastics team event citing mental health reasons
The team representing the Russian Olympic Committee won the gold medal in Biles’ absence.
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Jul 27th 2021, 3:45 PM
# Mystic meg
'To officially be an Olympian is just amazing, it’s surreal' - 19-year-old Cork star delighted with debut
From the Leaving Cert to Tokyo, gymnast Meg Ryan has wrapped up her Olympic qualification competition.
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Jul 25th 2021, 9:54 AM
# team ireland
‘We want that top spot’: The Co Down gymnast whose Olympic journey started in his back garden
Rhys McClenaghan, 22, will be unleashing his talent at the Tokyo Olympics. He’s the second focus in our new series with Indeed.
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Jul 23rd 2021, 8:00 AM
# On the plane
Simone Biles qualifies for Olympics after easy victory in St Louis
The 24-year-old Biles will be the oldest American women’s gymnast at the Games since 2004.
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Jun 28th 2021, 10:35 AM
# Interview
A European Champs injury scare, the 'bigger picture' of Olympics and vlogging life as an elite athlete
Rhys McClenaghan had a wrist injury heading into the recent European Gymnastics Championships.
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Apr 28th 2021, 7:30 AM
# plucky number Slevin
Gymnast Emma Slevin finishes 19th in historic European final appearance
The Galway teenager today became the first Irish woman to appear in an all-around European final.
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Apr 23rd 2021, 8:57 PM
# Euro Vision
Galway's Emma Slevin makes history by qualifying for European Gymnastics final
Irish duo produce ‘a superb day for women’s gymnastics in Ireland’.
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Apr 22nd 2021, 9:16 AM
# Sex Abuse
The story behind the scandal that shook US sport
Director Jon Shenk speaks about his new documentary ‘Athlete A’ and how a deeply flawed system led to years of sexual abuse in gymnastics.
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Jul 5th 2020, 7:15 AM
# Interview
The Irish-born athlete lighting up Australia
Hollie-Kate Melia from Kildare was recently named Aerobic Gymnast of the Year.
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Jun 9th 2020, 8:00 AM
# Dedication
'Anything that's strange, people are going to poke at it. I wouldn't play football too often, I had to turn parties down'
Gymnastics star Rhys McClenaghan has risen to become one of Ireland’s most exciting Olympic prospects.
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Oct 20th 2019, 11:39 AM
# Dream Come True
'I cried like a baby, if I'm honest. I was 8 years old telling my mum I wanted to go to the Olympics'
Rhys McClenaghan won Ireland’s first-ever World Gymnastics medal in Stuttgart on Saturday.
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Oct 15th 2019, 4:58 PM
# gymnast
'It meant a lot' - Biles takes career record to 25 medals with win in world championships
The 22-year-old was crowned world floor champion for the fifth time in Stuttgart today.
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Oct 13th 2019, 7:17 PM
# gymnastics
Rhys McClenaghan wins bronze with incredible performance in World Championship final
Newtownards youngster adds historic world medal to his CV in Stuttgart.
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Oct 12th 2019, 4:59 PM
# good reads
Antrim hurling's Maradona, Eddie Hearn's profit before people, and the week's best sportswriting
Put the feet up.
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Aug 18th 2019, 8:30 AM
# Gymnastics Ireland
Girl (6) who suffered 'nasty' laceration to knee while practising gymnastics awarded €30k
The schoolgirl had been working on a trampoline when the accident happened in May 2017.
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Feb 21st 2019, 2:52 PM
'I want a poster outside one of my gyms and have it full of people wanting to aspire to what I’ve achieved'
Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan talks injury, turmoil, and Conor McGregor.
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Feb 9th 2019, 7:00 AM
# tokyo 2020
'I hate the phrase: 'This is how we’ve always done it.' That thinking needs to change'
Rhys McClenaghan tells The42 about his medal success in 2018, falling short at the World Championships and why the Irish mentality toward international competition has to change.
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Dec 23rd 2018, 8:00 AM
# down and out
Fall sees Rhys McClenaghan crash out of World Championships
There were high hopes for the reigning European and Commonwealth champion heading into today’s qualification.
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Oct 26th 2018, 11:00 AM
# Rhys McClenaghan
'I'm not one to just go and compete': Ireland's first-ever gymnastics gold medallist has big plans
Teenage gymnast Rhys McClenaghan reflects on his incredible achievement at the European Championships.
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Aug 23rd 2018, 8:00 PM
# Gold Rush
Teenager Rhys McClenaghan wins gymnastics gold for Ireland at European Championships
The 19-year-old has won Ireland’s first gymnastics medal at the European Championships.
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Aug 12th 2018, 3:40 PM
# gymnastics
Irish teen gymnast Rhys McClenaghan qualifies in first place for European final
McClenaghan, 19, will have a chance to add another pommel horse medal to his growing collection.
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Aug 9th 2018, 9:29 PM
# gymnastics coach
US university agrees to pay $500m to settle Larry Nassar sex abuse claims
The deal covers about 332 victims of the gymnastics coach.
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May 17th 2018, 7:56 AM
# issue
'The reason why child sexual abuse is such an epidemic is because kids are being silenced'
The gymnast sex-abuse survivors say the epidemic goes far beyond Larry Nassar.
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May 6th 2018, 12:01 PM
# your flexible friend
'I don’t want to go and just take part in the competitions'
Co. Down native Rhys McClenaghan is gunning for medals in Australia this weekend.
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Apr 7th 2018, 12:10 AM
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