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# Rhys McClenaghan

Last year
2023
'If you shy away from the failures, then you’re shying away from success too'
Double world champion Rhys McClenaghan speaks exclusively to The 42.
Rhys McClenaghan rounds out year to remember with RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year award
Rhys McClenaghan rounds out year to remember with RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year award
McClenaghan did the European Championship-World Championship double on the pommel horse in 2023.
Evan Ferguson named Young Sportsperson of the Year.
Andy Farrell and Limerick hurlers win Manager and Team of the Year.
Rhys McClenaghan wins second-straight world championship title
Rhys McClenaghan wins second-straight world championship title
McClenaghan through to World Championship final
Rhys McClenaghan wins silver medal at World Cup in Paris
Rhys McClenaghan wins gold at European Gymnastic Championships
Rhys McClenaghan wins gold at European Gymnastic Championships
Rhys McClenaghan qualifies for European Championships final in first place
All time
'Researching Good Friday Agreement' in fight to compete and 2022 world title win
Tears of joy for McClenaghan as he becomes first Irish gymnastics world champ
Rhys McClenaghan crowned world champion with pommel horse gold
McClenaghan reaches pommel horse final at World Championships in first position
Shock as Rhys McClenaghan misses out on European final
Rhys McClenaghan sets the score to beat in pommel horse qualifying
McClenaghan wins fight to compete at Commonwealth Games
Northern Ireland gymnasts told to change Irish registration for Commonwealth Games
'Allow us to compete' - McClenaghan launches appeal after Commonwealth Games ban
McClenaghan fumes over 'slippery' pommel horse after missing out on world championship final
'The world will see him crowned, just not today' - McClenaghan's time will come after Olympic heartbreak
'I'll come back a better gymnast and a better man' - Devastation for Rhys McClenaghan in pommel horse final
‘We want that top spot’: The Co Down gymnast whose Olympic journey started in his back garden
Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan weighs in amid claims of 'anti-sex' Olympic beds
A European Champs injury scare, the 'bigger picture' of Olympics and vlogging life as an elite athlete
'Disappointed. I'm so much more than I demonstrated' - McClenaghan’s European medal bid falls short
McClenaghan qualifies in first place for European final as Irish hopefuls impress on Road to Tokyo
Galway's Emma Slevin makes history by qualifying for European Gymnastics final
McClenaghan calling himself 'The Champ' and contemplating the vast expanses of the universe
'I want to be undeniably the best in the world at the Olympics'
'I’m going to leave Tokyo with Olympic gold'
8 to watch in 2020: the stars we are tipping to make headlines next year
'Anything that's strange, people are going to poke at it. I wouldn't play football too often, I had to turn parties down'
'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 wins bronze with incredible performance in World Championship final
McClenaghan celebrates as he secures Olympic berth and place in World final
Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan secures World Cup silver medal 6 months on from shoulder surgery
'I want a poster outside one of my gyms and have it full of people wanting to aspire to what I’ve achieved'
RTÉ confirm nominees for 2018 Team of the Year and Young Sportsperson of the Year
Fall sees Rhys McClenaghan crash out of World Championships