THE contest to decide the best pommel horse specialist at the Paris Olympics was among the fiercest on the scoreboard but the rivalry was surpassed by the mutual admiration the medallists expressed when all was done and dusted.
Rhys McClenaghan, who was the victor and won Ireland their first gymnastics medal on Saturday, said that either of his fellow medallists or the five other finalists could have won the title.
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