Rhys McClenaghan has won Ireland’s first ever Olympic artistic gymnastics medal after powering to gold in the Paris men’s pommel horse competition. The 2022 and 2023 world champion was almost flawless to score 15.533 ahead of the 15.433 for silver medallist Nariman Kurbanov of Kazakhstan. American Stephen Nedoroscik, who removes his glasses and does the pommel horse by memory, sealed bronze. Rio 2016 and Tokyo champion Max Whitlock of Britain failed to medal in his last event before retirement.