Gymnastics

  1. Meet the Team NI gymnastics squad

    Rhys McClenaghanGetty Images

    McClenaghan is the only gymnast to become Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion on a single apparatus

    Olympic gold medallist in the pommel horse Rhys McClenaghan headlines a four-strong artistic gymnastics team for Northern Ireland.

    The 26-year-old is the only gymnast to become Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion on a single apparatus.

    McClenaghan was unable to compete at all in 2025 due to a shoulder injury that required surgery, but returned to action earlier this year and won gold in a World Cup event in Antalya in March.

    He won a gold medal on the Gold Coast in 2018 and the silver in Birmingham in 2022.

    Eamon Montgomery finished fifth with his floor routine in Birmingham in 2022 and won a silver medal at the World Cup in Antalya in March.

    Ewan McAteer is back for a third Games after finishing sixth in the vault final four years ago.

    Chester Enriquez will make his Commonwealth Games bow in Glasgow in the vault. The 18-year-old became Ireland's first-ever medallist in the European Youth Olympics Festival as he claimed bronze in Croatia last year.

    3. Rhys McClenaghan

    • Suni Lee poses with her arms outstretched after competing on the beam at the Paris Olympics

      • Max Whitlock competing at the British Championships in March

        • Kate O'Connor, Michaela Walsh, Rhys McClenaghan and Daniel Wiffen

          • Joe Cemlyn-Jones

          • A woman does the splits in mid air, dressed in a black crop top and pants, in front of a colourful backdrop .

          • Rhys McClenaghan

          • Two men are standing in a warehouse which contains a foam pit and a series of trampolines. One of the men is wearing a white t-shirt and navy blue gilet while the other is wearing a navy blue t-shirt with white lettering on it that reads STGC.

            • Artistic gymnast Ruby Evans, swimmer Matt Richards and para athlete Funmi Oduwaiye

            • McClenaghan to compete at European Championships

              Rhys McClenaghan with his Olympic gold medalGetty Images

              McClenaghan won gold at the 2024 Olympic Games

              Olympic gold medallist Rhys McClenaghan has been named on a six-strong men's artistic gymnastics team to represent Ireland at August's European Championships in Croatia.

              McClenaghan, who won his first gold medal since recovering from a shoulder injury at March's World Cup event, is joined by fellow medallists from Antalya: Belfast's Eamon Montgomery who picked up a silver on the floor exercise and James Hickey who came home with bronze behind McClenaghan on the pommel horse.

              Also named is Newtownabbey's Chester Enriquez who was a gold medallist at last year's European Youth Olympics Festival.

              Adam Steele and Daniel Fox are also included for the competition that runs from 19-23 August in Arena Zagreb, Croatia.

              On the four-strong junior team, Matthew Hickey - younger brother of James - is joined by Craigavon's Finlay Hazelton, plus Robert Ward and Evan Kinsella.

            • A close up of Simone Biles' face prior to competing in the artistic gymnastics Women's floor exercise final at the 2024 Olympics

            • Sam Oldham speaks to BBC East Midlands in his local gym

            • Pavel Karnejenko

              • Ellee Cheetham

              • A stock image in a gymnast's feet on the beam

              • Great Britain team-mates Jake Jarman and Ruby Evans pose for a photo on the podium after winning silver at the 2025 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships

              • Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova

              • A close up of twin athletes as they embrace on stage while wearing UK red, white and blue outfits

              • Laura Kinley in a swimming arena holing a gold medal. She is wearing a black T-shirt with the Isle of Man logo on it, and the swimming pool is behind her.

              • Acrobatic gymnasts performing in the South West Gymnastics Festival. They are wearing leopard print tops and black shorts. The gymnasts have their hands in the air in a circular formation, with one posing mid air having been thrown for a stunt.

              • The Gadirova twins are dressed in red and blue leotards and holding the union flag behind them at the World Gymnastics Championship.

              • A mother and daughter are smiling. The young girl on the left has ginger hair in pig tails and is wearing a black T-shirt. The mother on the right has long dark hair and is wearing a grey T-shirt. Behind them there is writing on the wall which includes the words kindness, respect and thankfulness.

              • British gymnast Alice Kinsella smiling