Injured McClenaghan out of European Championships

Due to an unspecified injury, Olympic pommel horse champion Rhys McClenaghan was forced to withdraw from this month’s European Championships.

The 25-year-old, who won gold in Paris last summer and finished his career Grand Slam, was scheduled to return to action in Leipzig between May 26 and May 31.

McClenaghan, who has won the title twice in the past two years, would have been defending his title.

McClenaghan stopped competing after the previous year’s Olympics, but he recently returned to full-time training. The European Championships were his first major competition since Paris.

McClenaghan will now concentrate on the World Championships, which are scheduled to take place in Jakarta, Indonesia in October, because the injury is not thought to be serious.

McClenaghan wrote, “I tried my best to push through preparation, but an injury kept holding me back,” on his Instagram account.

I made the decision to give my best work a chance this year by ensuring that I can focus on recovering from this year’s competitions and being healthy.