Rhys McClenaghan looks forward and says Commonwealth Games are a ‘training day’

McClenaghan scored 13.0 points to finish in sixth place

Rhys McClenaghan: “Even if I had won gold here it still would have been treated as a stepping-stone." Pic: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire.

Olympic gymnastics champion Rhys McClenaghan dismissed the Commonwealth Games as a “training day” after failing to win a medal in the men’s pommel final at the Glasgow International Centre.

The 27-year-old scored 13.0 points to finish in sixth place, well below gold medallist Jordan Carroll of Canada, with two Scots – all-around champion Reuben Ward and his team-mate Cameron Lynn – taking silver and bronze respectively.