Rhys McClenaghan is through to the final of the men's pommel horse at the Paris Olympics.
The double world champion and three-time European gold medallist, who is one of the favourites to medal in the discipline, was awarded the joint-highest score of the day - 15.200 - along the USA's Stephen Nedoroscik - and so is through to next Saturday's final.
McClenaghan, along with seven other competitors, including Great Britain's Max Whitlock, will be vying for podium finishes a week from now.
"It could be better but it was solid," McClenaghan said afterwards.
"That was the word Luke (Carson, national performance coach) was using when I came off. It was calm.
"That's what you want to be like in that reappearance at the Olympic Games, and that’s what it did feel like, but of course, I want to be pushing more and more to that perfection that isn’t attainable, but we’ll try.
"I can upgrade and I plan to upgrade. Hopefully we’ll be seeing that score bumped up even further. It felt so familiar out there, that pressure I have on my shoulders, because I do it every day in training."
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