Paris 2024: 'The tears were flooding down my face' - McClenaghan reacts to gymnastics gold 

Such a genuine and nice lad representing the 32 counties of Ireland with pride and passion. You did us proud Rhys 🇮🇪💚🇮🇪💚🇮🇪💚

Congratulations wonderful 👏 from a former Irish Olympian

Incredibly humble with an elite mindset, a true role model

Cheers from Italy! Outstanding victory. Go IRELAND!

You had my Irish husband screaming through our house. Many Congratulations Rhys 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Oh he is such a humble sweet guy so happy for him, well done on becoming an Olympic Champion. 🏆

What a charming and gracious young man. Cheers from America ! 🇮🇪

One thing about the Irish we support our own like no other other country no matter the sport

Brilliant lad.. you're a wonderful youngfella, well done from Donegal 🇮🇪

Well done young man you are such a star. What a role model you are for young men all over the world. Ireland is so proud of your hard work and grit. You have lifted our spirits. Thank you.

It could not happen to a more worthy champion 🇮🇪💚

How can someone make pommel horse look beautiful? Rhys does it.

What a genuinely nice young lad.

Congrats from Canada, Rhys. You certainly deserve it! 💖

Fully deserved young man. Congratulations.

So freakin proud of Rhys! What a massive routine and such a deserving champion! 💚💚💚

Rhys, you did your country proud, you are an inspiration to ANYBODY pursuing a difficult goal. May God bless you, you ROCK🇮🇪☘️♥️😁.

Congratulations Rhys! 🎉

A great gymnast and a great person. Well deserved for him and for Ireland. Greetings from Athens Greece.

Cheer from the USA! Congratulations!❤❤

Well deserved and what a lovely young man.

I love this guy. What a wonderful human being.

So happy for Rhys. He worked so hard

Congratulations Rhys from Australia.

A fine young man! Well done.

🇮🇪💚💙🙌🏻🥇 amazing achievement

Fantastic achievement by Rhys after all the training and effort by him Ireland can only be very proud to have such an Olympian gold medallist

Cheers from Ravenna, Italy .

Congrats Rhys. Big fan here you deserved.

I'm so happy for him. What a fabulous athlete and a lovely man. Love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Cheers from Southern US, a huge congratulations to Ireland and to Rhys! Well-earned and beautifully executed.

Such a lovely young man. So happy for both him and Ireland!!!🎉🇮🇪❤️

What a lovely young man- his family should be so PROUD!! go ireland!!!🤩🤩

Congrads dear friend.. i am. So glad for you and All that hard work. Im sitting here in no carolina so thrilled for you..

Congratulations from Kazakhstan 🎉❤

Well done, we are all so proud of you❤

Well done Rhys! brilliant :)

Congratulations from Algeria 🇮🇪🤝🇩🇿🥇

What a young man

Congratulations !! Lovely young man , so deserves the Gold!!

Well done rhys, great for Ireland 🇮🇪

Well done young man to you your parents those who stood by you and its a unbelievable achievement

Well done Rhys. So proud of you and your achievements over the past few years. You've really done your country proud & I couldn't be happier for you. Best wishes for a bright future.

Amazing 👏

What an absolute superstar 👌 and a sweet guy 🥰...so proud of Rhys & what he has accomplished. ❤

After following him for so long, to see this is wonderful. Great kid

That's brilliant!!! Well done!!!!

Such a class act so well-deserved😎

What an amazing young man " wise head on young shoulders " Great Achievement 🎉

Well done,Rhys, all that hard work and pain and tears was worth it all ,you are a better person for all your struggles, you are an aspiration to us all, Dreams do come true ,even in the "back garden"😂😂 so proud, Olympic Champion .

what a nice fellow,

There's nobody I like to see winning medals more than him. And I'm not even Irish.

Beautiful spirit!

Félicitations !!!❤

Congrats from the USA!

Such a beautiful, clean routine. Amazing job. Well deserved gold! 💚🇮🇪🏅

Well deserved, he put everything out there and it paid off. Karim and Stephen also put up their best performances, which made this final so exciting to watch. Big congratulations to him and the other medalists! 🎉

Bravo, bravo👍 Congrats, you’re the Best! 🏆🥇👍👍👍😍

What a fantastic guy.

Great Achievement Rhys....so happy for you. Best Wishes from the USA.

Wonderful!! Congrats from the USA!!

Such a class act - well done Sir!

Congratulations and so deserved

Hopefully rhys inspires young children in ireland to do gymnastics

A true gentleman that everybody loves. Rhys you're pride of Ireland 🇮🇪. Greetings from the United States of America. 🇺🇸

Bravo ! Vive l’Irlande 🇮🇪 et les Irlandais !

Fantastic achievement 👏🥳💚🍀

WOOHOO CONGRATULATIONS! (:

Congratulations well deserved 🎉

Congratulations!! ☘️☘️☘️

Congrats from the USA! That was beautiful ❤

Congratulations Rhys on your spectacular win. So immensely happy for you. Upwards and onwards to Los Angeles and Brisbane.

So well spoken. As an American I couldn't be happier for him.

Congratulations, and what a really good guy👏👏👏👏👏

Congratulations from Japan🇯🇵

So proud of your grit, determination, hard, hard work and your amazing talent. Gold looks great against the green!!!!

So happy for him.

Only Rhys and his trainer know how hard he worked for this perfection.

Congratulations Rhys.

❤ 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Great fella was outstanding...you go far ...USA 28 UK Bishops stortford Herts

beautiful

Rhys McClehaghan, a Pommel Horse World and Olympic champion is a fan of Carlos Yulo, I hope Rhys would train Carlos in Ireland on this apparatus. If that happens, Carlos might have a chance to win a podium finish on All Around competition in the future.

Luck good john

Congrats to such a lovely champion. Rhys represents the absolute best of the games. From an American w/ Irish ancestors (is plastic Paddy an actual thing?) 😅

Very articulate

LESSON LEARN FOE TODAY ....ANYONE CAN WIN GOLD IN OLYMPIC JUST DO YOUR BEST

Very excited and happy but also very confused how he represents both Northern Ireland and Ireland ? Can someone explain this to me ?? I thought this was Irelands win but he represents two countries ?? And Wiffen and both parents have English accents ? I need a little help here following

Can they get a bigger mic.

This young man is top of the world, and yet remains so grounded. Who do you want to be your next PM?

I've seen it a few times Why are they referred to "gold medalist" than "Olympic Champion" 🤔🤷‍♀️

No Tricolours in Newtownards

Don’t get too exited,the dope test results aren’t back yet