Team Ireland gymnast Rhys McClenaghan has described the delay of the Tokyo Olympics to next year as 'a relief'.
The 2018 European Championships gold medallist and podium hope claims that the uncertainty around the games meant that the postponement came as a relief.
McClenaghan says that he isn't put off by the delay, and that a couple of changes to his preparations will ensure the 20-year-old is ready come 2021.
"I know I'll be in better shape come July 2021, will have a better routine and be closer to that gold medal than ever," he told RTE Sport.
"It was a relief the Games were postponed because of all the uncertainty in the lead up to the announcement, but up until that very day I was training for the Olympics.
"When the announcement came I had to make some mental adjustments as well as physical adjustments to my programme. I needed to make the changes to make next year work.
"Hopefully it goes ahead, look it's the case of everything right now, it's just constant uncertainty throughout the world. I don't think they will say 100 percent it will definitely happen, because nothing right now is definitely going to happen. Everybody is in the same boat, every business and every company.
"The good thing about me is that I'm very young, I'm only 20. I've got loads of time. They could delay it another year and I'll still be ready for it. If it's in two months' time I'll still be ready."
