PARIS : It took every bit of motivation for Britain's Max Whitlock to return to gymnastics after a long and difficult hiatus following the Tokyo Olympics, and checking Wikipedia for the history he could make at the Paris Games was one of them.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Artistic Gymnastics - Men's Podium Training - Bercy Arena, Paris, France - July 24, 2024. Max Whitlock of Great Britain during training. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
The three-times Olympic champion had suffered mental health issues after Tokyo that kept him away from the sport for 18 months, before he returned to competition early last year. A podium finish on the pommel horse for the Briton could put him in the history books as the first gymnast - male or female - to win four Olympic medals on the same apparatus."When I was in that kind of period where I was like, I don't really want to come back... I looked up to those because every bit for me, every tiny little bit of motivation, no matter what it is, helps - the opportunity to make history and try and go for that.
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