ANTRIM’S EAMON MONTGOMERY has won a bronze medal in the floor event at the World Cup final event in Cairo.
Montgomery registered a score of 14.066 to finish third behind winner Illia Kovtun of the Ukraine and second-placed Aurel Benovic of Croatia in the final event in the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup series.
Last September, Montgomery clinched a gold medal at the 2022 Paris World Cup after scoring 14.250 on floor.
#Gymnastics medal alert 🥉
— Gymnastics Ireland (@GymnasticsIre) April 29, 2023
Congratulations to 🇮🇪 gymnast Eamon Montgomery who has won bronze on floor at the 2023 Cairo World Cup final! 💪🏻😎💚 Congrats also to coach Conor McGovern and team on this great achievement 🙌🏻 #TeamIreand #GymnasticsIreland #CairoWorldCup2023 pic.twitter.com/0SXiuwWqqN
Men's Floor Exercise final at the #FIGWorldCup in Cairo 🇪🇬:
— FIG (@gymnastics) April 29, 2023
🥇 Illia Kovtun 🇺🇦 14.433
🥈 Aurel Benovic 🇭🇷 14.166
🥉 Eamon Montgomery 🇮🇪 14.066#Gymnastics pic.twitter.com/NKGbIJP7v8
Dominick Cunningham is also competing at the event in Egypt and will feature. in the vault final on Sunday. Both Cunningham and Montgomery are coached by Conor McGovern.
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