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DOUBLE Olympic champion Max Whitlock won his gold medals on two different continents but he is not a huge fan of travelling the world – so is looking forward to a home Commonwealth Games next year.
The 28-year-old gymnast returned from Tokyo having repeated his Rio 2016 triumph on the pommel horse but admits after spending so much time with his family – wife Leah and two-year-old daughter Willow – during the pandemic, the effects of a trip to the Far East were heightened.
It is partly why the prospect of competing in Birmingham next summer is so appealing.
“I’ve always been someone who has struggled with going away and with the last year and a half, the time we have all had being stuck at home, this time is no different,” he told the PA news agency.
“Travelling was hard, I miss my family, I miss Willow loads. I was FaceTiming every day but it is not the same.”
The Commonwealth Games will take place in front of fans, with the national ticket ballot having opened today.
