Freed from the crippling weight of expectation that briefly convinced him to call time on his gymnastics career in the wake of his second consecutive Olympic title in Tokyo, Max Whitlock is finally relishing the prospect of returning to the competitive arena.
Nineteen months on from his flawless pommel performance in the Japanese capital, Whitlock will participate as a guest at the Scottish Championships in Perth this weekend, at the start of a process that he intends to lead to a bid for a third-straight gold medal in Paris next year.
