Rhys McClenaghan accentuated the positives after he needed to summon on all smarts and skills to salvage a Commonwealth Games silver.
It's four years since McClenaghan shocked Olympic champion Max Whitlock to win pommel horse gold on Australia's Gold Coast.
With Whitlock, last year's Tokyo gold medallist watching in the stands, this year's final seemed at the mercy of the 23-year-old Newtownards gymnast, a poster boy for Northern Ireland sport.
