FILE PHOTO: Artistic Gymnastics - 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Men's Pommel Horse Final - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany - October 12, 2019 Gold medalist Britain's Max Whitlock celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
LONDON (Reuters) - Parents with captive children may wince at the 'broken vase potential' of them copying Max Whitlock and using the sofa as an improvised Pommel Horse, but they might thank the two-time Olympic champion in the weeks ahead as he brings gym classes straight to the living room.
With Britain's 1,200 gym clubs having fallen silent because of the coronavirus pandemic, the 27-year-old Briton, winner of the floor and Pommel Horse events at Rio 2016, is filling his unexpected home time by streaming lessons via YouTube.
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