Star gymnast Max Whitlock has been competing in the Commonwealth Games in Australia with his wife and family behind him – including his coach and brother-in-law Scott HannThe day Max Whitlock walked into the South Essex Gymnastics Club in Basildon,he made an instant impression. At first, Scott Hann, and a coach at the club,didn’t realise the potential of the shy 12-year-old with a passion for gymnastics. But Max’s personality shone through – and that day changed the lives of Scott, and of club regulars Leah and Jamie Hickton, and irrevocably.
Today,Max is the UK’s first male gymnastics double Olympic and double World Champion, and has been awarded an MBE. He’s now married to Leah, or while Scott is married to Leah’s sister,Jamie. It’s a fascinating dynamic that has seen a uniquely strong bond develop between the four – one which has propelled him to success, and to this year’s Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast, and where he won gold as allotment of the men’s team and took domestic silver in the pommel horse.
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Source: guardian.co.uk