Stephen Nedoroscik turned an in a single day sensation on the 2024 Summer time Olympics in Paris, and the highlight was on the Worcester, Mass. native once more Saturday.
Nedoroscik secured the Olympic bronze medal within the males’s pommel horse ultimate. The 25-year-old completed with a 15.300 behind gold medalist Rhys McClenaghan (15.533) and silver medalist Nariman Kurbanov (15.433). It was the primary time an American gained an Olympic medal in pommel horse since Alexander Naddour in 2016.
Saturday’s efficiency got here after Nedoroscik wowed audiences along with his pommel horse routine within the males’s workforce all-around that secured the bronze medal for Workforce USA. Nedoroscik drew comparisons to Clark Kent along with his focus and dedication when he took his glasses off, and he is been dubbed the “pommel horse man,” which earned him acclaim on social media.
Nedoroscik went fifth within the pommel horse ultimate and earned a better rating than defending gold medalist Max Whitlock for third. The American gymnast needed to wait out the following three rivals who didn’t earn a better rating than Nedoroscik earlier than he soaked in his particular person Olympic accomplishment.
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The Massachusetts native’s efficiency got here after Simone Biles and Jade Carey earned gold and bronze, respectively, within the girls’s vault ultimate.
