The name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue—Stephen Nedoroscik—but you can just call him The Pommel Horse guy.
That’s what social media is dubbing their newly minted star.
It’s Nedoroscik’s specialty in gymnastics, and the sole reason he was put on the U.S. men’s team. The Massachusetts native now trains in Florida, and is a four-time U.S., two-time NCAA, and 2021 world champion on the event.
Pommel horse? What’s that? That’s the event in which gymnasts mount—yes, mount—what’s called a horse that is 160-cm. long and 135-cm. wide with two handles on top. You grab the handles and swing your legs around in creative ways—around, above, and next to the horse. You can even move from one end of the horse to the other—a move that Nedoroscik does especially well.
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Nedoroscik was put on the five-member U.S. Olympic team because he’s so good on that event. His selection came as a surprise to many gymnastics fans, who questioned the sanity of USA Gymnastics in banking on a specialist who competes on only one of the six events…