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A new American hero

There has historically been, very deservedly, so much talk about the U.S. women’s gymnastics team. But the men’s team got a long-awaited moment in the spotlight yesterday, taking bronze in the team final — the program’s first Olympic medal since 2008.

But it was the finish itself that had everyone buzzing:

Pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik, brought to Paris for just this one routine, absolutely delivered as the last man up for the Americans.



He'd sat in waiting for more than two hours as his teammates worked their way into medal contention, then removed his glasses and sealed the deal. Clutch.
Like that, a nation’s glory restored … and a new meme born? I mean, the guy’s job is literally just pommel. And pommel, he did. Dana O’Neil came through with this fascinating backstory on the 25-year-old’s already endearing glasses:

Nedoroscik has a disease that renders his eyes permanently dilated.

“But I don’t need to see when I do pommel horse,” Nedoroscik said, a bronze medal draped around his neck and a grin spread across his face. “It’s all by feel.”

He can also solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 10 seconds. It's like he was created in a lab to be the kind of quirky star Olympic fans tend to adore.


Dana has the full recap. Of course, it took a string of on-point routines from the whole team to earn the medal. One other new file in my “normal humans can’t do anything like this” folder:


That’s American Frederick Richard, flinging himself over 15 feet in the air. The bar itself is just over nine feet high — that means his feet are basically at standard NBA basketball hoop height. 🤯

LOOK AT THE HEIGHT FREDERICK RICHARD GETS. 🫨

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