Team USA is carrying good luck with itself this year at the Paris Olympics. The gymnasts that it has assembled seem to be doing exceptionally well. The men’s artistic gymnasts performed in the first subdivision itself and qualified for the all-around finals. Stephen Nedoroscik is the athlete from the team who even topped the entire subdivision in one apparatus.

Rather than being the jack of all trades, the American gymnast found it better to master one. His ‘pommel horse’ prowess will make you want to learn more about him. On this occasion, we are already here with some information about the star athlete.

All we know about Stephen Nedoroscik’s background

Stephen was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, on October 28th, 1998, to a Slovakian family. His grandparents had emigrated from Slovakia to the United States, probably during their prime years. He has two sisters, Samantha and Anastasia Nedoroscik, who are also of the same descent as Stephen and their parents, John and Cheryl Nedoroscik.

He graduated in 2016 from Worcester Technical High School in his hometown. He also pursued electrical engineering at Pennsylvania State University and graduated in 2020. The gymnast started training at the age of 5 in 2003 and has been a keen part of it. But things didn’t end there for him.

As a young gymnast, he competed on all apparatuses, but around high school, he realized his progress and natural talent for the pommel horse and decided to excel further in it. He began competing for the Penn State Nittany Lions and became the NCAA National Champion for the first time in 2017 for the same apparatus. After several achievements that have since followed him, he eventually ended up on Team USA this year for the Paris Olympics 2024.

How is Nedoroscik doing at the Olympics?

As mentioned before, the 25-year-old has a knack for the pommel horse apparatus. So, to keep his strong suit intact, Team USA didn’t play any risky cards with him. Nedoroscik was kept just for his pommel horse routine and showed all his prowess on the apparatus on July 27 during the team qualifications for Subdivision 1. He outdid everyone on the card for pommel horse by scoring a brilliant score of 15.200. This was even higher than Max Whitlock from Team GB, who scored 15.166 despite being the reigning champion of the pommel horse. However, Stephen Nedoroscik still has to look out for competition.

Despite the skills that he has for the apparatus, there is still competition out there eyeing the gold medal for their own country. Team Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan has also qualified for the finals of pommel horse, set to take place on the 3rd of August this coming Saturday. He shared the brilliant 15.200 score with Nedoroscik, silently giving him a message that he was not undefeated at this year’s Olympic games. The two men who have qualified for the all-around finals from Team USA are Frederick Richard and Paul Juda.

If you look closely, the Slovakian gymnast from Worcester has this one event to make his country proud at this year’s Olympic Games.