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Stephen Nedoroscik: 5 facts about Team USA gymnastics’ 2024 Paris Olympics breakout star

Let’s get to know Stephen Nedoroscik, Team USA gymnastics’ 2024 Paris Olympics breakout star.

United States gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik helped his team take home the bronze on Monday at the 2024 Paris Olympics with his thrilling pommel horse routine.

Nedoroscik’s outstanding performance on the pommel horse sparked the first medal in gymnastics for the Team USA men’s team since 2008, which is a fantastic achievement for the American gymnasts.

Nedoroscik is one of the breakout stars from this year’s Olympic Games, so let’s get to know him a bit more with his history with gymnastics and how he’s performed in the past leading up to this year’s Olympics.

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1. He started gymnastics in 2003 

Nedoroscik has been active in gymnastics competition for more than two decades leading to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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2. The pommel horse is his signature event 

Nedoroscik has made his career out of competing on the pummel horse, going back to his high school gymnastics days.

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3. He attended Penn State and was part of its gymnastics team

While with the Nittany Lions, Nedoroscik won a NCAA National Championship on the pommel horse as a freshman in 2017 and won two national titles in total during his college days.

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4. He became a World Champion in 2021 

Nedoroscik became the first United States gymnast to win gold at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on the pommel horse.

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5. This is his first Olympics 

Nedoroscik’s trip to Paris is his first Olympic Games as a part of Team USA, bringing his ability to dominate the pummel horse to the global stage once more.

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Team USA gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik inspired so many memes after winning an Olympic bronze medal

Shoutout to Steve, man.

Stephen Nedoroscik is an ABSOLUTE DAWG, and as an unofficial card-holding member of the glasses-wearers coalition, I salute him.

It’s been so long since the U.S. won a medal in any team event for men’s gymnastics (Here’s exactly how long it’s been), and to win one during this year’s Paris Games, it was all down to one event: the pommel horse.

The U.S. is not exactly a powerhouse on the pommel, and they needed big performances from Paul Juda and Brody Malone to boost Team USA’s chances of winning a medal before Steve Nedoroscik took the floor. Both Juda and Malone came through with clutch scoring, setting the stage for Steve to go big or go home. AND HE DELIVERED.

His performance — sans glasses — was so good that Olympics fans had a field day. Here’s what they said:

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Fredrick Richard: 5 facts about the Team USA’s Olympic bronze medal-winning gymnast with an incredible TikTok presence

The 20-year-old Michigan Wolverine is ready to make some noise at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

For the Paris Olympics this summer, For The Win is helping you get to know some of the star Olympians competing on the world’s biggest stage. We’re highlighting 15 Team USA athletes in the 15 days leading up to the Opening Ceremony. Up next is Frederick Richard.

It might be his first Olympics, but men’s gymnast Frederick Richard has high hopes for Paris. The 20-year-old from Boston secured a spot on the team with an impressive first-place finish in all-around at U.S. Olympic trials and finished in the top three in three events (high bar, parallel bars and floor exercise).

Here are five things to know about Richard ahead of the Paris Olympics.

1. He competed in college at Michigan

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Richard unsurprisingly saw great success with the Wolverines, helping Michigan finish runner-up at NCAA championships in both 2023 and 2024. He also finished first place in the all-around competition in 2023 and second this year, with NCAA titles on both parallel bars and high bar in 2023.

As a rising junior, Richard will have a chance to better those finishes in the near future.

2. His best event is high bar

Jun 29, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Frederick Richard competes on the high bar during the U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports

As the top-qualifying member of this year’s squad, it stands to reason that Frederick is very good across most of the events. But his performance on high bar may be just a bit better than the rest, as evidenced by his No. 1 finish in the event at the 2024 Olympic trials and the 2023 U.S. national championships.

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Still going to be clean it up more💪🏾 #olympics #gymnastics #sport #athlete

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He’s not just looking to win one event in the City of Lights.

“I want to enter the Olympics with the whole country knowing, like, that’s Frederick Richard, like this man is going to do it,” Richard said in a June 19 interview with NBC. 

3. His parents get super into his routines (understandably)

Get ready to see his adorable parents, Carl and Ann-Marie, get into it in the Parisian stands this month. Richard’s father is especially enthusiastic, and the pair follow every flip, vault, tumble and dismount with bated breath.

4. He has an incredible TikTok presence

@frederickflips

Pt.2 will be the shirt😁👌🏾#flip #flipping #michigan #umich #fyp #foryou

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Whether you’re looking for behind the scenes content, highlights from routines, physical challenges or just pure personality, Richard brings it all to his TikTok account, @frederickflips.

Hopefully we will get a bit of a behind the scenes in Paris, courtesy of Richard’s accounts.

5. Men’s gymnastics at the Olympics begins on July 27

You don’t have to wait long to see Richard in action as men’s gymnastics gets underway on day one with qualifiers for all events taking place Saturday, July 27. The men’s squad will look to medal as a team with finals on July 29, and then individual events will run finals through August 5.

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Livvy Dunne confirmed her return to LSU for a fifth season in an emotional video

Livvy Dunne will return to LSU gymnastics for a fifth season.

LSU gymnastics star Livvy Dunne will return to the school for a fifth season, and she confirmed the news in an emotional video on Monday.

Reading a letter to the LSU community over a highlight reel of her greatest accomplishments on the mat, Dunne talked about how she wanted to continue her career with the program.

“I’m not Dunne yet,” she says in the announcement video released by the LSU gymnastics Twitter (X) account.

Dunne won an national championship with LSU in 2024 and will now return to defend the gold as one of the most popular gymnasts in the country.

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