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Watch: Stephen Nedoroscik wins bronze, and America’s heart, in pommel horse final

US' Stephen Nedoroscik competes in the artistic gymnastics men's pommel horse final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP) (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)
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US' Stephen Nedoroscik competes in the artistic gymnastics men's pommel horse final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP) (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Watch: Stephen Nedoroscik wins bronze, and America’s heart, in pommel horse final
ABOVE VIDEO: Stephen Nedoroscik secured his second Olympic bronze medal of the Paris Games with a spectacular pommel horse routine in the final. Can't view the above video? Click here. America's pommel horse king has done it again.Stephen Nedoroscik just whipped off his glasses and won another medal for the United States, earning a bronze Saturday in the men's pommel horse final.Nedoroscik, 25, scored a 15.300 on his specialty apparatus. The cheers from the crowd were deafening. The American gymnast, dubbed "the Pommel Horse Guy," became a viral sensation earlier this week, anchoring the U.S. men's gymnastics team to win their first team medal since 2008. He clinched the historic win with his agility on the pommel horse. RELATED: Stephen Nedoroscik waited his whole life for one routine. The US pommel horse specialist nailed itSaturday's routine was more difficult that the one he performed in the team final, earning him a bronze. Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan won gold, and Kazakhstan's Nariman Kurbanov took silver. Nedoroscik was the only individual medalist for the U.S. team as no others qualified for apparatus finals. He was also the only specialist in the U.S. team, chosen specifically to focus on just what it does the best -- honing his pommel horse skills to perfection. Pommel horse is an apparatus the American men have historically struggled with, but Nedoroscik has loved it since childhood.


ABOVE VIDEO: Stephen Nedoroscik secured his second Olympic bronze medal of the Paris Games with a spectacular pommel horse routine in the final. Can't view the above video? Click here.

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America's pommel horse king has done it again.

Stephen Nedoroscik just whipped off his glasses and won another medal for the United States, earning a bronze Saturday in the men's pommel horse final.

Nedoroscik, 25, scored a 15.300 on his specialty apparatus. The cheers from the crowd were deafening.

The American gymnast, dubbed "the Pommel Horse Guy," became a viral sensation earlier this week, anchoring the U.S. men's gymnastics team to win their first team medal since 2008. He clinched the historic win with his agility on the pommel horse.

RELATED: Stephen Nedoroscik waited his whole life for one routine. The US pommel horse specialist nailed it

Saturday's routine was more difficult that the one he performed in the team final, earning him a bronze. Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan won gold, and Kazakhstan's Nariman Kurbanov took silver.

Nedoroscik was the only individual medalist for the U.S. team as no others qualified for apparatus finals.

He was also the only specialist in the U.S. team, chosen specifically to focus on just what it does the best -- honing his pommel horse skills to perfection. Pommel horse is an apparatus the American men have historically struggled with, but Nedoroscik has loved it since childhood.