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Stephen Nedoroscik brings vaulting horse to the finals of ‘DWTS’
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Stephen Nedoroscik brings vaulting horse to the finals of ‘DWTS’

The Olympics are back in the ballroom.

During season 33, contestant Stephen Nedoroscik dances to the freestyle Dancing with the stars In the finals, the bronze medal-winning gymnast brought Team USA flair to his routine. It started when Nedoroscik returned to the pommel horse, his signature event as a gymnast (and for which he won his individual medal).

Both he and professional partner Rylee Arnold performed dance moves on and around the pommel horse. Then the two got on the horse and jumped off in their full dance routine. Some of Nedoroscik’s teammates also joined him on the dance floor as he alternated between ballroom moves with Arnold and gymnastics tricks with his team.

Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold.

ABC


Arnold wore a red, white and blue dress to emphasize Stephen’s place on Team USA as he performed everything from backflips to an impressive sequence that echoed a floor routine.

The routine earned rave reviews from the judges, who praised the use of Nedoroscik’s skills as a gymnast as a way to make the song truly unique. Judge Derek Hough even admitted that when he saw Nedoroscik compete at the Olympics last summer, he thought the gymnast would be an excellent fit for DWTS — and this routine was the fullest realization of that journey.

Arnold and Nedoroscik earned their first perfect score of the season for the routine, bringing their total score for their two final dances to 59 points.

Rylee Arnold and Stephen Nedoroscik.

ABC


Nedoroscik previously brought his pommel horse to the ballroom during Week 4’s “Dedication Night,” dedicating his Argentine tango to his teammates. “Recently the NCAA cut men’s gymnastics, and that could go away,” he said. “Men’s gymnastics has made me the man I am today. I want to be able to pour my heart out for my sport with this achievement.”

We’d say he’s done that twenty times now.

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