Kicker: Rise to the moment

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Sometimes life delivers those “rise to the moment” occasions…and this week, a gymnast on Team USA, Stephen Nedoroscik [Ned-or-OH-zik] rose to the occasion!

He’s a pommel horse specialist. It’s his only event, and the team needed him if they had any hope of making it to the podium.

Lots of buzz around this because the 25-year-old looks…shall we say…a bit nerdy…after all, he’s also known as the Rubik’s Cube guy…with curly hair and glasses that he rips off just like Clark Kent just before it’s time to compete.

All that focus skill really honed his pommel horse maneuvers, too. A score of 14.866, bringing home the bronze for the team.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Yay!

REICHARD: Yay! It’s The World and Everything in It.

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