Next month “Dancing with the Stars” will start a new season and they have just announced their first celebrity dancer – Stephen Nedoroscik – better known as the Pomel Horse Guy from Team USA in Gymnastics.
While DWTS has had a number of athletes over the years, Nedoroscik is the first male gymnast to be on the show.
After earning two bronze medals in Paris at the Summer Olympic Games, Nedoroscik is ready to bring some of that excitement to the Ballroom saying, “I want to bring some of that gymnastics, maybe a backflip or a handstand, I want to have fun with it”
Before earning the name Pommel Horse Guy, Nedoroscik was often compared to Clark Kent/Superman because he always removed his glasses before competing on an apparatus.
As for wearing his glasses while he dances…“I might have fun with it. I’m scared they’ll fly off, that’s the thing. Maybe we could do a gadget, keep them on? Maybe a new pair of glasses, match the theme?”
Nedoroscik was born with a genetic eye condition called coloboma where tissue is missing from the eye and can cause a visual disability.
Season 33 of “Dancing with the Stars” is set to begin September 17 with co-hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough. Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough are set to return to the judge’s table.