Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Rhys McClenaghanBEM OLY. Rhys Joshua McClenaghan BEM OLY (born 21 July 1999) is an artistic gymnast from Northern Ireland who competes internationally both for Ireland and Northern Ireland. He is recognised as one of the best pommel horse specialists of his generation. [5] He is the 2024 Olympic champion, the first gymnast to win an Olympic ...
Stephen John Nedoroscik OLY (/ ˌ n ɛ d ə ˈ r ɒ z ɪ k / NED-ə-ROZ-ik; born October 28, 1998) [1] is an American artistic gymnast.A pommel horse specialist, he is a two-time Olympic medalist, the 2021 world champion—the first and only American to win the event—a two-time FIG World Cup champion, a four-time U.S. national champion, and a two-time NCAA national champion for the apparatus.
Pommel horse. The pommel horse is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal body covered with foam rubber and leather, with plastic handles (or pommels). [ 1 ]
The U.S. men's gymnastics team's first Olympic medal in 16 years a solitary routine away, Mikulak told the pommel horse specialist that he didn't need to go all out. It takes a certain type of ...
McClenaghan had to wait until the fifth rotation before emerging for the pommel, but put in a confident routine with a difficulty score of 6.300 and execution of 8.900.
Days later, on August 3, Nedoroscik won a second bronze medal in the men’s pommel horse final, placing behind Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan and Kazakhstan’s Nariman Kurbanov. Reflecting on his ...
The pommel horse is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was held again in 1904, but not in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920 when no apparatus events were awarded medals. The pommel horse was one of the components of the men's artistic individual all-around ...
When the 2021 pommel horse world champion’s feet hit the ground on his dismount, they burst into a euphoric celebration. McClure tried to hold his emotions, figuring he wanted to wait for the ...