Nedoroscik had to improvise in the middle after not executing the planned routine, which lowered his difficulty score, but he still completed a mostly clean turn on the horse. He scored a 14.200, with an execution score of 9.1 and the difficulty score taking a hit to 5.1 from the planned 6.2.

Nor, insists the gymnast who became forever known as “Pommel Horse Guy” after winning a pair of bronze medals in Paris, has his devotion to the discipline that made him one of the breakout stars of the 2024 Olympics faded in the least.