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A gymnast on the 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Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal body covered with foam rubber and leather, with plastic handles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).
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.
The pommel horse was one of the components of the men's artistic individual all-around in 1900, however. The men's pommel horse returned as a medal event in 1924 and has been held every Games since. Pommel horse scores were included in the individual all-around for 1924 and 1928, with no separate apparatus final.
He returned to competition at the World Championships but only competed on the pommel horse and floor exercise. [60] Although he fell on the floor exercise during the qualification round, he qualified for the pommel horse final. [61] He became the first British gymnast to successfully defend a World title when he won the pommel horse final. [62]
He is the 2024 pommel horse Olympic champion, the first gymnast to win an Olympic gold, or indeed, medal for Ireland. McClenaghan is also a double world champion on the pommel horse, having won gold in 2022 and 2023 , the first Irish artistic gymnast to win world championship gold, having been the first Irish gymnast to win a world medal with ...
Xiao Qin (simplified Chinese: 肖钦; traditional Chinese: 肖欽; pinyin: Xiào Qīn; born January 12, 1985) is a Chinese gymnast.He specializes in the horizontal bar and parallel bars, but is best known for his work on the pommel horse for which he has won Olympic, world, national, East Asian Games, and World Cup titles.
Each of the 98 qualified gymnasts are eligible for the pommel horse competition, but many gymnasts do not compete in each of the apparatus events. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for gymnastics. The 2018 and 2019 World Championships were completed on time, but many of the World Cup series events were delayed into ...
Nedoroscik’s performance on the pommel horse, scoring 14.866, was a key contribution to the team’s success. Individually, Nedoroscik also made waves by qualifying for the pommel horse final in ...