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Paris Olympics’ Most Viral Stars: The Bulge, Turkey’s John Wick and Pommel Horse Pro
The Olympic Bulge, Turkey’s John Wick and the Pommel Horse Guy s are among the most viral stars of the Paris Olympics
While Simone Biles may have been the star of the show, Team USA found an unlikely gymnastics hero in Stephen Nedoroscik, a Penn State alum with a degree in electrical engineering whose hobbies include timing himself solving Rubik’s Cubes. Shots of Nedoroscik waiting for his (spectacular) turn with eyes closed and glasses on produced a barrage of memes, while his removal of spectacles to become the newly-crowned “Pommel Horse Guy” were soon compared to Clark Kent’s transformation from nerdy news reporter to Superman. Despite the clear paddling skills of everyone involved, the races often appeared to turn into a watery version of bumper cars, or ‘Mario Kart With Boats’ as has been described on social media, with competitors regularly ramming into each other out.
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