Gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik’s girlfriend, Tess McCracken, can’t get sufficient of the memes impressed by his 2024 Paris Olympics efficiency.
“My favourite to this point has been the ‘and your pal Steve, do-do-do-do-do-do-do Steve,’” McCracken informed E! Information on Thursday, August 1. “I like that one.”
In a TikTok posted by way of the official NBC account, the remainder of Workforce USA males’s gymnasts are seen competing earlier than Nedoroscik, 25, lastly seems. In a single clip, Nedoroscik celebrates along with his teammates as they raise him up off the bottom.
However that’s not the one meme McCracken is loving. “There was additionally one the place he takes off his glasses and he turns into Recreation 6 LeBron [James], or he’s the kicker that’s simply on the sidelines the entire sport who reveals up and clinches the win with a 60-yard subject aim. I like these. We additionally obtained the Duolingo Owl tweeting about him, which was loopy.”
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McCracken and Nedoroscik met earlier than their freshman yr at Penn State throughout summer season 2016. They each competed on the college’s gymnastics groups.
McCracken has been by her boyfriend’s aspect to help him on the Paris Olympics as he helped the U.S. males’s gymnastics workforce win their first medal in 16 years. (Nedoroscik, who specializes within the pommel horse occasion, secured the bronze medal alongside fellow gymnasts Brody Malone, Fred Richard, Asher Hong and Paul Juda.)
“The previous few days have been an absolute whirlwind,” McCracken stated on Thursday. “I knew his life was about to vary, however I used to be not anticipating to see a lot come my manner. And it’s been actually pretty, however I can’t say I anticipated that.”
Since making his debut on the Olympics, Nedoroscik has develop into an web sensation, with many likening him to Clark Kent as a result of his glasses. When Nedoroscik discovered he was beloved on social media, McCracken stated her boyfriend was “shocked.”
“I used to be attempting to point out him issues, like, ‘You’re a meme, you’re viral. Have a look at all these items,’” she stated. “And he beloved them. He laughed at them. And at that time, they had been simply beginning. We didn’t know what it was about to show into.”
Nedoroscik is ready to compete within the particular person pommel horse last on Saturday, August 3.
“He’s attempting to get locked in,” McCracken stated. “He had quite a lot of appearances and, as of right now, he put his foot down and stated, ‘I have to focus and get again dialed in. I’m solely coaching from right here on out.’”