Stephen Nedoroscik brings pommel horse to “DWTS” finale.

Stephen Nedoroscik brings pommel horse to “DWTS” finale.

The Olympics are back in the ballroom.

During season 33, contestant Stephen Nedoroscik danced freestyle on the Dancing with the stars In the finals, the bronze medal-winning gymnast brought a Team USA flair to his routine. It began with Nedoroscik returning to the pommel horse, his signature gymnast (and for which he won his individual medal).

Both he and his professional partner Rylee Arnold performed dance moves on and around the pommel horse. The two then stood on the horse and jumped off it to continue their dance routine. Some of Nedoroscik’s teammates also joined him in the ballroom as he alternated between ball moves with Arnold and gymnastics tricks with his team.

Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold.

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Arnold wore a red, white and blue dress to highlight Stephen’s place on Team USA as he performed everything from backflips to an impressive sequence reminiscent of a floor exercise.

The routine received high praise from the judges, who praised the use of Nedoroscik’s skills as a gymnast to make the routine truly unique. Judge Derek Hough even confessed that when he watched Nedoroscik compete in the Olympics last summer, he thought the gymnast would be a good fit DWTS — and this routine was the fullest realization of this journey.

Arnold and Nedoroscik achieved their first perfect score of the season in practice, increasing their total points for their two final dances to 59 points.

Rylee Arnold and Stephen Nedoroscik.

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Nedoroscik brought his pommel horse into the ballroom back in Week 4 of “Dedication Night” and dedicated his Argentine Tango to his teammates. “Recently the NCAA cut men’s gymnastics and that could go away,” he said. “Men’s gymnastics made me the man I am today. I want to be able to pour out my whole heart for my sport with this achievement.”

We’d say he’s done this 20 times now.

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