Former Penn State athletes Stephen Nedoroscik and Sam Zakutney both qualified for at least one modality in the gymnastics finals. Canada’s Zakutney will fight for a podium in the team finals at 11:30 a.m. Monday. Meanwhile, apart from qualifying for the team finals, USA’s Nedoroscik qualified for the pommel horse modality at 11:16 a.m. Saturday..
Pommel Horse
Nedoroscik had an impressive run on the modality. He was second in the competition achieving a punctuation of 15.200, the same punctuation as Irish two-time world champion Rhys McClenaghan who got first place because of the 100 point advantage on execution.