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Partnering up with Rylee Arnold, he made it to the finals, performing a freestyle routine to Coldplay’s Viva La Vida, and ultimately finished in 4th place. He also co-hosted the Dancing with the Stars nationwide tour, which kept him off the pommel horse until the spring. In April, he resumed training at EVO Gymnastics in Sarasota, Florida. After that, he made his gymnastics comeback at the 2025 Xfinity US Championships, facing disappointment. Now with the surgery, he would have to stay away from the sport once again and do the whole comeback process again – Go back to training again, get back to the mental space again, and get the body back in that shape and flexibility again. Everything that he did after DWTS, he would have to do it all again. Nevertheless, he had his eyes set on 2028. Stephen Nedoroscik has his sights set on the LA Olympics Before making his return at the Xfinity US Championships, the Olympian talked of the fairytale ending of his 2024 season and the late start of the 2025 one. “I’ve always told myself, ‘I want to be done with the sport when my body is done with the sport,’ and I’m still getting better,” he said, adding that if he gives up now and fails to see how far he could go, it would be a dishonor to himself and the sport. He failed to perform up to the mark in the Championships but the fans cheered for the pommel horse guy. After day 1, he said, “Being able to hear people cheer and root me on … this is what you do this for,” Nedoroscik said after the first day of competition. “Seeing these (kids) look up to me, doing a horse routine for them, and hearing them cheer.” He was truly amazed by the support from the community, saying it was incredible to see everyone backing not just him, but the other guys as well, and he happily took pictures and signed autographs with fans. It was after failing to make the World Team that he talked about LA 2028.
