‘Dancing With the Stars’ announces first contestant, and Olympic fans will be thrilled

“Dancing With the Stars” has revealed its first celebrity contestant for its newest season, and Olympic fans will be thrilled.

Several weeks ago, Stephen Nedoroscik was waiting in the wings for his turn to compete on the pommel horse for Team USA’s men’s gymnastics team. Little did the world know, he would soon become an American sports hero.

Nedoroscik helped Team USA secure a bronze medal in the team all-around event. As several people would go on to say, Nedoroscik’s job was pommel horse and pommel horse he did.

Now, Nedoroscik is trading in his singlet for dance shoes as he was recently named the newest celebrity contestant for the upcoming season of “Dancing With the Stars,” which is set to premiere on ABC and Disney+ on Sept. 17.

While a guest on “Good Morning America,” Nedoroscik says he’s hoping to bring some of the moves he does on the pommel horse to the dance floor this fall.

“I want to bring some of that gymnastics. Maybe a backflip or handstand. I want to have fun with it,” he told the GMA crew.

Nedoroscik will be the latest in a long line of Olympians who have competed on “Dancing With the Stars,” namely Suni Lee, Simone Biles, Shawn Johnson, Laurie Hernandez and Nastia Liukin just to name a few.

But Nedoroscik will become the first Olympic male gymnast to compete for the mirror ball trophy.

As for how he will deal with his glasses during his dances, Nedoroscik says that is to be determined. At the Olympics, the gymnast slipped off his spectacles just before mounting the pommel horse, pulling several comparisons to Superman’s alter ego, Clark Kent.

“I’m very excited to do it,” Nedoroscik said of the opportunity to be on “Dancing With the Stars.”