Simone Biles, ‘pommel horse guy’ Stephen Nedoroscik, and the U.S. gymnastics teams are coming to Philly
Nedoroscik, an Olympic breakout star from Penn State, and members of the men’s bronze-medal team will join Biles and members of the women’s gold-medal team.
Fresh off the women’s gold medal and the men’s bronze medal at the Olympics, members of the U.S. gymnastics team will embark on the Gold Over America tour, which includes a stop in Philadelphia on Oct. 4 at the Wells Fargo Center.
Joining the tour from the women’s team will be Simone Biles, the most decorated American gymnast of all time, Jordan Chiles, and Jade Carey. Biles, Chiles, and Carey won gold in the team event on Tuesday. Biles will compete Thursday in the Olympic all-around final, Saturday in the vault final, and Monday in the floor exercise and beam finals. Carey will compete Saturday in the vault final and Chiles will compete Monday in the floor final.
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Penn State alumnus Stephen Nedoroscik, one of the breakout stars of the Olympics who became known as the “pommel horse guy” on social media thanks to his skill on the apparatus, and fellow men’s bronze medalists Brody Malone, Frederick Richard, and Paul Juda also will join the tour. Juda and Richard will compete Wednesday in the all-around final, and Nedoroscik will compete Saturday in the pommel horse final.
Other gymnasts on the tour include Katelyn Ohashi, who went viral for her high-energy floor routines at UCLA, and Joscelyn Roberson, one of the Olympic alternates for Team USA.
The event is advertised as a high energy, pop concert-style spectacle that will show off the skills of some of the world’s best gymnasts. Tickets are available starting at $50 at goldoveramericatour.com.