Of all the notable storylines that played out amid the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the one that was arguably the sweetest was the one involving Stephen Nedoroscik. The Team USA gymnast won fans’ hearts and affectionately earned the viral nickname “pommel horse guy” while winning two bronze medals for his country. In time, people also compared Nedoroscik to Clark Kent/Superman .

That DC Comics equivalence was due to the way in which the athlete would remove his glasses before his pommel horse routines. Nedoroscik has amassed a lot of fans, including DCU actor David Corenswet, who sent the gymnast some sweet congratulations. And I’m freaking out like the Olympian himself did! Stephen Nedoroscik was recently interviewed by Gold Meets Golden , and he discussed his Olympic victories.

During the chat, the host discussed the numerous fans that the gymnast has amassed in such a short amount of time. The ever humble Nedoroscik seems to be well aware of that, but he still appeared shocked to receive the message from David Corenswet. You can check out what the star of the upcoming movie Superman had to say to Nedoroscik by checking out the video below: The nerd in me is incredibly envious of the 25-year-old Olympian right now.

Not too many people can say they’ve been compared to Clark Kent, and I’d imagine that there’s an even smaller sum of folks who can say they’ve also received a shoutout from a Supes actor. The clip that you can see above is quite special, and I�.