He added, “I was like, ‘Let’s just get it done, let’s go for it. If I put this dismount up, team USA gets a medal.’ And I think you could see it, right away when I land: goosebumps, the best moment of my life.”
And his girlfriend could not be prouder. “I was so lightheaded from the screaming that I nearly fainted,” Tess McCracken, 26, told NBC News July 30, noting she was mentally telling Nedoroscik, “‘Stay on the horse.’”
Describing the athlete as a “goofy guy,” McCracken also expressed support for her boyfriend’s newfound fame as a viral star.
“Blowing up on the internet has been such an unexpected side effect of this whole adventure,” she said. “It has been one of the best times.”
(E!, Today and NBC News are part of the NBCUniversal family.)
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