OLYMPIC GYMNAST STEPHEN NEDOROSCIK 'I Never Let This Stop Me'

DESPITE TWO EYE CONDITIONSTHE MEDALIST-AND DWTS FINALIST-IS STILL A WINNER

In the Spotlight "A lot of people have misaligned eyes, so it's cool to shed some light on it," says Nedoroscik of being open about his eye conditions.

As a kid, Olympian Stephen Nedoroscik struggled to play a game of catch with friends. Diagnosed at birth with two eye conditions, the Team U.S.A. gymnast has trouble judging distances and seeing in bright light. “In the sunlight, trying to catch a football with no depth perception, you can imagine how difficult that would be," he says.

Instead the 26-year-old turned his attention indoors to gaming, mastering the Rubik's Cube (he can solve one in 15 seconds) and gymnastics, which led him to win two medals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer despite his challenges.

"I never thought my eye conditions would stop me," he says of living with strabismus and colobomas (see box).