But while the attention has been a pleasant surprise, Stephen also isn’t letting it distract him from his next big goal: Los Angeles in 2028. Indeed, the pommel horse hero isn’t planning to leave his sport behind any time soon, and he has his sights set on another Olympics.
“I’ve always had the plan, even before the Olympic Games, to continue,” he explained. “I love this sport, and I always say I’m going to do it until my body can’t do it and it still can. So I’m going for at least another four years.”
And he’ll have someone by his side every step of the way: Tess, a fellow gymnast herself, and who Stephen’s been dating since the pair met in college eight years ago.
Though if you ask her, Tess would admit watching her boyfriend compete isn’t a walk in the park.
