These vision-impaired Olympic stars rely on a ‘sixth sense’ when they compete [Video]

During the men’s gymnastics pommel horse finals at Saturday’s Olympics, pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik abandoned his glasses before he stepped up to the apparatus.He stuck the landing, feet squarely on the mat, capturing his second bronze medal of the Paris Games.Nedoroscik is not the only Olympic athlete with vision impairment excelling in their sport. Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen ditched his glasses before clinching the gold in the 800m freestyle on Tuesday. Related video above: ‘Pommel Horse Guy,’ Stephen Nedoroscik, soaks up medals, viral fame at Paris OlympicsGymnast Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, who won gold in the vault individual finals during the 2020 Tokyo Games and took silver in Thursday’s individual all-around, has said she cannot see the apparatus that she is hurtling toward at full speed.Earlier this week Nedoroscik also helped the U.S. men’s team end a 16-year team medal drought and win bronze in Monday’s finals. After his …