Pommel Horse Guy, meet Curling Rock Guy.

In the summer of 2024, America’s pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik took the country by storm with his thick glasses, shaggy brown hair, and intense game face that carried him to two bronze medals as part of the U.S. men’s gymnastics team at the Paris Olympics. 

Now, Nedoroscik is back on the curling ice for Team USA.

Well, not really.

But the resemblance between Nedoroscik and Team USA’s Aidan Oldenburg is pretty undeniable.

Oldenburg is the lead for the U.S. men’s curling team and is making his Olympic debut in Cortina. The 24-year-old from Mapleton, Minnesota, has the same brown hair and similar black glasses as Nedoroscik. And the resemblances don’t stop at their appearances.

While Nedoroscik became famous for always carrying around a Rubik’s Cube, Oldenburg has his own hobby on the curling sidelines. He’s known to carry around a handful of yo-yos, and has been showing his fellow USA Olympians some tricks.

When he’s not yo-yoing, he’s juggling, often dangerous clubs you wouldn’t want to take anywhere near the curling ice. When he was younger, he juggled flaming torches to the Billy Joel classic "We Didn't Start the Fire" in a performance at the Minnesota State Fair.

The environmental scientist has also been known to juggle as a way to stay loose before curling matches.

Nedoroscik sent Oldenburg a video message this week and pointed out some other similarities between the two athletes.

Nedoroscik’s uniform featured Rec Spec glasses, which he said in the video he didn’t even need.

“They don’t even have a prescription,” he said.

Part of Oldenburg’s uniform is a red bandana, something he wore on a whim one time but he’s since made it permanent after his coach told him last year her young niece and nephew also wore headbands to their pee-wee soccer games to match the Olympian.

"That was kind of the moment that I was like, I don't have a choice anymore. I’ve got to wear it,” Oldenburg said. “So I've worn it most games since then."

Nedoroscik said he’s already a fan of Oldenburg, and wished him well while Team USA competes in Cortina. He also offered his services if needed.

“I just want to say I came across your story and I think you’re such a cool, interesting dude,” Nedoroscik told Oldenburg in the video. “You sound awesome. I just want to wish you the absolute best of luck out there. 

“And if you guys ever need a plus-one on your curling team, feel free to reach out.”

Oldenburg said he’s “definitely going to have to call” Nedoroscik and thank him for the message, while also proposing a trade of lessons in their sports.

“That message was awesome,” Oldenburg said. “I need a gymnastics lesson. I’ll trade it for a curling lesson. You can join my league team next year.

“I actually did do gymnastics when I was eight for like two months. Maybe I can start back up and maybe I can get to the next summer Olympics with you.”

The U.S. men’s curling team will next take on Canada at 3:05 a.m. ET on Friday.