The parents of the pommel horse athlete on Team USA's Olympic team have spoken out about their son's viral fame and his eye condition.

Stephen Nedoroscik's parents spoke out after their son's viral pommel horse performance in Paris on Monday, where he won the team its first medal in 16 years.

On social media, Nedoroscik was nicknamed the "Clark Kent" of men's gymnastics after he took off his glasses to execute his only routine flawlessly, earning the bronze medal for Team USA.

Cheryl, John's wife and mother of the Olympian, joined "Fox & Friends" to discuss how the athlete competes with strabismus, a genetic condition that affects his vision.

"Cheryl stated on Wednesday that his pupils remain dilated and he has a missing section of his iris. She explained that this condition can cause sight issues, although it doesn't necessarily mean it will occur. However, those with coloboma are very sensitive to light and some may even be blind in the affected eye. Fortunately, in their case, they can still see."

"When he competes, he doesn't rely on his eyes to perform the pommels. Instead, he knows where his hands should be and can execute routines flawlessly, as he did the other night."

As the U.S. broadcast cameras tracked Nedoroscik for two hours, he mentally prepared for his only event of the competition and the team's final rotation of the evening. Meanwhile, teammates Frederick Richard, Brody Malone, Paul Juda, and Asher Hong energized the crowd and viewers at home with their flawless performances in the competition's other five rotations.

Since 2008, Team USA has not won an Olympic medal. However, Nedoroscik, a pommel horse specialist, scored an impressive 15.166 on the mat, securing the team's first Olympic medal since 2008.

"Those 45 seconds were the culmination of my whole life's work," he said afterward, "and I handled the nerves very well."

How did their son become an expert in a specific event?

"Cheryl stated that he was recruited in college for his pommel horse skills and when Randy, the coach of Penn State men's gymnastics, took him, he decided to specialize in the pommels. Although he still trains the other events for conditioning, he does not compete in them."

The 25-year-old is not only skilled at pommel horse but also holds an electrical engineering degree and can solve a Rubik's Cube in under 10 seconds.

"John explained that he reached this point because he consistently puts in a lot of effort into everything he does, including studying and solving puzzles, which he has been doing for years, including the Rubik's Cubes."

On Saturday, the first U.S. gymnast to win a world championship gold medal on pommel horse in 2021 competes for Olympic gold in the discipline.

Planet Chronicle' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.