Naddour won the bronze medal in pommel horse Sunday at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
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Alex Naddour competes in the men’s pommel horse final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
Naddour scored a 15.700 on the horse, finishing in third to take the bronze behind Great Britain’s Max Whitlock (15.966) and Louis Smith (15.833). Ironically, the last USA men’s gymnast to medal on pommel horse in the Olympics was Tim Daggett, who is serving as one of the gymnastics analysts for NBC Sports for the Rio Summer Games. This is exactly what I wanted since I was a young kid, to go out and hit a great routine, score the highest I’ve ever scored in my life out of country. “It doesn’t get much better than that”. Eight of the top gymnasts in the world will come together to compete for Olympic gold including one member of the American team – who secured a place in the men’s gymnastics pommel horse final during the qualification round.
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After Team USA finished a disappointing fifth in the team event in Rio, and Chris Brooks and Sam Mikulak were unable to medal in the all-around, and Jake Dalton was sixth and Sam Mikulak eighth in floor exercise earlier Sunday, it came down to Naddour. Interestingly enough, the pommel horse has been one of the downfalls of Team USA thus far this summer with the team struggling with the event in the team all-around finals.
