Alternate no more, Naddour counts blessings on road to Rio (Yahoo Sports)

Alex Naddour stops himself in mid-thought, his brain tapping the brakes so he can stress that he’s aware his spot on the 2016 U.S. men’s Olympic gymnastics team is not simply the result of the force of his considerable will. There’s his wife, two-time world champion Hollie Vise, who knows a thing or two about the sacrifices it takes to compete at the highest level in an uncompromising sport. There’s his father, Mike, who came out of retirement to help his son become more than the one American whose grace makes pommel horse look like a good time, something to be enjoyed instead of endured.