RIO DE JANEIRO _ The medal collection for the U.S. gymnastics team continued to accumulate Sunday: Madison Kocian took the silver in the women's uneven bars, following Alex Naddour's bronze-medal effort on the men's pommel horse.
Naddour's performance ended a 32-year medal drought on the pommel horse for the United States. Max Whitlock and Louis Smith, both of Britain, went one-two on the horse. It was the first medal for the U.S. men's gymnastics team in Rio.
"I'm very, very happy right now," said Naddour, who said later he felt like he hit the "lottery."
"I keep thinking, 'Wake up.' I feel like I'm dreaming. 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.
"At the Olympic Games. It doesn't get much better than that."
The uneven bars is a specialty of Kocian's. She finished in a four-way tie for first place at the world championships last year in this event.
She had a tough act to follow here on Sunday. Defending Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina put down a 15.900 to win gold and Kocian's routine was just after Mustafina's.
Kocian (15.833) managed to hold off Sophie Scheder of Germany (15.666), who took the bronze.
