Fred Richard headlines U.S. men’s gymnastics team [Video]

Fred Richard envisioned this long ago. All of it.The confetti. The flashing lights. The adrenaline rush of hearing his name called as an Olympian.Video above: How Are Olympians Paid?The charismatic 20-year-old who has made it his life’s mission to make men’s gymnastics relevant in the United States knew reaching the Olympics would be a vital step in the process.And now it’s here. Emphatically.Richard will headline the five-man U.S. team that will head to Paris next month with a legitimate chance to medal after winning the Olympic trials on Saturday. “It’s like a new mountain in my life,” Richard said. “And I’m ready to climb it.”It certainly looks that way. Richard posted a steady and occasionally spectacular two-day all-around total of 170.500 at trials, just ahead of three-time national champion Brody Malone at 170.300.Richard, known as ” Frederick Flips ” to his hundreds of thousands of social media followers, has spent …