U.S. Women's Gymnastics Wins Team Gold Medal At
London Olympics
Now introducing.. the latest "Fab Five." Or is it the Fierce
Five?
How about both? The U.S. women's gymnastics team was both fabulous and ferocious as it dominated the team finals at the 2012 London Olympics.
The U.S. women captured the gold medal with an overall score of 183.596. Russia scored a 178.530 to take the silver and Romania won the bronze with a score of 176.414.
How about both? The U.S. women's gymnastics team was both fabulous and ferocious as it dominated the team finals at the 2012 London Olympics.
The U.S. women captured the gold medal with an overall score of 183.596. Russia scored a 178.530 to take the silver and Romania won the bronze with a score of 176.414.
The 2012 U.S. women's gymnastics team is composed of Jordyn
Wieber, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Kyla Ross and McKayla Maroney. According to
the Olympic format, each team selects three gymnasts for each of the four
apparatuses in the final -- balance beam, uneven bars, vault and floor.
The
16-year-old Douglas performed in each of the rotations while Wieber was called
on for the floor, vault and uneven bars. Raisman worked the floor and the beam,
with Ross performing on the beam and the uneven bars. Maroney was the only U.S.
gymnast with just one event but no one on the team registered a score higher
than her 16.233 on vault. That score was the highest of all competitors in the
team final.
Russia was the primary challenger for the U.S. team in middle
stages of the competition but completely fell apart during the floor routine,
with two gymnasts falling during their routines. After Russia's mistakes, the
U.S. team headed to the floor knowing three solid performances would likely win
them the gold. Gabby Douglas, Jordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman delivered impressive
floor routines to clinch the first team gold for the U.S. since the "Magnificent
Seven" won in 1996.
After Douglas opened up the U.S. turn on the floor with a
15.066 score, Wieber proved that she was not going to let her disappointment in
missing the individual all-around distract her in the team competition.
Delivering a confident, powerful performance, Wieber seemed to be struggling
just to contain her excitement near the end of her routine, knowing how close
she was to a gold medal. Rounding out the U.S. trio on the mat, Raisman scored a
team-high 15.300. With tears in her eyes, she left the mat knowing that the U.S.
would be atop the medal stand.
Perhaps to the delight of Jalen Rose Chris Webber, Maroney
told Will Graves of The Associated Press after the competition that the quintet
would like to be called the "Fierce Five" rather than the "Fab Five" as some had
taken to calling them.
.he 54 year old has made no secret...
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