U.S. Women's Gymnastics Wins Gold

U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team twirled and tumbled through a succession of remarkably clean routines to win the country’s first Olympic gold medal in the event since 1996. The Fab Five of Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross and McKayla Maroney won even more convincingly than their predecessors.At the Atlanta Games, the Magnificent Seven included Shannon Miller, Dominique Dawes and Kerri Strug, who vaulted the United States to victory on a sprained ankle. They scored 183.596 points to beat silver medalist Russia by 5.066 points, a huge margin in a sport where the slightest wobble can decide scores carried to thousandths. When the numbers flashed, the gymnasts wrapped each other in tearful embraces as spectators chanted, “USA! USA!” Aly Raisman earned the highest score of the night on floor exercise in the final rotation. McKayla Maroney was the only gymnast to surpass the 16-point barrier with a 16.233 on her specialty, the vault. Douglas was the only gymnast to score 15-plus on all four apparatuses. Jordyn Wieber, the defending world champion, overcame the stunning disappointment of not qualifying Sunday for Thursday’s all-around finals. She finished fourth, with teammates Douglas and Raisman ahead of her. Only two gymnasts per country can advance. So Wieber showed her versatile brilliance Tuesday, and her opening 15.933 on vault set the tone. This story was broken by The Miami Herald. Checkout exclusive photos from the U.S Womens Gymnastics Team victory of the Gold by clicking the link below bought to you by The Archives.


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