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2012 Olympic Team, the "Fierce Five" at the White House. Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896, [1] but women's events first appeared in 1928. American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936, except for 1980. [2] A total of 90 female gymnasts have represented the United States.
The Fierce Five was the artistic gymnastics team that won the second team gold medal for the United States in the women's team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Originally referred to as the Fab Five , the five members of the team were Gabby Douglas , McKayla Maroney , Aly Raisman , Kyla Ross , and Jordyn Wieber .
This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Gymnasts across three disciplines (artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline) participated in the Games. [1] [2]
The 'Fierce Five' US women's gymnastics team that won gold at the 2012 London Olympics. Cork Gaines. August 8, 2016 at 9:58 AM. Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas on nerves and the 'fierce five'
Three gymnastics disciplines were contested at the 2012 Olympic Games in London: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining.The trampoline events were held at the North Greenwich Arena (normally called The O2 Arena) from 3 to 4 August; the artistic events were also held at the North Greenwich Arena, from 28 July to 7 August.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, the U.S. gymnasts didn't just have to defeat the Russians and the Romanians. They had to defeat USA Gymnastics itself.
Only two gymnasts from each country were allowed to advance to the all-around final. Four gymnasts placed in the top 24 in qualifications but did not advance because of the two-per-country rule: [4] Jordyn Wieber (4th place) Anastasia Grishina (12th place) Jennifer Pinches (21st place) Yao Jinnan (22nd place)
The final of the women's artistic team all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena in London on 31 July 2012. Eight teams qualified for the final, from a total of twelve that competed in the qualification round. Each team was composed of five gymnasts.