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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. Later in the Olympic Games ...
Each team was composed of five gymnasts. In the final, each team selected three gymnasts to compete on each apparatus. All three scores on each apparatus were summed to give a final team score. The United States team, known as the Fierce Five, finished first in the qualification and won the gold medal in the final. Russia won the silver, and ...
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 bar has been set high in Rio for Team USA thanks to the incredible performance of the "Fierce Five" during the 2012 Olympics in London. READ MORE: Everything you need to know about the Rio ...
Douglas and the other Fierce Five members meeting President Barack Obama after the 2012 Summer Olympics. In December 2012, the Associated Press named Douglas the Female Athlete of the Year. She became the fourth gymnast to receive the honor. [74] Douglas was a nominee for the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year.
At the London Games, Douglas was a member of the "Fierce Five," which won gold in the team all-around, the first U.S. women's gymnastics team to do so since the "Magnificent Seven" in 1996.
She was captain of both the 2012 "Fierce Five" and 2016 "Final Five" U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams, which won their respective team competitions. At the 2012 Olympics in London, she won gold medals in the team and floor competitions, as well as the bronze medal on the balance beam, making her the most decorated American gymnast at the ...
Plenty of her colleagues were quick to respond in the comments, including 2012 Olympic champion and Fierce Five member Maroney, who wrote that it felt like she "need[s] to apologize just to redeem ...