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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.
The competition consisted of a qualification round and a final round. The top eight teams in the qualification round advanced to the final. In each round, the teams performed two routines (one with balls, one with ribbons and hoops), with the scores added to give a total. [2]
The 2012 United States women's national soccer team season was dominated by the 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament. The start of the year saw the team compete in the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament and then in July they participated in the main event itself. The team won both tournaments.
On Sunday, the United States Women's Gymnastics Team began their quest to repeat as Olympic champions in the team all-around event. The bar has been set high in Rio for Team USA thanks to the ...
The top 24 competitors in the qualification round (with a limit of two per country), based on combined scores on the four apparatuses, advanced to the individual all-around final. In the final, gymnasts performed on each apparatus again. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final-round scores counting. [3]
In each round, the gymnasts performed four routines (ball, hoop, clubs, and ribbon), with the scores added to give a total. [ 2 ] Six gymnasts returned from the 2008 Olympics, and five of them made it to the final.
The women of the 2008 and 2012 Olympics US Gymnastics teams are no longer the sweet-faced teens you watched on TV. ... Gold medalist Shawn Johnson is now married to pro football player Andrew East ...
The Olympic Trials for women's artistic gymnastics took place on Friday, June 29, and Sunday, July 1, 2012, at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. Both nights of the competition were broadcast by NBC. [16] Heading into the Olympic Trials, Douglas, Wieber, and Raisman were considered locks for the team based on their all-around results that ...