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American Cup: New York City, United States: C II – All Around 22–25 March: Turnier der Meister World Challenge Cup: Cottbus, Germany: C III – Apparatus 28–30 March: Doha World Challenge Cup: Doha, Qatar: C III – Apparatus 7–8 April: Zibo World Challenge Cup: Zibo, China: C III – Apparatus 27–29 April: Osijek World Challenge Cup ...
Maroney was the only American to qualify for the vault final. As the defending world champion in this event, she scored 15.866 on her first vault but fell on her second, scored 14.300, and won the silver medal. [44] Her facial expression while standing on the podium became an internet meme known as "McKayla is not impressed". [45] [46]
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.
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 ...
USA Gymnastics, the governing body for gymnastics in the United States, generally names the teams each summer after the National Championships, but gymnasts are sometimes added to or removed from the rosters based on their performance at training camps throughout the year. Thus, some gymnasts listed under a given year were on the national team ...
The American Cup, formerly known as the AT&T American Cup through a sponsorship arrangement that ended in 2018, [1] was an elite senior level international gymnastics competition that had been held in the United States from 1976 to 2020. It was usually held in February or March of each year.
The women of the 2008 and 2012 Olympics US Gymnastics teams are no longer the sweet-faced teens you watched on TV. Now in their 20s and beyond, these talented ladies are no longer competing on ...
Getty. Gabby Douglas made history in 2012 when she became the first black gymnast to win an individual gold medal, as well as the first woman of color of any nationality to win the event.