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RIO RECAP

Top Moments

USA Gymnastics Team Makes History

This year’s Team USA gymnastics

team consisted of: Simone Biles,

Alexandra Raisman, Gabrielle

Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and
Madison Kocian. The girls called

themselves the ‘Final Five’ in honuor

of their coach, Mart a Karolyi’s
retirement and the team size being

reduced to four in 2020.

In the all-around team final, ‘The Final Five’ finished with a team total of

8.209 points securing them with the gold medal. It was the largest margin

of victory since the "Perfect 10" scoring system was replaced by the current

open-ended scoring method, which was implemented in 2006. They started
off with a nearly stuck Amanar vault by Raisman followed by the two of the

highest uneven bars scores of the day by Kocian and Douglas. Next,

Hernandez, Raisman and Biles all scored over 15 points on the balance

beam. Finally, Hernandez, Raisman and Biles all shone in their floor routines
bringing home the gold medal for Team USA in the WAG All-Around Team

Finals.

The girls excelled in the individual rounds of competition as well. Most
impressive was Simone Biles, who left Rio as one of the best Olympic

gymnasts of all time. She managed to win 4 gold medals (individual all

around, floor, vault and all- around team) and 1 bronze medal (balance
beam) at the Rio 2016 games. She also became the first American gymnast

to win gold in the individual vault final. Aly Raisman, managed to win 1 gold

medal (all- around team) and 2 silver medals (individual all-around and

floor). Madison Kocian and Laurie Hernandez both left with 1 gold medal
(all- around team) and 1 silver medal (uneven bars and balance beam,

respectively).

Haya faisal