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Mittwoch, August 01, 2012

The Winning Team!

USA Gymnastics: July 31, 2012 - Women's Team Final  Jordyn Wieber
USA Gymnastics: July 31, 2012 - Women's Team Final  Jordyn Wieber
USA Gymnastics: July 31, 2012 - Women's Team Final  Kyla Ross
USA Gymnastics: July 31, 2012 - Women's Team Final  Gabby Douglas
USA Gymnastics: July 31, 2012 - Women's Team Final  Aly Raisman
USA Gymnastics: July 31, 2012 - Women's Team Final  The final scoreboard
USA Gymnastics: July 31, 2012 - Women's Team Final  The United States women's team won gold with a score of 183.596 at the 2012 Olympic Games at the North Greenwich Arena. Russia earned silver with a 178.530 and Romania took bronze with a 176.414. China placed fourth with a 174.430.
This is the second women's team gold in U.S. history, the first coming in 1996. The gold-medal finish is the sixth consecutive team medal for the U.S. women. Dating back to 1992, it is the second-longest active women's Olympic team medal streak behind Romania (1976-2012).
The U.S. Women's Team features: Gabby Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute; McKayla Maroney of Long Beach, Calif./All Olympia Gymnastics Center; Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics; Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif./Gym-Max Gymnastics; and Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA.
The USA had the highest team score on vault (48.132), balance beam (45.299) and floor exercise (45.366). The U.S. placed third on uneven bars (44.799) behind China (46.399) and Russia (46.166).
Women's National Team Coordinator Martha Karolyi said, "We are certainly enjoying this moment. This is the result of the teamwork and what we did through the years. All the hard work paid off in the end."

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