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The area athletes funnel into after competition was nearly empty, the gymnasts she’d bested having slipped away one by one, and still Gabby Douglas stayed, her innocence and her joy and the afterglow of the exceptional performance that captured the all-around gold medal making a grumpy throng of reporters smile shyly despite themselves.
She clasped a blue Powerade in one hand and a bouquet in the other, the neon of her Nikes glowing yellow in the shadow of the scrum, but it was the gold medal around her neck that dwarfed her tiny figure, dwarfed everything.
She’d earned every karat of gold with a 62.232 score, trumping silver-medalist Victoria Komova, bronze-medalist Aliya Mustafinia and fourth-place finisher and fellow American Aly Raisman, who lost...
From the top of the podium, with the final bars of the national anthem still echoing through the gymnastics hall, Gabby Douglas' smile seemed even brighter. Even brighter than when she stuck each impossible landing here this ... more »
With a big smile and even bigger performance, Gabby Douglas, the high-flying 16-year-old out of Virginia Beach, held off a strong and dramatic challenge by Russian Victoria Komova to win gold in the women's gymnastics... more »
The United States won the women's gymnastics team gold medal in spectacular fashion Tuesday, decisively beating Russia 183.596 to 178.530. This was the first U.S. team gold medal in the event since 1996 and the second... more »
American gymnast Danell Leyva has a lucky towel. Carries it with him during competition. Drapes it on his head. Wraps it over his shoulders. The 5-year-old towel is a weird shade of ... faded something-or-other and has a... more »
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