Gabrielle Douglas triumphed in the women's individual gymnastics final to give the United States their third consecutive Olympic female champion
LONDON – Gabrielle Douglas boldly triumphed in the women’s individual gymnastics final on Thursday, August 2, to give the United States their third consecutive Olympic female champion.
The 16-year-old from Virginia finished ahead of Russia’s Viktoria Komova at the North Greenwich Arena, while Komova’s team-mate Aliya Mustafina took the bronze medal.
Komova had been seeking revenge after the USA beat Russia to the gold medal in the team event, but Douglas produced a near-faultless performance to succeed compatriots Carly Patterson and Nastia Liukin as the women’s Olympic champion.
She also became the first black gymnast to win the individual women’s Olympic title.
Read full story here. – Rappler.com
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