McKayla Maroney's near-perfect vault With a near-perfect vault that garnered a 16.233 score and left judges in awe, Maroney helped the U.S. women's gymnastics team secure gold in the all-around competition for the first time since 1996.
The man his fans call "Supermura" is now unbeaten in all-around competition for a record eight consecutive years, cementing his place alongside all-time greats like Kato, Nikolai Andrianov and his personal hero, the Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo.
Raducan's supporters denounced the decision to cancel her victory in the women's all-around competition after she tested positive for pseudoephedrine, a banned stimulant found in cold pills.
She was once considered one of the favorites for the all-around competition at the 2012 London Games.
As she watched the women's all-around competition on Thursday, she cheered openly for a competitor in her age bracket.
After the US gymnasts won the all-around competition on Tuesday they gathered later for the medal ceremony and the playing of the Star Spangled Banner.
With four gymnasts able to compete on each apparatus for the team with three scores to count, Whitlock's slightly wobbly parallel bars routine was ruled out, with Purvis moving third in the all-around competition with a score of 14.733 for his routine.
Nearly all of the gymnasts will compete in either the all-around competition (August 1 for men, August 2 for women) or the event finals (August 5 through August 7).
Team Captain for the U.S. women's gymnastics team and superhuman superstar, Aly Raisman, snagged the silver medal for the individual all-around competition in Rio.
Douglas also competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics where she won two gold medals, one in the individual all-around competition and one for the team competitions. .
Andreea Raducan still can't believe that her gold medal for winning the gymnastics individual all-around competition was stripped from her for taking a cold medication that contained a substance banned by the International Olympic Committee.
