[37] In November, they met U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House and performed on Dancing with the Stars in support of former gymnast Shawn Johnson. Douglas', Ross', and Wieber's scores combined for the third-highest score on uneven bars. The team finished with a score of 183.596, 5.066 points higher than second-place Russia;[25] this was an "unheard-of" margin of victory. - Gymnastics Artistic - 29 July 2012 - London 2012 Olympic Games Playing next. In the trampolining event, seven individual competitors qualified for each of the Olympic events. Note 1: Wieber would have qualified for the all-around and Ross for the balance beam final, but they did not because only two athletes may represent each country in all-around and event finals. Thursday, April 26/2012. See Olympics 2012 Gymnastics Rhythmic Photos, Latest Olympics 2012 News and Record at Times of India. London 2012 Olympics: Team GB gymnasts on a roll. "[20], Despite the name change, some news sources still used the term Fab Five during the Olympics. Raisman tied for the third-highest score with Russian Aliya Mustafina. The top choices were feisty and fierce. (Fun fact: The oldest member is only 18!) It qualified the last four artistic gymnastics teams for the 2012 Olympic Games, along with 34 individual female gymnasts and 27 individual male gymnasts selected through the all-around … "[23], The United States qualified in first place with an overall score of 181.863. London (GBR) 2012 Jan 10-18", "LIST OF TRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS 2012 OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012_Gymnastics_Olympic_Test_Event&oldid=1000734349, Articles with dead external links from January 2015, Articles needing additional references from January 2012, All articles needing additional references, Articles lacking reliable references from January 2012, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 January 2021, at 12:57. "[18] Maroney and Wieber decided for that reason to "come up with an even more creative" name while on the bus to a training session. Elizabeth PricePrice one to watch for Rio … [1] Because the world champion, Italy, decided not to attend, Azerbaijan, which placed 13th at the 2011 World Championships, was invited as a replacement. The girls where also described in a drama TV series Make It Or Break It. [1] As two of the three medalists were not joining, two more teams were invited to send one gymnast apiece to the event.[2]. [32], On the balance beam, Douglas finished in seventh. The event featured the artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline disciplines. [1][2] Afterwards, Douglas, Maroney, Raisman, Ross, and Wieber were the five gymnasts chosen to represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [3], The team was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Olympic Preview issue; it was the first time since 1996 that a gymnast had appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated. As the defending world champion in this event, she scored a 15.866 on her first vault but fell on her second, scored a 14.300, and won the silver medal. -- The world waited overnight to learn which three gymnasts would join automatic qualifiers Danell Leyva, 20, and John Orozco, 19, on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team. Twenty teams were invited to send one gymnast each according to their results at the 2011 World Championships. Gabby Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute, automatically qualified to the team at the conclusion of the women's competition at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics after winning the two-day all-around. Team Brazil placed 4th (217,985) and also qualified for 2012 Olympic Games.[9]. Then, Raisman, Douglas, and Wieber clinched the gold medal by scoring first, third, and fourth highest on floor, respectively. The 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event took place between January 10 and January 18, 2012. [7][8][9][10], The top 4 teams in the qualification event qualified for the 2012 Olympics. Elizabeth Price -- Alternate/Replacement Athlete. Originally referred to as the Fab Five, the five members of the team were Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber. 1:09. Gymnastics Artistic play Please note that because a number of anti-doping rules violations procedures are still in progress – including procedures involving medalists further to the results of the retesting programmes carried out on the samples collected in Beijing 2008 and London 2012- the information contained in the list is not final London 2012 Olympic Games, athletic festival that took place July 27–August 12, 2012. [4][5], The team members were all between the ages of 15 and 18. USA Gymnastics Special Olympics Championships: Cobb County Gymnastics Center: Marietta: GA: 5/5/12: 5/5/12: M: Men's National Qualifier: U.S. Olympic Training Center: Colorado Springs: CO: 5/4/12: 5/6/12: W: J.O. The Fierce Five was the artistic gymnastics team that won the second team gold medal for the United States, and the first gold medal on international soil, in the women's team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. [33], In the floor final, Raisman won the gold medal with a score of 15.600, four-tenths ahead of the second-place Ponor. Olympic Games 2012. 30/07/2012 North Greenwich Arena: The GBR men’s artistic team of Max Whitlock, Sam Oldham, Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas and Daniel Purvis have won BRONZE in the men’s artistic team final; the first medal for GBR in 100 years. The three medalists of the Championships were also invited despite their previous qualification to the Olympic Games. Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Belarus didn't qualify an entire team for 2012 Olympic Games. Ross competed on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. 2012 Olympic Games - Men's Team Final. At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, Douglas, Wieber, and Raisman finished first, second, and third respectively in the all-around competition. [15][16], Maroney and Wieber were credited for changing the team's nickname from the "Fab Five" to the "Fierce Five" a few days before their gold medal win at the Olympics. [24], In the week after the Olympic Games, the Fierce Five appeared on The Today Show and Late Show with David Letterman. Sarah Finnegan, St. Louis, Missouri. Yevgeniya Kanayeva of Russia performing en route to winning a gold … Wieber, Douglas, and Raisman competed on all four events. The London Games were the 27th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. [36] The Fierce Five members were among those who performed in the 40-city Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions, which started in September. Raisman became the first American woman to win the gold medal on floor, and with her third medal overall, she was the most decorated member of the Fierce Five during the Olympics. Results of Qualifying and Final Competitions. [2] The test event also qualified five individual gymnasts for the Olympics. The event featured the artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline disciplines. Her 15.066 matched Romanian Cătălina Ponor for third place, and this time, Raisman won the tie-breaker to earn the bronze medal. The rhythmic gymnastics event, too, qualified four teams for the 2012 Olympic Games. The 2012 women's USA gymnastics team is made up of Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, Jordyn Weiber, and McKayla Maroney. [26] They became the second U.S. team, after the "Magnificent Seven" in 1996, to win the team competition. Olympics 2012 Gymnastics Rhythmic. SportCenter: Team USA blow out Serbia to win Olympic gold | 2016 Rio Olympics. Note 2: Although Wieber, Raisman, and Douglas all had top eight finishes on vault, none opted to do a second vault to qualify them for event finals. … As 7pm approached, Britain was heading towards an all-too-familiar Olympic experience of glorious failure and nearly-but-not-quite. [11] All except Ross were on the U.S. team that won the team competition at the 2011 World Championships. Team VT UB BB FX Total; 1: United States of America: USA: 48.132 1: 44.799 3: 45.299 1: 45.366 1: 183.956: 411: DOUGLAS Gabrielle: USA: … Team USA Gymnastics 2012 Olympics, GOLD! "To use the nickname just points and screams of lazy journalism by the national media, that's really what it is," Rose said. 0:27 ☝ Team USA basketball wins Olympics … Wieber had won the all-around at the previous year's World Championships and was photographed in tears after the qualifications. [43] At the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Maroney won a gold medal on vault, and Ross won silver medals on all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam.[44]. Gabrielle 'Gabby' Douglas secured the only guaranteed spot at the Trials when she earned the highest all-around score of all 15 competitors, just inching past reigning world champion Jordyn Wieber by one tenth of a point. She was also the first American gymnast ever to win both the team and individual all-around gold at the same Olympics. In anticipation, let's take a closer look at our U.S. gymnastics team. The final of the men's artistic gymnastics team all-around competition at the 2012 … The 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event took place between January 10 and January 18, 2012. However, her coach inquired about the difficulty being too low, and the judges accepted and raised her difficulty score by one-tenth of a point. 2nd Olympic Qualification. The U.S. women's gymnastics team has won the team gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics, handily beating Russia, which took silver, and Romania, which took bronze. The final of the Women's artistic team all-around competition at the 2012 Summer … [31], The only American in the uneven bars final, Douglas, finished in eighth. London 2012: USA storm to Olympic gold in women's artistic gymnastics This article is more than 8 years old • USA top the table with score of 183.596 • Russia take silver as Romania win bronze Douglas, Raisman, and Ross kept the team in first with their performances on balance beam. Browse more videos. [17] Jalen Rose, a former Michigan Fab Five member, complained about the gymnastics team being dubbed the Fab Five as well. Ergo, the vault final contained only seven gymnasts. Teams that finished 1st to 8th were invited to send two individual gymnasts, but they were not candidates for individual spots. Gabby Douglas Wins Gold Medal Gymnastics Individual All Around Women USA London Olympics 2012. Gabby DouglasOlympic ChampionOlympic TeamOlympic Winners [3] Douglas, nicknamed "the Flying Squirrel" for her skill on the uneven bars, finished first at the trials and was thus the automatic qualifier for the team. [21][22] When the U.S. won the team competition, NBC announcer Al Trautwig proclaimed, "The Fab Five is going gold! [24] Due to the rule allowing only the top two from each country to compete in a World or Olympic individual final, only Raisman and Douglas advanced. The host, Great Britain, could send one as well. Later in the Olympic Games, Douglas won a gold medal in the individual all-around event, becoming the first African-American to ever do so; Maroney won silver on vault; Raisman, the team captain, won bronze on balance beam and gold on floor exercise. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display Maroney won the vault competition, Douglas and Ross tied for first on the uneven bars, while Raisman won the balance beam and floor exercise. ... who won the women’s individual all-around gold and was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. team. The Fierce Five was the artistic gymnastics team that won the second team gold medal for the United States, and the first gold medal on international soil, in the women's team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. [41] The group was nominated for Best Team at the 2013 ESPY Awards, and Douglas and Raisman were also nominated for individual awards. [42] In August 2013, the team was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. [27][28], In the individual all-around competition, Douglas won the gold medal, becoming the first African-American woman to win the event. Maroney and Wieber opted for "fierce", as they said it described their floor routines, and the rest of the team concurred. ... Britain’s Francesca Jones finished 24th in … For the individual all-around competition, Raisman, Douglas, and Wieber qualified in second, third, and fourth place, respectively. Raisman initially received a score of 14.966, which would have left her in fourth place. [38][39] In December, Gabby Douglas was named the Associated Press female athlete of the year. [19] They reportedly started searching on their phones for words that started with F that described the team. Report. A 2.5 km tract of previously industrial land in East London was transformed into the Olympic Park which featured eight competition venues as well as the Olympic Village which was the home for 17,000 athletes and team officials. London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Daniel Purvis has announced his retirement from gymnastics. Kanayeva, Yevgeniya. Later in the Olympic Games, Douglas won a gold medal in the individual all-around event, becoming th… Daniel Purvis won Commonwealth gold for Scotland in the parallel bars in 2014. China finished fourth. Four teams qualified for the Olympics. [30] Her facial expression while standing on the podium became an internet meme. Team Canada placed second (221,913) and team France placed third (220,744). 2012 Olympic Games - Men's Team Final. Gymnastics Results. [11], Results of Qualifying and Final Competitions[12], Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, "London Prepares Series - Always Prepared", "Olympic Games Test Event. Level 9 Eastern Championships: Sportsplex Gymnastics: Landover: MD: 5/3/12: … The event was part of the London Prepares series of test events and took place at the 2012 Olympic venue, the O2 Arena. [6][7][8][9][10] They were close to each other: Raisman and Wieber had been best friends, and Maroney and Ross had been best friends since they were young. The balance of the team and the three replacement athletes were chosen by the Women's Selection Committee. All five women later came forward as survivors of Larry Nassar's systematic sexual abuse against US female gymnasts. A tie breaker was used to determine the bronze medalist, in which the highest combined execution score was awarded the tie. Originally referred to as the Fab Five, the five members of the team were Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber. [3], The Team Final happened on January 10. Teams that finished 7th to 12th and the champion of the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships—along with the host nation of the test event, Great Britain—were invited participants, although the champion had already qualified for the Olympics. Access official results for the Gymnastics Artistic event team competition men at the London 2012 Summer Games Olympics, plus view video highlights of top performances. But why are they considered "the strongest team since 1996" ("Games of the XXX Olympiad: July 27 - August 12, 2012)? 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"I guess (Fab Five) was taken by some basketball team or something," Maroney said, referring to the five members of the Michigan college basketball team recruited in 1991. Because Garcia withdrew so soon before the competition, first alternate Yamilet Peña of the Dominican Republic did not have adequate time to warm up. Wieber finished seventh in the event.[33]. 30th July 2012. It seems that for each Olympics, the gymnastics team selection process changes at least slightly. [11], Maroney, Douglas, and Wieber started off the team competition by performing the three highest-scoring vaults, giving the U.S. a lead that they would never relinquish. Team New Zealand wins America's Cup World Series. Mexico's Elsa García also qualified to the vault final, but was injured during warmups and pulled out at the last moment. Anna Li, Aurora, Illinois. [18] "It's no fault at all of the young gymnasts. 2:33. Replacement Competitors. In 2012, one spot on the team was a given. [35] In September, they appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards. It qualified the last four artistic gymnastics teams for the 2012 Olympic Games, along with 34 individual female gymnasts and 27 individual male gymnasts selected through the all-around competition. This led to Mustafina taking the bronze medal. The 2012 Olympic Games kick off this Friday! Teams that finished 17th to 24th at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were able to take two individuals to the test event. They also rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The Romanians won five straight world titles from 1994 to 2001, as well as the team gold medal at the Sydney and Athens Olympics. [29], Maroney was the only American to qualify for the vault final. Team Great Britain won the competition (358,227), Team France was in 2nd place (350,669), Team Spain was in third place (347,292) and Team Italy qualified in 4th (346,334). GymnasticsResults.com Home Menu Tokyo 2020 Qualification; Archive; About; Games of the 30th Olympiad London (GBR) July 27 - August 12, 2012 Women's Artistic Gymnastics - Finals Team Final Women. [12] Raisman, the oldest on the team at 18 years old, was elected team captain by the other members. [40] Aly Raisman was a contestant on Season 16 of Dancing with the Stars. 2012: US women's gymnastics team wins gold in London 2012 — The team of Gabrielle Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber lives up to the hype, winning the first U.S. Olympic title in women’s gymnastics since 1996. sports talk. Check out these full results for 2012 Summer Olympics events. [14], The US media originally dubbed the team the "Fab Five" before Olympic competition started. [5], The team final happened on January, 11th. After solid presentations, Team Italy won the gold medal (224,624). In 2012 London became the first city to host the Olympic Games three times, following 1908 and 1948. Games Summary: Games of the XXX Olympiad. Level 9 Western Championships: CenteryLink Arena: Boise: ID: 5/4/12: 5/6/12: W: J.O. [13] The team's replacement athletes were Sarah Finnegan, Anna Li, and Elizabeth Price, but they were not used at the games. [17] Maroney also stated, "There have been Fab Fives in the past but I like Fierce Five because we are definitely the fiercest team out there. These competitors were from countries that had not succeeded in qualifying an individual at the 2011 Trampoline World Championships. Canada names gymnastics team for London Olympics Open this photo in gallery: Olympic gymnast Kristina Vaculik and coach Elena Davydova work out in Oshawa, Ont. Maroney competed on vault.

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