Her performance was dedicated to the 11 Israeli Olympians killed at the Munich Olympics. Raisman posted a score of Gabby Douglas performed in all four categories and with Raisman's scores, the USA posted a total of It helped them finish first as Russia came second with Continuing their sublime form, Team USA once again qualified for the final of the women's team event by finishing first in the qualifiers.
This time Raisman participated in the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise, posting a score of Uneven bars specialists Madison Kocian and Gabby Douglas helped cover the team's weakness as the USA successfully defended their gold medal. Their total this time was a majestic Needless to say she's an inspiration.
New User posted their first comment. Log in. Modified 04 Jun Listicle. Olympic women's gymnastics resume on Sunday, August 14th, with the vault and uneven bar competitions. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. Aly Raisman and the U. The Needham native narrowly edged out her teammate and reigning Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas for a spot in the all-around final alongside Simone Biles.
Raisman previously won gold medals for both team and floor exercise, as well as a bronze medal for balance beam, at the Olympics in London. Biles received a final score of It will be interesting to see how Raisman fares in the all-around, especially given that her two best events are the balance beam and floor exercise. She is decent on the vault, though she looked far better than that in qualifying.
The uneven bars gave her problems, as she posted a low score of It didn't hurt her overall score that much, but it would make things easier if she could bring that up just a bit in the all-around finals. Raisman will also be featured in the floor exercise and balance beam events that take place on August 7. All eyes will be focused on the all-around competition, obviously, but she will have another shot at supremacy in that event. We will have full analysis of Raisman's performance in the all-around, as well as the floor exercise next week.
Though there was not nearly as much drama in the floor exercise, Aly Raisman has to like this result a lot better. The American star was expected to shine at this event even before the Olympics began, and sure enough, she lived up to her advanced billing by winning a gold medal. Raisman finished the event with a score of She easily bested Romania's Catalina Ponor's score of You will have a hard time finding anyone in the field for the floor exercise who is as good as Raisman.
That's not a knock on the other competitors, rather a testament to how strong she has been in this event. Like we said in the preview for the floor exercise in the all-around competition, Raisman had virtually no competition. After her No one else scored over There are times when you hesitate to call someone a lock for fear of jinxing them, but Raisman appears to be as close to a lock for a gold in this event as anyone could get.
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