Thursday, August 02, 2012

Gabby Douglas takes gold in women's all-around – USATODAY.com

Gabby Douglas takes gold in women's all-around – USATODAY.com: LONDON – U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas made history Thursday, winning the most coveted color of all, Olympic gold. Douglas, 16, became the first African-American to win the women's all-around title.

Douglas led from start to finish with 62.232 points, topping Russia's Victoria Komova who had 61.973. . Russia's Aliya Mustafina took the bronze. American Aly Raisman finished fourth after a tie-break ruling. She and Mustafina finished with 59.566 but the Russian won the bronze because the tie-breaker combines their top three scores of the day. Her 16.1 on the unevens to Raisman's 14.333 made the the difference.

In her final event, the floor, Douglas began her routine to cheers of "Go Gabby!" As her techno music played, she had the crowd dancing as she turned North Greenwich Arena into Club Gabby. Cheers filled the place as she finished, her smile spread even wider as she fell into a bear hug from her coach, Liang Chow.