Not to gloat, but … AMERICA IS BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE ON THE PLANET IN WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS!!!!
The U.S. women’s gymnastics team didn’t just win GOLD in the team competition … they CRUSHED the competition … slaughtering Russia by a whole 5 points.
Just to compare, China beat the US back in 2008 by 2ish points … in what was then considered to be a pretty dominant performance. So, 5 points is HUUUUUGE.
It’s a big deal … the team — made up of Jordyn Wieber, Gabrielle Douglas, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross, and McKayla Maroney — was favored to win … and they didn’t disappoint, scoring 183.596 today. Russia came in at 178.5 (suck it).
Romania won bronze.
The last gold medal was won at the Atlanta Games in 1996 — with the team of Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps … and of course … Olympic hero Kerri Strug.
