Gabby Douglas: Olympic Gold Medal in the Gymnastics All-Around Competition

All, Olympics Jason McIntyre August 2nd. 2012, 1:21pm

Gabby Douglas, the 16-year-old gymnast, captured gold in the All-Around competition in London, narrowly edging out Russia’s Victoria Komova in a thrilling competition. (NBC didn’t show it, and won’t until tonight, but if you watched the BBC feed, you were able to enjoy it.) Douglas finished with a score of 62.232; Komova a 61.973. American Alex Raisman finished 4th. [UPDATE: Raisman actually tied for 3rd with a Russian, but for reasons that are not quite clear, was awarded 4th place. The word "execution" is being thrown around as a possible reason. Seems vague. Stay tuned.]

According to Christine Brennan of USA Today, Douglas became the first African-American All-Around champ in Olympic history. The scores from Douglas:

Floor: 15.033

Vault: 15.96

Bars: 15.733

Beam: 15.5

Komova went last on the floor, and was virtually flawless, but her routine was not nearly as complex, and Douglas edged her out for gold. Douglas is the first American woman to win gold in both the team & individual all-around.

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63 Responses to “Gabby Douglas: Olympic Gold Medal in the Gymnastics All-Around Competition”

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guinnessgirl13 Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Go Gabby!
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cracker jack Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:24 PM
Raisman was so close for Bronze
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Jason McIntyre Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:27 PM
haven’t watched much of the games, but wow, that was exciting stuff. ratings will be huge tonight.
heck, i might watch it again!
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VladimirCrouton Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:27 PM
Yes! I just checked the scores on ESPN. Raisman had the same exact score as the Russian. WTF. Judges are corrupt!
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molemaninthemorning Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:27 PM
It’s outstanding listening to the BBC announcers kill every piece of the Americans’ routines but slobber over the British gymnasts.
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:29 PM
From ESPN.com:
1 USA Gabrielle Douglas 62.232
2 RUS Victoria Komova 61.973
3 RUS Aliya Mustafina 59.566
4 USA Alexandra Raisman 59.566
what’s the tie-breaker that gave the commie the Bronze?
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ThatsSoTaguchi (Now With Zip) Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:31 PM
what’s the tie-breaker that gave the commie the Bronze?
In communist Russa tie breaks you.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:31 PM
what’s the tie-breaker that gave the commie the Bronze?
KGB.
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St. Bear Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:33 PM
what’s the tie-breaker that gave the commie the Bronze?
I’m working on a Fiddler On The Roof joke, but just not getting it.
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Wally's World Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:35 PM
what’s the tie-breaker that gave the commie the Bronze?
Straight cash in hand, homey.
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Razor Shines Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:35 PM
I sure hope I hear a lot about HER SISTER tonight! Trautwig won’t STFU about it.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:36 PM
Tiebreaker is you drop the lowest of the four scores for each and whoever has the highest after that wins.
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ohheelyeah Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:37 PM
Should there be ties in the team finals in London, the lowest apparatus score will be dropped and the remaining scores added. If that doesn’t break the tie, additional apparatus scores will be dropped, one at a time, until there is a winner. If no winner emerges, the tie stands.
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njensen79 Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:39 PM
I sure hope I hear a lot about HER SISTER tonight! Trautwig won’t STFU about it.
I love the Olympics. It’s one of the few places where helicopter parents get praised.
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ohheelyeah Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:41 PM
Douglas is the first American woman to win gold in both the team & individual all-around.
Craig James will not let this aggression stand.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:43 PM
what’s the tie-breaker that gave the commie the Bronze?
i keep seeing the word “execution” on twitter.
sounds pretty weak. i assume there will be an appeal of some sort?
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sousedbergin Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:44 PM
what’s the tie-breaker that gave the commie the Bronze?
The juiceheads had to whip it out for measuring.
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cracker jack Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:45 PM
i keep seeing the word “execution” on twitter.
sounds pretty weak. i assume there will be an appeal of some sort?
LOL. It’s probably in the rulebook, not exactly something you can appeal.
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St. Bear Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:46 PM
LOL. It’s probably in the rulebook, not exactly something you can appeal.
Nope. It was on Twitter, so it’s fact.
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KC Resident Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:46 PM
http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2012/08/breaking-bad-allusions/
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Jason McIntyre Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:47 PM
Tiebreaker is you drop the lowest of the four scores for each and whoever has the highest after that wins.
if that’s accurate – might be, no idea – why are all the reporters raising a stink about it?
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molemaninthemorning Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:49 PM
i keep seeing the word “execution” on twitter.
sounds pretty weak. i assume there will be an appeal of some sort?
One, that’s wrong, it’s not execution. Execution is the tiebreaker for individual apparatus events, NOT for the all around.
Two, it’s the rules, so no.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:50 PM
if that’s accurate – might be, no idea – why are all the reporters raising a stink about it?
Because they’re idiots.
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cracker jack Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:50 PM
why are all the reporters raising a stink about it?
Link?
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KC Resident Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:51 PM
if that’s accurate – might be, no idea – why are all the reporters raising a stink about it?
Because they cover gymnastics once every four years and don’t have a clue.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:52 PM
UPDATE: Raisman actually tied for 3rd with a Russian, but for reasons that are not quite clear, was awarded 4th place
LOLOLOLOLOL
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SouvenirCity Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:52 PM
Fridzon’s buzzer beater 3-pointer was the tie breaker. Mustafina is going to make one helluva Russian dancer in Moscow for KHL players in about 2-3 years.
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:55 PM
Tiebreaker is you drop the lowest of the four scores for each and whoever has the highest after that wins.
Seems to defeat the purpose of an “All-Around” title. Should drop the highest score.
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cracker jack Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:56 PM
but for reasons that are not quite clear, was awarded 4th place. The word “execution” is being thrown around as a possible reason. Seems vague. Stay tuned.
J-Mac’s getting to the bottom of this injustice!
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sousedbergin Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:56 PM
UPDATE: Raisman actually tied for 3rd with a Russian, but for reasons that are not quite clear, was awarded 4th place
LOLOLOLOLOL
No one comprehends the comments.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Seems to defeat the purpose of an “All-Around” title. Should drop the highest score.
Eh, reasoning is the same, just get rid of one outlier in either direction to get a better overall picture. But yeah.
Either way her beam routine was really safe so this is her fault alone.
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cracker jack Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:58 PM
These new tie breaking rules are apparantly why there was a gold and 2 silvers in that swimming event a couple days ago
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ohheelyeah Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:59 PM
if that’s accurate – might be, no idea – why are all the reporters raising a stink about it?
Because they don’t know what the hell they are talking about or anything about the sport they are covering? Dude, we already explained to you that they drop lowest score per apparatus until the tie is resolved. What is so hard to understand about that? It’s the sports way of rewarding the high scores (i.e. great performances on a rotation) and culling the bag ones. Just because you don’t understand and you see a word on twitter doesn’t mean that the rules weren’t decided long ago.
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Scalia Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 1:59 PM
[UPDATE: Raisman actually tied for 3rd with a Russian, but for reasons that are not quite clear, was awarded 4th place. The word "execution" is being thrown around as a possible reason. Seems vague. Stay tuned.]
Good info. Much better than the alternative:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=aly+raisman+tiebreaker
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sousedbergin Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:00 PM
why are all the reporters raising a stink about it?
Link?
Cork Gaines ‏@CorkGaines
Soooooo, tie in swimming, both swimmers get medal. Tie in gymnastics, there is a tie-breaker? The Olympics!
1 for 1 one my twitter feed for sports correspondents in London.
/Good enough sample size to draw own conclusions
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Eh, reasoning is the same, just get rid of one outlier in either direction to get a better overall picture. But yeah.
Either way her beam routine was really safe so this is her fault alone.
I don’t get it. So you’re saying Raisman loses the tiebreaker because she killed Steve McNair?
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Razor Shines Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:04 PM
Cork Gaines ‏@CorkGaines
Soooooo, tie in swimming, both swimmers get medal. Tie in gymnastics, there is a tie-breaker? The Olympics!
How could you have a tie-breaker in swimming? You’d have to go based on qualifying round scores, which probably doesn’t make sense. In gymnastics, there’s a few fairly logical approaches available.
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St. Bear Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:04 PM
It’s a shame the comments will fade into Bolivia in a few months.
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ohheelyeah Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:07 PM
[UPDATE: Raisman actually tied for 3rd with a Russian, but for reasons that are not quite clear, was awarded 4th place. The word "execution" is being thrown around as a possible reason. Seems vague. Stay tuned.]
Craig James thinks you should email someone and find out more info.
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cracker jack Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:07 PM
How could you have a tie-breaker in swimming?
Least number of breaths taken! Most seconds spent underwater! Most powerful flip turn pushoffs!
Yeah this wouldnt work very well
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:08 PM
http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/gymnastics/new-gymnastics-tie-break-rules-allow-shared-medals.html
first google hit
/lazy ‘author’d
There is a similar formula for the all-around final. But if no winner has emerged following the dropping of apparatus scores, the execution score total for each gymnast serve as the tie-breaker, followed by his or her total start value. If that doesn’t establish a winner, the tie will stand.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:09 PM
What I meant…
Here you go, Jason!
http://bit.ly/PD5kRo
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PAR5N2 Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:10 PM
Free Jordyn Wieber!
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molemaninthemorning Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:10 PM
The word “execution” is being thrown around as a possible reason. Seems vague.
The vague word “execution” refers to the execution score, which is one of the two scores they flash on that little score screen for each gymnast. Hope this clears it up.
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Nada Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:10 PM
first African-American All-Around chump
The answer we were looking for is: Deion Sanders.
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bk Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Chick Fil A thinks her place is in the kitchen.
//Because she’s a woman, not because she’s black.
/// The CEO is from Georgia, maybe because she’s black.
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ohheelyeah Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:13 PM
Maybe someone needs to lay off the twitter machine and perform a fairly easy internet search for the info that you seek. Moreover, you could’ve been a harbinger of sanity to the twitter masses with your new-found tiebreaker info. Hell, it could have gained you a few thousand more followers!
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:13 PM
Execution for individual events.
Lowest apparatus for overall. Mustafina had a 16.1 uneven bars, and got to drop her lowest score. She must have really beamed when she vaulted to the bronze.
/sorry
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Wally's World Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:13 PM
first African-American All-Around chump
The answer we were looking for is: Deion Sanders.
Nada = Tim McCarver
/Ban hammered for giving up real identities
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:14 PM
Moreover, you could’ve been a harbinger of sanity to the twitter masses with your new-found tiebreaker info. Hell, it could have gained you a few thousand more followers!
Herein lies the fundamental difference between you and I (see my comments above), and McTibble. He gets paid a lot more than I do, so what the fuck do I know?
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Wally's World Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:15 PM
The word “execution” is being thrown around as a possible reason
Execution? Yeah, I’m all for it.
/John McKay’d
//If you are under 25, Google him
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Tim Ryan Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:36 PM
http://bit.ly/MBefTV
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QueeferSutherland Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Good for her. Ratings will be astronomical tonight and NBC is going to make a fortune. But yeah, they should probably show it live.
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ButtersBC Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:38 PM
I was hoping that search would provide answers…now I’m as puzzled as ever
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St. Bear Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:40 PM
http://bit.ly/MBefTV
I’m sorry, the word you were looking for is “self-righteous”.
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QueeferSutherland Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:43 PM
To be fair, a much more reasonable tiebreaker would be to take the higher number of higher scores. So, for instance, Raisman got higher scores in three of the four events. Therefore, she should have probably been awarded the bronze. Makes more sense than pretending events didnt happen.
But really, who cares? It’s gynmastics.
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ohheelyeah Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:44 PM
http://bit.ly/N1CKfF
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The Stigs American Cousin Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:45 PM
http://bit.ly/MBefTV
http://bit.ly/OLU5t1
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Yes Gabby!!
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The Stigs American Cousin Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:49 PM
http://bit.ly/N1CKfF
Get out of my head!
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Nada Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:52 PM
Nada = Tim McCarver
Nice try, but I’m actually Skip Carey.
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Nada Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:55 PM
Why are commenters at The Big Lead so cankle-erous?
Minka sheds a tear every time she’s referenced at TBL.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
August 2nd, 2012 at 5:07 PM
I’M STILL TUNED FOR THE EXPLANATION ON THE TIEBREAKER WHAT’S GOING ON JMAC HAS ANYONE GOT JA RULE’S INPUT ON THIS?