Gymnastics

Gymnastics: There's no stopping Gabby, says Comaneci
Reuters
Games sweetheart Douglas tumbled her way into the hearts of her compatriots
after joining Mary Lou Retton, Carly Patterson and Nastia Liukin as the
only American women to win the coveted Olympic all-round gymnastics crown.
Unlike her predecessors ...
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Golden girl
New York Daily News
U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas glows as a competitor and as a role model.
All talent, all class and all American, Gabby Douglas made winning the
all-around women's gymnastics championship at the Olympics look like such
charmingly easy fun. What a ...
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Whirlwind awaits Douglas, gymnastics' newest queen
ESPN
LONDON -- Too excited to sleep and too early to wander the Olympic village,
Gabby Douglas messaged her family and asked if they could have a video
chat. When her mom turned on the computer, there sat her daughter, eyes
wide, hands on her cheeks, ...
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Olympic Viewing: NBC's poorly timed commercial
Fox News
NBC says no offense was intended by a poorly timed promotional ad featuring
a monkey on gymnastics rings that aired on the network directly following a
commentary by Bob Costas on Gabby Douglas' gold medal inspiring other
African-American girls to ...
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Young Chandler, Gilbert gymnasts chase Olympic dream
Arizona Republic
Every four years at about this time, thousands of young girls begin
dreaming of being the next "Flying Squirrel." They want to emulate
16-year-old Gabby Douglas, the new Olympic all-around gold medalist with
the amusing nickname. They take up gymnastics ...
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2012 Women's Gymnastic Olympic Team: USA Well Represented in Individual ...
Bleacher Report
After Team USA won the gold medal in the team finals, the team already has
one individual gold medal and will look to add to that next week. The team
ran away with the gold and won by five points, which was one of the largest
margins in Olympic history.
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London Olympics 2012: US gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas overcomes ...
New York Daily News
When Gabby Douglas won her historic gymnastics gold, her mother wept, her
siblings screamed — and her father was stationed somewhere in
Afghanistan. LIVE FROM LONDON: LIVE COVERAGE OF 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES. The
16-year-old's dramatic ...
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Olympic champion Gabby Douglas a hometown hero to aspiring gymnasts
CBS News
16-year-old Gabby Douglas is the breakout star of the London Olympics. She
made history when she struck gold in gymnastics, and her smile lit up the
arena. Excalibur Gymnastics -- in her hometown of Virginia Beach, Va. --
the place where Gabby Douglas' ...
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Gold medalist Gabby Douglas inspires a new generation of young girls
Chicago Tribune
My mom took me to my first gymnastics lesson when I was 6, after years of
watching me do extra cartwheels and somersaults during my dance lessons. I
don't remember much about those early years, but I loved it. I won state
championships in my native ...
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POORLY TIMED AD
Washington Post
The ad by itself wouldn't have raised eyebrows: a monkey on gymnastics
rings, a spot intended to introduce an upcoming NBC comedy called "Animal
Practice." But one of the times it was aired — right after a Bob Costas
commentary on Gabby Douglas' gold ...
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