The Fierce Five: Where are they now?

  With only a little over a year until Rio, we look back on the Fierce Five, the five girls representing the USA that won the 2012 Team Gold Medal, being the first to do so since the first ones who did so, the 1996 Team, or, the Magnificent Seven. Anyway, the Fierce Five, consisting of Aly Raisman, Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, and Kyla Ross. But we need to ask: Where are they now? Are they coming back to the sport that made them famous?

Jordyn Wieber: Tears were shed around the world when 2011 World Champion was eliminated from the all-aroind hunt. Even though she had the extreme honor of being only the second USA team to win gold, but one of the reasons you train for the Games is to win individual gold, which Jordyn did not win. Since she came back from London, she had hinted about making a comeback, but now that we haven't seen her, or have actually heard official news, its time to accept that Jordyn is comfortable with her assistant coaching job at UCLA.

Aly Raisman: Aly left as the most decorated gymnast of Team USA, sweeping the gold medals in the team and floor, and then winning the bronze in the balance beam. Aly took a much-deserved year off, and then came back to Brestyan's, her long time gym, to train for Rio. Aly was supposed to come back at Classics 2014, but as the day loomed closer, Aly's coaches Mihai and Sylvia Brestyan, along with National Team Coordinator Marta Karoyli, decided to push her comeback to 2015. So, now that it is 2015, Aly is slated to compete at the 2015 U.S Classics. Aly has also made the 2015 National Team

Gabby Douglas: Gabby also took a year off after winning team gold, and of course AA Gold. Many did not expect her to win the title, or even break into the all-around, not after the 2011 she had at Nationals, but hse did break into the all-around and she did win the title. Gabby made the 2015 National Team, after a rough few months. Gabby has left the coach that coached her to Olympic Greatness and moved to Buckeye, the gym where the National Champion, on vault and floor, Nia Dennis trains. Gabby also made the 2015 National Team, and like her teammate Aly Raisman, has announced that she will compete at the 2015 Classics. 

Kyla Ross: Kyla was a first year senior in 2012, and she made the Olympic Team. She was chosen for the team for her uneven bars routine, also for her beam.. As happy as Kyla was winning the team gold, she wanted Olympic Individual Success, which fueled her to not quit gymnastics, she didn't even take a year off like Aly or Gabby, she jumped right back into the gym. And in 2013, she won the 2013 U.S Classic,, and at Nationals, she grabbed the silver in the all around, and at Antwerp 2013, she won four silver medals. She then won silver at the U.S Classic in 2014, and Nationals 2014. She took the bronze AA medal at the 2014 Worlds, and then took gold with the team. Kyla has not been herself in 2014, because of a hip injury, and she had to water down her routines even more than she already had.

McKayla Maroney: Like her teammate, Kyla Ross, McKayla Maroney came back in 2013, determined to make the Rio Team because of her fall in  vault finals. McKayla went to Worlds 2013 and won vault gold, defending her World Title from 2011. But unfortunatly, she had to have surgery in 2014, eliminating her from the 2014 season entirely, but Mac is back and she wants vault gold! She is coming back either at the Classics or Nationals. 

  See, 4/5  Fierce Five are back. Which is good, we want to be reminded of their legacy.