2004: Even though Athens was not the best competition for USA, It was for Romania. Romania dominated in Athens, Greece. Taking the team gold medal, and the beam and floor titles, going to their own Catalina Ponor. Even though the USA didn't have the success they wanted to, they had a huge success in the all-around, Carly Patterson won the all-around gold, becoming the queen of gymnastics, and starting a three-peat. Some other facts are that Monica Rosu of Romania won the vault, congratulations to Monica, and that France's Emilie Le Pennec won the bars competition, making history for France.
2008: USA didn't win as a team here either. They had falls in the last two rotations, and it was disastrous. But they still managed the silver. And I was super happy for Team China, not only winning their first ever team gold, but they won it on home turf. This was a great accomplishment for Team China. Another note was that Romania won their ninth team medal in a row. In the all-around, it was one-two for the USA, Nastia Liukin with the gold, and Shawn Johnson with the silver. It was so great to see Nastia finally regain her mojo, for Shawn had been beating her in competition after competition. I bars, China had another gold medal, He Kexin, winning the gold because of her amazing bar set, Nastia Liukin winning the silver, and Yang Yilin winning yet another bronze. One of my favorite Finals was the beam. Shawn had just come off losing on the all-around, and this was her last shot. Thank goodness, because that fire made her become Olympic Champion on the event, with teammate Nastia behind her. And finally, in the floor finals, Romania's Sandra Izbasa won the gold with Shawn and Nastia coming behind her on the floor
2012: These were the most previous Olympic Games, as you know. There were so many great highlights. USA won their first gold since 1996, Canada made their first Team Final, and Great Britain did great in front of a home town crowd. Other highlights of the team final included Mac's perfect vault, Aly's amazing beam and floor sets, and Mustafina's amazing bar set in TFs. Ladies and gents, that's just the team final. After McKayla fell on her second vault, Sandra managed to get a gold, with Mac closely behind, and Maria Paseka in third. In bars, Aliya Mustafina rocked it, winning the title, defending champion He Kexin in second, and home girl Beth Tweddle winning the bronze with a dynamic set. In beam, it was Deng LinLin way in the front with teammate Sui Lu, the World champ from the year before in silverg, and Aly Raisman in bronze. In floor, Aly delivered a dynamic set and won it,, with Catalina Ponor in second and Aliya Mustafina in 3rd. Some notable moments are:
-Aliya Mustafina being the most decorated gymnast
- Aly Raisman winning three Olympic Medals
-Canada making it into their first Team Finals
-Catalina Ponor losing out on a medal, then winning one
-Aly Raisman losing out on a medal, then winning one
And so many more. These last four games have really been some to remember, haven't they?
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