Kyla Ross: Senior Dominant

   So in 2012, Kyla Ross was a first year senior. We first saw her at the Classic, where she had a somewhat rocky first competition. We next saw Kyla when she competed at Nationals, placing 4th in the all around, not to shabby for a new-year senior. She also got the silver medal on her best event, bars. She also placed fourth on beam and fifth on floor. But didn't place at all in the vault, because vault was not her best event. But at trials, Kyla did make the Olympic Team, when she was a first year senior.  Which was amazing for a gymnast of her status, if you look at the rest of the Olympic Team: Gabby Douglas, Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, and McKayla Maroney, who had already been seniors for at least one year (With Aly starting a year earlier in 2010) Kyla was the little one on the team, she was mentored by Aly, most of all because she was a 2010 and 2011 Worlds Team Member. Kyla did not compete the all around, but just floor, beam and bars. After winning the gold medal for USA along with her team, she chilled for awhile, that is until the competition season started she came back and earned a whole wall of silver (Most of them silver, but they are still medals) Kyla had a great first year senior debut, making an Olympic Team. And I am very excited to see what is to come for this young athlete.

Elizabeth Price Tumbling Her Way To Fame

   Elizabeth "Ebee" Price. She is an amazing gymnast. Ebee made the US Team as an alternate! That takes a lot of skill, making her coaches proud! If any of the Fierce Five got injured, Ebee would be there to deliver stellar performances. But, not of them got injured, so Ebee could not compete, but she still had a fun time hanging out with the Fierce Five. Ebee then came back in 2013 like a Cannonball, competing in events, and placing greatly. But in 2014, she competed in her first huge international event, the AT&T American Cup. She won it! She was competing with the best of the world, some Olympic Team Members, some World Team Members, older athletes, some younger athletes (with more stamina) She then swept the competition! Congrats Ebee! You are officially in contention and on the road to Rio De Janeiro 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comparing the Magnificent Seven and the Fierce Five

   There are a bunch of similarities between the Mag. Seven and the Fierce Five. But the biggest similarity? They both won team gold. They both stood at the top of the Podium and made their teammates, family, friends, and fellow countrymen smile. They both brought home Olympic Glory to the US, and they both competed with all their hearts and made their Olympic Dreams come true. But I would have to say the main difference between them? The gymnastics. In 1996, you could hit the low bar with your feet on uneven bars, but now, in 2012, you can't. And, in this day and age, there is less time to pack artistry into your routines because of the new COP, and other things. But in 1996, you could spend a full 80 seconds dancing around the floor, on the beam, and use 10 seconds for power, but now, it is reversed, it is so so so hard to pack artistry into your routines, and show your personality

The Fierce Five: Who's planning for Rio and Who is Not?

So, its 2014, its Sochi, the winter games, but for all those people who hate the winter games, and are hooked on gymnastics, its the halfway point between the Summer Games, the ones that actually matter! Anyway, two years ago, the Fierce Five won gold, and now, at the halfway point between the great 2012, and Rio 2016, we got to wonder: Are any of the Fierce Five planning for Rio? I would love to see them in Rio, winning team gold yet again, but who wants to return and who doesn't?

Jordyn Wieber: She wants to get into the All Around Finals.
Aly Raisman: Aly is an amazing gymnast, making the All-Around in 2012, finishing in 4th, losing to Mustafina, Dang It! But thats why she is coming back to Rio, to defend her floor gold and beam bronze, and to crack into the AA medals.
Gabrielle Douglas: She won the gold medal in London, she doesn't need to train anymore! All her dreams came true!
Kyla Ross: Like her best friend, McKayla Maroney, Kyla wants to return for the 2016 Games. She did contribute to team USA's gold medal finish. But, she did not make the All-Around or any other event, so that what she hopes to do in Rio.
McKayla Maroney: Maroney is back, we know that, she never quit. Mostly because she wanted to go to Rio to get redemption. She fell on her second vault, costing her the vault gold, and starting the world-wide-known look as "McKayla Maroney Not Impressed" But, in 2016 Mac wants to be impressed she wants that gold medal.