USA vs. Russia: Situations when Americans and Russians were pitted against each other

  There were some situations in 2012 when the Russians and the Americans were fighting each other: Here are some examples


1. Vault Final: It was McKayla Maroney (USA Representative) and Maria Paseka (Russian) after Maroney fell on her second vault, Paseka thought that winning silver was inevitable. But, because Maroney's form was perfection, Maroney left with the silver, instead of Russian, Maria Paseka, who left with bronze, despite a horrible vault in team.
2. Uneven bars finals- It was two against one, but Mustafina won gold over Gabby Douglas, who disappointed me when she fell on bars, and landed her sorry little butt in 8th place.
3. All-Around Final: It was two verses two in this final. It was Aliya Mustafina and Viktoria Komova vs. Gabrielle Douglas and Aly Raisman. Aly Raisman lost the bronze to Aliya Mustafina because of difficulty, but Gabby Douglas snatched the gold from a gymnast who has already had a pretty bad Olympics, and would continue to do so, Viktoria Komova
4. Beam Final, it was Ksniia Afaneyseva and Aly Raisman, they both wanted to medal, but only one of them did, and that is Aly Rasiman, (Komova and Douglas were in contention but dropped to 8th (Komova) and 7th (Douglas)
6. The floor final, Mustafina was aiming for  gold, but Aly got it
7. The Team Final: USA USA! They won the gold over the Russian team for only the second time.

What I expect for team: Russia

Russia, as a team, had a hard Olympics in 2012, getting whooped by team USA. But, Rio is a whole new Olympics! I expect Russia to come out there fiery and exploding. But, rumors have been spread about Mustafina retiring, which would be good for the USA, but horrible for Russia! I expect Russia to learn the Amanar Vaults, and I hope that the Russians won't put Grishina in their floor lineup, same goes for Ksenia Afaneyseva, because both of them fell! Also, they can't afford balance checks, they need to get their range of balance under control.

Aliya Mustafina: Russian Star

   Aliya Mustafina of Russia is an amazing gymnast, in 2010, she helped her team win the team competition, and she won the all-around. And placed second in the vault and uneven bars finals, and in 2011,  she tore her ACL, major, major injury, but she came back as an Olympian on the Russian team, and helped them win the silver, and won the uneven bars final, placed bronze in the all-around and floor finals. She was amazing, and is shooting for Rio 2016! She has to be my favorite Russian gymnast (Because she is not annoying like Grishina or  Komova) So, I am so amped to see Mustafina in 2016, and the 2014, 2015 worlds.