USA Gymnastics: Domination 2012

   We all remember London 2012 right? The Olympics, Michael Phelps winning the gold. This is not a swimming blog, its a gymnastics blog, so lets talk about that. Not only did the USA win team gold with the Fierce Five. A lot of the Fierce Five won individual medals, shooting them way high in the medal count. Team Gold won by the Fierce Five, Vault Silver won by McKayla Maroney, All-Around Gold by Gabby Douglas, Beam Bronze by Aly Raisman, and Floor Gold by Aly Raisman (Aly left as the most decorated gymnast on the US Side, both men and women. The USA has such a strong hold on gymnastics right now that it is unbelievable. And until Rio 2016, they will continue to have this amazing hold on the sport. The USA hasn't rocked the sport since 1996 since the Magnificent Seven won gold. They rocked the sport, and are still rocking it with fresh senior Simone Biles,  Fierce Five Members Kyla Ross and McKayla Maroney, Simone getting into every final, and medaling in almost all of them at the Worlds, Kyla Ross medaling silver in almost every final that she got into, and McKayla Maroney winning vault gold, setting a record for team USA, a record that only team US has. Defending a Worlds Title. I believe that that was Maroney's redemption. That she is redeemed, but still will try for Rio De Janeiro and try to steal the vaulting gold. But overall, USA has had a strong hold on the sport, and will have it forever.

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.