Fab Five

I have never been so inspired by athletes in my life. The USA women’s gymnastics team took home the gold tonight and they all had their amazing moments. Congrats to Aly Raisman, Jordyn Wieber, McKayla Maroney, Gabby Douglas, and Kyla Ross!

One of the highlights of the night was Aly Raisman’s floor routine. It was the last event of the night for the womens US team, and they knew that the gold was in sight. You could see Aly start to get emotional as she went for her final pass across the floor. As she landed it, the emotion took over and she began to cry tears of joy. It was at this point that everyone knew the US womens gymnastics team had won the gold, for the first time since 1996. Another standout moment of the night came from Jordyn Wieber. After suffering a devastating personal loss on Sunday night and not making the womens all arounds, it was great to see Jordyn giving it her all and smiling. Her floor routine was so fun to watch, as she smiled throughout the whole thing. However, the most amazing moment of the night came during the first event. McKayla Maroney’s vault was unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. 16 year old McKayla came to the Olympics as a one trick pony. Her only job was to vault and her total time out on the Olympic mats totaled about 2 minutes. And yet the highest score of the night came from this tiny little 16 year old. McKayla had a flawless vault and stuck the landing so perfectly that you could actually see the judges mouths hanging open in shock. (I seriously don't know how she didn't get a perfect score). She immediately knew she had done well and it really was a great way to start off the night for the US women.

Other highlights came from the Russian team. Russian gymnast, Mufasa (or "little devil" according to her coach. Good reputation, right?), had permanent sad eyes literally the whole time. Along with her permanent sad eyes, she also had a permanent bitch attitude. She was seen pushing her coach away after having a poor routine. Then there was the Russian with the really bad bangs and the uneven eyes who fell on her elbows during her floor routine. As she finished her routine, the camera cut to Mufasa, who was seen crying (finally) and not hugging or consoling her teammate. You gotta know that bad bangs felt pretty terrible about letting her team down; she certainly didn't need the attitude or tears from the evil Russian Mufasa.