History Maker: Gabby Douglas 1st African American To Win Women’s All Around Gym Gold

August 2, 2012 by in Latest News with 3 Comments

Despite folk talking about her less than stellar hair, 16-year-old Gabby Douglas shined Thursday afternoon, winning the gold medal in the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Individual All-Around final. Finishing with a score of 62.232, Gabby is now the third straight American to win gymnastics’ biggest prize, taking the lead on the first event Thursday. What’s even more dope? She’s the first African-American to win women’s all-around gym gold. Post her big win, she responded to this:

“I kind of forgot about that. Man, that’s awesome, that’s definitely an amazing feeling. I forgot about that”

Viktoria Komova of Russia took silver, while Aliya Mustafina won the bronze.

[Associated Press]

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  1. Chanele9boots at 5:43 pm

    DOPE!!!! Yay for her!!!

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  2. Dubb-B(female type) at 8:40 pm

    Way to go Gabby!!!

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  3. Kenneth Bell at 2:42 am

    We luv u gabby no matter wut they say about yo hair u a queen n our bookthe oldest black city n the delta the jewal of the delta mound bayou ms keep smiling stay sweet

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