The 2019 U.S. junior all-around champion, Kayla DiCello , … Jul 25, 2016 - 2016 Olympic Gymnastics Team! Jul 11, 2016 - This Pin was discovered by . Aly Raisman was named the captain of the 2016 Summer Olympics U.S. women’s gymnastics team on Saturday, July 23 — details Sochi 2014 . The Olympic trials for the U.S. gymnastics team concluded yesterday and we finally know which five team members will be heading to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Games. Laurie Hernandez, Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Madison Kocian Ashton Locklear, MyKayla Skinner and Ragan Smith will serve as replacement athletes. Olympic Games. Pyeongchang 2018 . Simone Biles of the United States of America competes on the Women's Floor final on Day 11 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio 2016 Olympic artistic gymnastics qualification men (29061931051).jpg 2,448 × 2,448; 774 KB Rio 2016 Olympic artistic gymnastics qualification men (29061933611).jpg 2,448 × 2,448; 804 KB Rio 2016 Olympic artistic gymnastics qualification men (29061935911).jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 1.35 MB Biles additionally won gold in the all-around, on floor exercise, and on balance beam. Biles qualified first on the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise; Kocian qualified first on the uneven bars; Raisman qualified second on the floor exercise; Hernandez qualified second on the balance beam; and Douglas qualified third on the uneven bars. Access official results for the Gymnastics Artistic event individual all-round women at the Rio 2016 Summer Games Olympics, plus view video highlights of top performances. Douglas, 20 won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympic… 2016 Olympic Gymnastics Trials and Team Selection Process How and when the 2016 Olympic gymnastics teams will be chosen Amy Van Deusen is a professional gymnast, coach, and writer who has contributed Black, white, Latina, Jewish: these are the faces of the 2016 USA women's gymnastics team headed to the games this August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fun Fact: Biles’s favorite event is vault. The 2016 Summer Olympics took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from the 5th to the 21st of August when more than 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports across 33 Olympic … LA 2028; Milano Cortina 2026 . In the individual all-around, Biles and Raisman each performed four clean routines, with Biles scoring the highest score on all but the uneven bars, as well as being the only gymnast that day to score above 15 on the balance beam. At just 4 feet 9 inches tall, Simone Biles might be the smallest American Olympian in Brazil, but she could become Team USA's biggest star of Rio 2016. Australia's Danielle Prince secures a ticket to the Rio Olympics in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-round event. The Men's artistic gymnastics team all-around competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics … They finished fourth.[14]. As the youngest member of the team, Hernandez is also the only first-year, senior-level gymnast. Hernandez is the first Puerto Rican woman to make a U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team. In the balance beam final, Hernandez won the silver medal, finishing behind the Netherlands' Sanne Wevers. The women’s rugby sevens team captured bronze in their inaugural Olympic tournament while the women’s soccer team won its second straight bronze medal. 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