Gabrielle Douglas earned her second gold medal on Thursday after winning the individual all-around gymnastics event. She is the first African-American woman to win the all-around title at the Olympics.
Douglas is a 16 year old from Virgina who's goal coming up to the Olympics was to win the gold medal. Dominique Dawes (pictured below) won an individual bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics becoming the first African-American ever to win an individual medal in gymnastics. Douglas had this to say about Dawes, “She was one of my inspirations and role models growing up.”
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According to USA Today, Gabrielle Douglas took home the gold in great fashion:
In her final event, the floor, Douglas began her routine to cheers of “Go Gabby!” As her techno music played, she had the crowd dancing as she turned North Greenwich Arena into Club Gabby. Cheers filled the place as she finished, her smile spread even wider as she fell into a bear hug from her coach, Liang Chow.
Douglas became the fourth U.S. gymnast to capture the coveted all-around title, after Mary Lou Retton, Shannon Miller and Nastia Liukin.
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