Gabrielle Douglas’s Rise to Olympic Triumph

A photographic look at Douglas’s gravity-defying and history-making performance at the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games.

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A photographic look at Douglas’s gravity-defying and history-making performance at the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games. She’s the first African-American all-around Olympic champion and the first U.S. gymnast to win both that title and the team gold in the same Games.

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