Final Five (gymnastics)
The five members of the team were Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and Aly Raisman, with MyKayla Skinner, Ragan Smith, and Ashton Locklear serving as the three alternates.[2][3] Simone Biles became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2013,[4] and she won gold at the 2013 World Championships in the individual all-around and on floor exercise.[13] She made her international debut at the 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy alongside Douglas and Raisman, where the American team won the gold medal by over 13 points ahead of Brazil.[14] At the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships, Biles, Hernandez, and Raisman helped the American team win the gold medal, and they all finished in the top three in the all-around.[24] Kocian finished eighth in the all-around but beat Locklear to win the uneven bars, leading to her selection for the Olympic team.[37] This was the largest margin of victory in an Olympic women's gymnastics team final since 1960 when the Soviet Union beat Czechoslovakia by nearly nine points.[41] Biles became the fifth overall and the fourth consecutive American women's Olympic all-around champion, joining Mary Lou Retton (1984), Carly Patterson (2004), Nastia Liukin (2008), and Gabby Douglas (2012).[43] Biles and Raisman became the second pair of American gymnasts to go 1-2 in the individual all-around in the Olympics, after Liukin and Shawn Johnson took gold and silver, respectively, in 2008.Biles, who had the highest qualifying score, put her hands on the beam in the final after a balance check on her front tuck.[62] She, along with Fierce Five member Kyla Ross, made history by becoming the first Olympic gold medalists to compete in NCAA gymnastics.[64][65] Her career ended during her senior year on March 13, 2020, when all competitions were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[75][76] After the 2016 Olympics, it came to light that all five of the Final Five, plus team alternate Ashton Locklear, had been abused sexually, verbally, and/or emotionally while training in gymnastics.
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