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Fierce Five
The Fierce Five was the artistic gymnastics team that won the second team gold medal for the United States, and the first gold medal on international soil, in the women's team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Originally referred to as the Fab Five, the team changed its nickname to avoid confusion with the Michigan basketball quintet with the same name.The five members of the team were Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber. Later in the Olympic Games, Douglas won a gold medal in the individual all-around event, becoming the first African-American to ever do so; Maroney won silver on vault; Raisman, the team captain, won bronze on balance beam and gold on floor exercise.
==Olympic Trials and team background==
At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, Douglas, Wieber, and Raisman finished first, second, and third respectively in the all-around competition. Maroney won the vault competition, Douglas and Ross tied for first on the uneven bars, while Raisman won the balance beam and floor exercise. Afterwards, Douglas, Maroney, Raisman, Ross, and Wieber were the five gymnasts chosen to represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=USA Gymnastics announces women's gymnastics team for 2012 Olympic Games )〕 Douglas, nicknamed "the Flying Squirrel" for her skill on the uneven bars, finished first at the trials and was thus the automatic qualifier for the team.
The team members were all between the ages of 15 and 18.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gabrielle Douglas )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mc Kayla Maroney )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alexandra Raisman )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kyla Ross )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jordyn Wieber )〕 They were close to each other: Raisman and Wieber had been best friends, and Maroney and Ross had been best friends since they were young. All except Ross were on the U.S. team that won the team competition at the 2011 World Championships. Raisman, the oldest on the team at 18 years old, was elected team captain by the other members. The team's replacement athletes were Sarah Finnegan, Anna Li, and Elizabeth Price, but they were not used at the games.〔
The team was originally dubbed the "Fab Five" before the Olympics. The members would later (before the Olympics) tell the media that they preferred to be called the "Fierce Five". They were all featured on the cover of ''Sports Illustrateds Olympic Preview issue; it was the first time since 1996 that a gymnast had appeared on the cover of ''Sports Illustrated''.
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