Gabby Douglas is opening up about her performance so far in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The 20-year-old gymnast will sadly not being able to defend her Olympic all-around individual title after coming in third behind her teammates Simone Biles, 19, and Aly Raisman, 22.
Still, she has so much to be proud of!
“I’m not disappointed at all,” she told the Associated Press. “I have no regrets.”
Gabby added, “I just wanted to go out there and believe in my abilities and use the talent that I was given. I wasn’t concerned with anything else.”
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The US Women’s Gymnastics team absolutely dominated the qualification round for Artistic Gymnastics at 2016 Rio Summer Olympics on Sunday (August 7) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Gabby Douglas put the US on top of the leaderboard, ahead of China and Russia as they set records in their performances.
Simone and Aly will compete in the All-Around competition. Madison was number one on the uneven bars and will compete in the final for the medal.
Simone, Aly, Gabby, Laurie, and Madison will compete on Tuesday in the team final, before the All-Around on Thursday. Individual events start on August 14th.
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Simone Biles had officially made her Olympic debut during Women’s qualification for Artistic Gymnastics at 2016 Rio Summer Olympics on Sunday (August 7) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The 19-year-old gymnast earned the top spot on the leaderboard during the floor routine, with Aly Raisman in second, Laurie Hernandez in 4th and Gabby Douglas in 8th. Simone is also leading the vault.
After arriving in Rio earlier in the week, Simone connected quick with Brazilian gymnast Arthur Nory, even calling him her “Brazilian Boyfriend” in a cute pic on social media.
Check it out below!
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The Team USA Women’s Gymnastics pose together after a great day at podium training ahead of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics at Olympic Arena on Thursday (August 4) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Lead by team captain Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez, Simone Biles, Madison Kocian, and Gabby Douglas all got to try out each event they’ll be competing in starting on Sunday, August 7th.
“It’s good to have someone like that to keep us accountable and really just motivate us,” Gabby said of Aly as team captain for her second Olympic games. “You need someone like that, or else the team starts kind of falling apart and you’re not together as one. So you kind of need that one person to rally everyone.”
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Fifth Harmony tease a little bit of their “That’s My Girl” music video in a new promo spot for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics!
The ladies — Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, Dinah Hansen, Camila Cabello, and Lauren Jauregui — sing out the song in between shots of the US Women’s Gymnastics Team as they train for their debut at the games this month.
You’ll see several shots of Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, Simone Biles, and alternates Ashton Locklear, Mykayla Skinner, and Ragan Smith throughout the promo.
The Women’s Gymnastics competition begins on Sunday, August 7th!
The USA Women’s Gymnastics Team comes together for a group pic after practice this week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The ladies — Aly Raisman, Madison Kocian, Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas and Laurie Hernandez — are already making friends at the games — with the Men’s Gymnastics Team from Japan!
“Yaaaaaaaas. We love the men’s Japanese gymnastics team… Who doesn’t? They’re AMAZING!!” Aly captioned. “I also traded a pin with Kohei Uchimura :)”
Team alternates Ashton Locklear, MyKayla Skinner and Ragan Smith also joined the five for practice before they shared more behind-the-scenes pics.
Aly Raisman talks with Madison Kocian while arriving at the airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Wednesday afternoon (July 27).
The 22-year-old gymnast was voted team captain for the team, for her second straight Olympic games.
“Found out through @USAGym Twitter I’m captain again :) thanks guys @gabrielledoug @Simone_Biles @MadisonKocian @lzhernandez02 #USA #RIO2016,” Aly wrote on Twitter before sharing another team pic from Olympic processing.
Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Ashton Locklear, MyKayla Skinner and Ragan Smith are also pictured arriving for the Games.
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