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Olympics women’s gymnastics results: August 9

By Nathaniel Reeves

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 09: (L to R) Gold Medalists Simone Biles, Gabrielle Douglas, Lauren Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Alexandra Raisman of the United States celebrate on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 09: (L to R) Gold Medalists Simone Biles, Gabrielle Douglas, Lauren Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Alexandra Raisman of the United States celebrate on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) /
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The United States dominated the field in the women’s team all-around gymnastics final.

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MEDAL RESULT | Women's all-around

With the pressure of expectations weighing heavily, the United States women’s gymnastics team turned in a near-flawless performance to secure gold in the women’s all-around competition on Monday in Rio.

The heavily-favored Americans got off to a strong start on the vault in the first rotation. Aly Raisman tallied a score of 15.833, while Simone Biles’ vault was good enough for a 15.933 despite a small hop on the dismount.

Meanwhile, Russia established itself as the primary challenger to the USA early on. Aliya Mustafina put up a 15.933 on the bars, a discipline she won gold at in London, before matching Biles’ score on the vault.

The United States kept rolling on the uneven bars, as Madison Kocian and Gabby Douglas made their only appearances of the day. Douglas turned in a strong 15.766 before Kocian topped that with a 15.933 of her own.

A strong effort on bars put China into second place at the halfway point, as Russia and Great Britain turned in poor rotations on the balance beam. Despite starting off with their two weakest events, the Americans led China by over four points through two rotations.

The United States then moved to beam, where Raisman turned in a 15.000 to start things off. Again, Biles had a small slip on the dismount, but still registered a 15.300 due to her high degree of difficulty.

As Russia had some slips on the floor exercise, China began to rise in the rankings with a strong 15.066 on the beam from Shang Chunsong to move two points clear into second place. Japan’s bars routine moved it into third, although both Russia and Great Britain were in striking distance of a medal after three rotations.

China’s Mao Yi then fell on her floor routine, opening up an opportunity for the other teams to claim silver. Maria Paseka of Russia turned in an excellent 15.700 on the vault to move ahead of China in second, with Japan and Great Britain still in the hunt.

Britain’s Ellie Downie and Amy Tinker turned in solid vaults, but not enough to move into podium position. Japan could do no better than a 14.300 on the beam, securing silver for Russia and bronze for China.

Meanwhile, all the United States had to do was avoid disaster on the floor to win the gold medal. Laurie Hernandez and Raisman turned in solid routines before Biles capped the competition with a 15.800, the best score of the competition.

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The United States finished with a score of 184.897, more than eight points clear of second place Russia. For comparison, the difference between Russia and eighth-place Brazil was just over 4.5 points.

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