Trivia Tuesday: Name That Gymnast Answers
Posted by Brenna Malmberg
How did you do? Most of these faces should be pretty familiar with all the media attention they received during and after the Olympics, but I threw in a few that were a little tougher.
1. Nastia Liukin: Not at this Olympics, but all-around winner and five-time Olympic medalist in 2008.
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2. Mckayla Maroney: She might not be impressed with her vault during vault finals, but her amanar vault is pretty impressive.
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3. Jonathan Horton: Tried to rally the men, but came back from London without any medals.
Source: USA Gymnastics
4. Gabrielle Douglas: The gold all-around winner would rather go by Gabrielle, so let's go with that.
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5. Viktoria Komova: A Russian with beautiful gymnastics that came up short to an American at the Olympics and Worlds. But really, she has beautiful gymnastics.
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6. John Orozco: He was a fighter, but in the end, it was a disappointing Olympics. That wasn't what he hoped for at all.
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7. Jordyn Wieber: Lots of drama because she didn't make the individual all-around, but she was mentally tough and helped win a team gold.
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8. Shawn Johnson: Now she is a dancing star, but she was the one everyone was rooting for in 2008. Well, not everyone.
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9. Jacob Dalton: He completes for the United States, but also for the University of Oklahoma. Those lucky Sooners.
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10. Carly Patterson: Winning the all-around gold in 2004 and helped put WOGA on the map.
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11. Aly Raisman: The first U.S. female to win the floor event final, along with bringing home a bronze on beam.
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12. Aliya Mustafina: Another great Russian and she definitely lets her emotions show.
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13. Danielle Leyva: Not only do people like watching him, they love watching his step-dad react while he competes. I witnessed this at Visa Championships.
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14. Kyla Ross: A solid, consistent 15-year-old bestie of Mckayla Maroney. We will see more of her in the future.
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15. Mary Lou Retton: Gold all-around in 1984. She's a pretty big deal.
Cole
Drat, you posted the answers just as I was trying to guess. You did have a few tricky ones though. I thought Carly Patterson looked like Kyla Ross in that vault picture. Also, I couldn't remember Jake Dalton's name and didn't recognize Komova. Maybe we'll have to go watch more gymnastics :)