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Gabrielle Douglas wins gold

Gabrielle Douglas waves to the crowd after winning the gold medal in the women's individual all-around. She's just the fourth U.S. woman to win the title.

Gabrielle Douglas waves to the crowd after winning the gold medal in the women’s individual all-around. She’s just the fourth U.S. woman to win the title.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Gabrielle Douglas won the second-straight all-around gold medal for the United States in gymnastics. She joins Mary Lou Retton, Carly Patterson and Nastia Liukin as the only American women to win the individual all-around gold. Russia’s Viktoria Komova wins silver and Aliya Mustafina gets bronze.

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Gabrielle Douglas poses for photos with her coaches Liang Chow and Martha Karolyi.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Gold medal winner Gabrielle Douglas in mid-flip on the beam.   (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Gabrielle Douglas is all smiles after her beam performance.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Gabrielle Douglas competes on the vault.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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The signature event for Gabrielle Douglas is the uneven bars competition.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Gabrielle Douglas realizes she won the gold medal. With her are coach Liang Chow and teammate Alexandra Raisman, who came in fourth.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Alexandra Raisman

United States’ Alexandra Raisman fights to maintain her balance on the beam.   (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Gabrielle Douglas competes on the uneven bars. Douglas, 16, is from Virginia Beach, Va.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Gabrielle Douglas holds her gold medal.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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