Times Events. Times Store. Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options. By Diane Pucin. More From the Los Angeles Times. Olympics U. Olympics Blackhawks fined, GM Stan Bowman resigns after investigation finds sexual assault allegations mishandled. This was the first gold medal won by a United States Olympic women's gymnastics team since the team won it in Atlanta, Georgia.
But where does her silver medal in the vault rank on the all-time Olympic upsets list? Like Daggett said, there was "no more of a guaranteed gold coming into the Olympic Games in gymnastics than McKayla Maroney on vault. I believe that Daggett is right, and not only about the Olympic Games. I believe he is right from an all-time standpoint. I remember watching the vault finals and wondering why they even bothered having it with just how huge of a favorite Maroney was.
When she fell during her second vault, it was a combination of shocking and heartbreaking. However, I don't know how anyone can say definitively that any of those other upsets have been bigger upsets than the one that resulted in Maroney earning the silver medal in the vault finals in the Summer Olympics as opposed to the gold medal. New User posted their first comment. Log in. Gymnastics London Olympics Feature. London Olympics Sort by: Most popular Recent Most upvotes.
Login to post your comment. Show More Comments. No thanks Delete. Cancel Update. Login to reply. Cancel Reply. Contact Us. At the National Championships in August, Maroney continued to only compete on vault and floor, winning both events. Initially, Maroney was to competed on vault and floor exercise, but was switched to compete the all-around shortly before qualifications began. She competed in the fourth subdivision, the last American to compete. She scored rather low on floor exercise, after receiving a neutral 0.
Later, she did hit both her vaults and her uneven bars routine, but fell on balance beam. She qualified to the vault final in first place, but missed the all-around, uneven bars, and floor finals because her other two teammates had qualified ahead of her. In vault finals, Maroney competed last, scoring a Following the World Championships, Maroney was diagnosed with adrenal fatigue, causing anxiety and depression. As a result, she was out of the gym for a while.
Maroney has expressed interest in becoming an actress after gymnastics. She also appeared as a judge in the Miss America pageant and made a cameo appearance along with teammate Jordyn Wieber in the music video "Up in the Air" by 30 Seconds to Mars.
In late , she filmed a guest spot on the crime drama Bones. Her episode, "The Spark in the Park", aired on December 6th. Gymnastics Wiki Explore. Code of Points. New to the Wiki? Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Main:McKayla Maroney. History Talk 0.
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