Women's All-Around, American 3 Peat

For the past two Olympics, U.S.A. won the All-Around.

In Athens 2004, Carly Patterson was the Golden Girl






In 2008 Beijing it was Nastia Liukin




For the third Olympics straight, in 2012 London Gabby Douglas fulfilled the U.S. expectations for a third All-Around Olympic Champion. With Russia's Viktoria Komova and Aliya Mustafina taking silver and bronze.



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