Photos: Top national sports stories of 2012
"Flying Squirrel" brings home more gold
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Two days after helping the Americans to a team gold medal, Gabby “The Flying Squirrel” Douglas stunned the world by winning the women's all-around gymnastics title at the Olympics. She was the third straight American to win the women’s all-around and made history as the first African-American to win gold. Teammate Aly Raisman just missed out on the bronze due to a tiebreak.
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