More Gold for American Gymnasts

Douglas Doesn't Disappoint

• Only a couple days after leading Team U.S. to a gold medal in the women's team gymnastics final, Gabby Douglas was golden again, winning the all-around gold after surviving a late surge from Russia's Viktoria Kimova.
• Douglas outlasted teammate Aly Raisman and Russian Aliya Mustafina, but it was Mustafina's teammate Kimova, who nearly snatched gold from Douglas's hands after her spectacular floor routine to close the event.
• The "Flying Squrrel," as they call Douglas is deginitely on her way to stardom; only 3 previous women have won all-around gold medals and the last time the U.S. won the all-around team gold, she was less than a year old.

Badminton Players DQ'd

• Four female badminton doubles teams were disqualified from the Olympics for "throwing" their pool play matches in an effort to get a more favorable draw  in the subsequent rounds.
• These four teams, all from China, South Korea or Indonesia, were basically trying to avoid a Chinese powerhouse team that had lost, and therefor would be lower in the medal brackets than initially expected. These teams were losing on purpose for a chance to be seeded even lower and avoid playing the powerhouse team.
• The South Korean team has been sent home from the Olympics by their Olympic governing body. The other teams are allowed to stay, but can be sent home by their home country.

Overall Olympic Update

• The US has surged to the lead in the medal count with 37 medals, 18 of them gold. Largely on the back of strong swimming and gymnastic performances. China is second with 34 medals, 18 gold.
• There are 26 more medal events today, 29 more on Saturday and another 29 on Sunday.