While Gabby Douglas was part of two legendary Olympic squads, one of them sits ahead of the other in her memory.
Are you a team player or a solo athlete?That's one of the eternal dichotomies in sports. Some are naturally suited to be part of a collective; others are most at home in the swimming pool, on the tennis court or in other arenas where success is self-defined.As an elite gymnast, American Gabby Douglas has seen both sides of that coin.
'It's individual, you're by yourself and your coach. And so, it's a lot more lonely than team finals. Team finals, like I said, is very, very fun and being on two teams, I was so grateful to have been a part of two amazing teams.'Those two teams were the Fierce Five and the Final Five. The former squad took home the artistic gymnastics gold during the 2012 Olympics in London, while the latter repeated the feat four years later in Brazil.
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