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The much-anticipated nickname of the 2016 U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team was unveiled moments after the Americans defended of their team gold this afternoon at the Rio Olympic Arena.
Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Madison Kocian and Laurie Hernandez settled on the nickname after a team vote last week. …
According to USA Gymnastics Senior Vice President Rhonda Faehn, the “Final Five” nickname was selected because Rio will be the final Olympics featuring five team members; the sizes have been reduced to four starting at the 2020 Olympics.
Coincidently, it also happens to be the number of U.S. Olympic teams that retiring national team coordinator Martha Karolyi has overseen …
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