Medal bid for Aly Raisman slips away on balance beam Had Aly Raisman saved something close to her best for last, she would have won a medal Thursday. USA's Aly Raisman suffers Olympic heartbreak after learning she did not win bronze medal A new tiebreaker rule left Aly Raisman off the podium when she thought she had won all-around bronze. Raisman stoic after losing bronze tiebreaker LONDON (AP) -- Aly Raisman grabbed the sides of her warmup jacket - at just about the place where a medal would have hung - and did what she's always done. Olympics: Aly Raisman loses bronze on gymnastics tiebreaker Olympics: Aly Raisman loses bronze on gymnastics tiebreaker By Bill OraM The Salt Lake Tribune Published Aug 2, 2012 02:24PM MDT London • The fastest way to an Olympian's heart is through the hole where a medal might have hung. Four days after edging teammate Jordyn Wieber for a spot in the individual all-around, American gymnast Aly Raisman finally felt her best friend's pain. Thanks to a ... No medal? Aly Raisman's still got mettle Unflappable Needham native Aly Raisman faces what could be the "almost impossible" task of rebounding from... Aly Raisman Individual All-Around: USA Star Didn't Need Medal to Validate Skills Aly Raisman didn't win a medal in the women's individual all-around competition, but that doesn't diminish the young gymnast's wonderful performance at the 2012 London Olympics . Raisman finished fourth in the all-around competition, losing out to Russia's Aliya Mustafina on a minor technicality. The two finished tied for bronze with 59.566 points, but since Mustafina had higher execution and ... Aly Raisman Falls Just Short in Finals Aly Raisman fell just short of winning a medal in the women's gymnastics competition at the Olympics, losing a tiebreaker to fall to fourth. American Gabby Douglas won the gold. Click here for the rest of the article... Aly Raisman's Olympic Gymnastics Journey Provides Thrill of a Lifetime for Entire Family Picture Aly Raisman's gymnastics life as a balance beam. At one end is her early career as a gymnast when she started with "Mommy and Me" classes. Now she is about three-quarters onto the beam -- training for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Lynn Raisman has helped guide Aly's journey across the beam. Lynn is Aly's mother and one of her biggest boosters. Over the past eight or nine years ... Aly Raisman Controversy Throws Olympic Gymnastics into Confusion Aly Raisman finished in a tie for third-place in the women's all-around competition. She ends up without a medal, though, and there's a litany of issues with the results. The top-tier of qualifiers finished with their floor routines, which provided a huge advantage to Raisman. It is not only her best event, she had the top score on the apparatus at qualifications (15.325) and team finals (15.300 ... Aly Raisman: Tough Break in London Won't Slow American Phenom At just 18 years old, American gymnast Aly Raisman has shaken up the most prominent sporting event in the world. On Tuesday, Raisman, the Olympic U.S. women's gymnastics captain, lead the red, white and blue to their first gold medal in team competition since 1996. A dominant floor routine catapulted her past teammate, and defending world champion, Jordyn Wieber for individual qualification ...
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