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Live From London: Day 4 Women's Gymnastics Team Final

The U.S. Women's Gymnastics team looks to follow in the footsteps of the Magnificent Seven who won gold in '96 in Atlanta.

  1. Raisman's mom taped 1996 Olympics, and Aly watched it every day until the tape wore out. Parents, set your DVRs now? #SIeod
  2. No SI cover jinx: The U.S. women's gymnastics team just won gold. Silver for Russia. Bronze for Romania. #sieod
  3. Team USA looking up waiting for the score... If this was reality TV, they'd go to commercial. #SIeod
  4. The US women are wearing their bright red leo with lots of stars and bling - the same leotard they wore on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
  5. Day 5 Women's Gymnastics Preview
  6. Each day I'll send out a daily briefing for the Olympics. Here's what you'll be interested in for Tuesday: bit.ly/M0U5Wt
  7. Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber will compete for the U.S. in the gymnastics team final (11:30 a.m. EST start), leading the competition heading in with a score of 181.863 followed by Russia (180.429), China (176.637) and Romania close behind at 176.264. Great Britain, Japan, Italy and Canada round out the eight teams who advanced to the final at North Greenwich Arena.
  8. Here's who will compete in each rotation: 
  9. Gym team final: V: Wieber, Douglas, Maroney; UB: Wieber, Ross, Douglas; BB: Ross, Douglas, Raisman; FX: Douglas, Wieber, Raisman#sieod
  10. McKayla Maroney is the current World Champion on Vault and expected to have a big impact in this rotation. 
  11. We're all so ready and excited to represent are country at team finals tonight! GO USA!!! instagr.am/p/NvXsV1qiZP/
  12. McKayla Maroney is the current World Champion on vault and qualified today in 1st for vault finals! #London2012 http://pic.twitter.com/lWB5BaDF
  13. Gabby Douglas posted the second highest score on Team USA, to qualify for the All-Around Finals. 

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