Its no fault at all of the young gymnasts.īut I really wish they would have come up with an even more creative tag for them and their gold medal pursuit. To use the nickname just points and screams of lazy journalism by the national media, thats really what it is, Rose said. Jalen Rose, a former Michigan Fab Five member, complained about the gymnastics team being dubbed the Fab Five as well. I guess (Fab Five) was taken by some basketball team or something, Maroney said, referring to the five members of the Michigan college basketball team recruited in 1991. Later in the Olympic Games, Douglas won a gold medal in the individual all-around event, becoming the first African-American to ever do so Maroney won silver on vault Raisman, the team captain, won bronze on balance beam and gold on floor exercise.Īfterwards, Douglas, Maroney, Raisman, Ross, and Wieber were the five gymnasts chosen to represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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