She added that she was unable to sleep for almost a week, mentally replaying the moment she fell. Although she may have felt that she faltered, her performance in the Olympics, alongside her team, remains one of the memorable in Olympics history. Read on to see Maroney and the rest of the Fierce Five now.
Maroney earned a near-perfect score on vault, posting a higher score than any of the other members of the Fierce Five.
She received a gold medal as part of the team competition and a silver medal for individual vault. Maroney retired from gymnastics in after a series of injuries prevented her from trying to compete in the Rio Olympics. Since leaving the sport, she's dabbled in a handful of other arenas. She appeared in a couple of shows, including Bones, and she had a recurring role on Hart of Dixie. Douglas was the only member of the team to compete in all four events—floor, vault, uneven bars, and beam—in the all-around team competition.
She subsequently became the first Black American to win the gold in the individual all-around. Douglas also made history as the first American to win gold in both the team and individual all-around events. She also competed in the Olympics. Douglas stopped competing in gymnastics after the Olympics.
The athlete then began acting in movies, including Love of Course and Same Difference. Douglas also has her very own Barbie doll. In February, she was the first winner of the reality competition The Masked Dancer. Raisman was the captain and oldest member of the Fierce Five team at 18 years old.
She earned a gold medal for her individual floor routine and a bronze medal for her performance on the individual balance beam. All five of the U. A Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. Raisman led the fight against Nassar, reading an impact statement during his sentencing in and filing lawsuits against U.
Gymnastics and the U. She placed first in the event at nine different national and international competitions between and , including the and World Championships. Turn on the TV during the Olympics and you're likely to see Maroney flipping across your screen — just not on the competition mat in Tokyo.
A post shared by McKayla Maroney mckaylamaroney. She's also working on a singing career. Facebook Twitter Email. Where is McKayla Maroney now? Olympics gymnast on book about her gymnastics experience. Show Caption. During the medal ceremony for the vault final, Maroney was photographed, unsmiling during the Romanian national anthem left , which became an internet meme named, "McKayla is not impressed".
Maroney has gone along with the joke, posting a picture on Instagram of herself with teammates Aly Raisman and Kyla Ross, all making the "not impressed" face upon finding out the swimming pool they wanted to go to was closed.
Maroney has called the meme "pretty funny", and has said that she apparently makes the face without noticing until her teammates point it out to her. A few weeks in, she and Aly Raisman became injured performing on the uneven bars. Maroney was out for most of the tour. Her spot in the Olympic rings was filled by Alicia Sacramone. Maroney returned to full training in January and attended a National team training camp at the end of May.
She competed on vault and floor at the US Classic, debuting a new double layout pass on floor. She placed first on vault and third on floor. At the National Championships in August, Maroney continued to only compete on vault and floor, winning both events. Initially, Maroney was to competed on vault and floor exercise, but was switched to compete the all-around shortly before qualifications began.
She competed in the fourth subdivision, the last American to compete. She scored rather low on floor exercise, after receiving a neutral 0. Later, she did hit both her vaults and her uneven bars routine, but fell on balance beam. She qualified to the vault final in first place, but missed the all-around, uneven bars, and floor finals because her other two teammates had qualified ahead of her.
In vault finals, Maroney competed last, scoring a Following the World Championships, Maroney was diagnosed with adrenal fatigue, causing anxiety and depression. As a result, she was out of the gym for a while. Maroney has expressed interest in becoming an actress after gymnastics. She also appeared as a judge in the Miss America pageant and made a cameo appearance along with teammate Jordyn Wieber in the music video "Up in the Air" by 30 Seconds to Mars.
In late , she filmed a guest spot on the crime drama Bones. Her episode, "The Spark in the Park", aired on December 6th. Gymnastics Wiki Explore. Code of Points. New to the Wiki? Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account?
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