THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

It goes like this.  Now here is the thing.  This is the final year for legendary Head Coach Martha Karolyi.  Either Head Coach Martha Karolyi or her spouse Head Coach Bela Karolyi has been in charge of the United States National Women's Gymnastics Team since the 1980's after they both defected from Romania.  Yeah, there was a four year period in which neither of them was in charge, but that was the exception to the rule.  This time, both of the Karolyi's are leaving and will leave behind a huge power vacuum to fill as to who the next head coach for the United States National Women's Gymnastics Team will be.  But before leaving, the Karolyi's once again left everybody in the dust.  The United States National Women's Gymnastics Team got the Gold Medal in the Team Finals.  Russia got the Silver Medal.  China got the Bronze.  In the Individual finals, Simone Biles got the Gold Medal, Alexandra Raisman got her much needed Silver Medal and Aliya Mustafina of Russia got the Bronze medal.  The United States National Men's Gymnastics Team has been a catastrophic disaster which ended up getting shut out of just about everything.  That was a plot twist shocker that nobody saw coming.  The United States And so the drama continues at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in the South American city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Alexandra Raisman

 

 

 Alexandra Raisman and Coach Rhonda Faehn

Head Coach Martha Karolyi and Alexandra Raisman

 Alexandra Raisman and Simone Biles

 Simone Biles and Alexandra Raisman

 Gabrielle Douglas, Alexandra Raisman, Simone Biles and Head Coach Martha Karolyi

 Simone Biles and Alexandra Raisman

 Alexandra Raisman and Simone Bile

Alexandra Raisman, Aimee Boorman, Simone Biles

 

Alexandra Raisman, Gabby Douglas,  Simone Biles (left) , Laurie Hernandez (center, front) and Madison Kocian

 

Alexandra Raisman, Simone Biles, Gabrielle Douglas, Madison Kocian and Lauren Hernandez

Gabrielle Douglas, Alexandra Raisman, Madison Kocian, Lauren Hernandez and Simone Biles

Gabrielle Douglas, Alexandra Raisman, Madison Kocian, Lauren Hernandez, and Simone Biles

Gabrielle Douglas, Alexandra Raisman, Simone Biles, Lauren Hernandez and Madison Kocian

Gabrielle Douglas, Lauren Hernandez, Alexandra Raisman, Madison Kocian and Simone Biles

Lauren Hernandez, Simone Bile, Madison Kocian, Alexandra Raisman and Gabrielle Douglas

Madison Kocian, Gabrielle Douglas, Simone Biles, Alexandra Raisman and Lauren Hernandez 

Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas,  Lauren Hernandez,  Madison Kocian and  Alexandra Raisman

Alexandra Raisman, Simone Biles both of the United States and Aliya Mustafina of Russia

Aliya Mustafina of Russia

Barbora Mokosova of Slovakia

Claudia Fragapane of United Kingdom

Dipa Karmakar of India

Flavia Saraiva, of Brazil

Gabrielle Douglas

 Gabrielle Douglas and Christian Gallardo

Gabrielle Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian

Madison Kocian, Lauren Hernandez and Gabrielle Douglas

 Madison Kocian, Gabrielle Dougla and Lauren Hernandez

Jade Barbosa of Brazil

 Kim Biu of Germany

 Laurie Hernandez

 

Lauren Hernandez, Gabrielle Douglas and Simone Biles

Lorrane Oliveira of Brazil

 Madion Kocian and Coach Rhonda Faehn

Shang Chunsong of China

 Simone Biles

 

Coach Aimee Boorman and Simone Biles 

 

Coach Rhonda Faehn and Simone Biles