Russia and the United States will lead the chase for Gold once more when the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Individual All-around Final takes place at North Greenwich Arena on Thursday. USA may have beaten Russia to the Olympic Gold medal in Tuesday’s Team event but the 2011 World Championship Silver medallist Victoria Komova will hope to turn the tables by repeating her success in the qualification round, where she finished in first place.''
Although Komova struggled on her Floor Exercise – scoring only 13.900 – she posted the second-highest score on Balance Beam (15.266) and third-highest on Uneven Bars (15.833). Komova is bidding to become the first female gymnast from Russia to win Gold in an event once dominated by the Soviet Union. Her team-mate Aliya Mustafina, the 2010 World Champion, will have her sights trained on Gold too after qualifying in fifth place but the pair will face a tough challenge from USA’s Alexandra Raisman and Gabrielle Douglas.''
Raisman produced a major surprise by qualifying in second place with a score of 60.391 and with Douglas in third (60.265),that left the door to the final slammed shut in the face of their team-mate Jordyn Wieber, the reigning World Champion who was fourth (60.032). Should Raisman or Douglas succeed in taking Gold again after their Team triumph, it would be the third successive Gold medal in the event for the USA, matching the feat of the Soviet Union in 1952 (Maria Gorokhovskaya), 1956 and 1960 (both Larissa Latynina).''
SOURCE:http://www.london2012.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,5256-205690-19728-49412-317091-21082-6257-layout209-222913-news-item,00.html
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