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August 2012

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Gymnasts Before Gabby

These gymnasts helped pave the way for Gabby Douglas to win Olympic gold.

Gymnasts Before Gabby

Betty Okino was part of the U.S. team for the 1991 World Gymnastics Championships, winning a silver medal in team finals and a bronze on the balance beam. She also won the 1991 American Cup. Photo by fanpix.net

Dianne Durham, a two-time Junior National Champion and one-time Senior National Champion, was Bela Karolyi's first elite gymnast in the United States. Photo by gymn.ca

Dominique Dawes was 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team, the 1994 U.S. all-around senior National Champion, a three-time Olympian, a World Championships silver medalist and a member of the gold-medal winning "Magnificent Seven" at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Photos womenundef

Ron Galimore was the United States gymnastics champion in floor exercise in 1977, 1979, and 1980; and in vault in 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1981. Photo by cyclones.co

Betty Okino was part of the U.S. team for the 1991 World Gymnastics Championships, winning a silver medal in team finals and a bronze on the balance beam. She also won the 1991 American Cup. Photo by fanpix.net

Dianne Durham, a two-time Junior National Champion and one-time Senior National Champion, was Bela Karolyi's first elite gymnast in the United States. Photo by gymn.ca

Dominique Dawes was 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team, the 1994 U.S. all-around senior National Champion, a three-time Olympian, a World Championships silver medalist and a member of the gold-medal winning "Magnificent Seven" at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Photos womenundef

Ron Galimore was the United States gymnastics champion in floor exercise in 1977, 1979, and 1980; and in vault in 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1981. Photo by cyclones.co

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