Gabby Douglas » Gabby Douglas after Dominating the 2012 American Cup, Despite Being the Meet's Alternate

I think Gabby did what she needed to do and that's what matters most! She needed to send Marta out of all people there a message and she did! I think what I love about Gabby is her potential. There are so many athletes with potential but Gabby has the body to really just be a phenominal gymnast. She has such nice lines and toes, yet packs ton and energy and power. Havent we as fans been complaining that the US rarely has the full package gymnast. You either get power OR grace? I really feel if Chow can continue to pace her correctly and polish and perfect those upgrades she can be right up there with the Komova's of the world. Rooting for you Gabby and the success of team USA!!

@Anonymous Coward,
I believe they actually do! The prelims of the competitions dictates who goes in the all-around and event finals! So one meet can determine Olympic All-Around finalists, just ask John Orozco!

im just pumped for team USA...this meet just helps show that our country is going to put up an amazing fight for gold and that as a country we are top contenders and have some serious talent out there :) great job to all the girls...pumped for LONDON!!!! go team USA :) you are incredible-every one of you!

Gabby just proved that Aly and Jordyn can't rest on their previous history to make it to the Olympic all-around. It's going to be a battle, and with Bross back it's going to be epic! Her floor routine yesterday reminded me of a young Dominique Dawes (pre-92), the height of the tumbling and the energy.

I must say I had said it would be an uphill battle for Gabby but she showed this weekend she's more than ready for the climb.

she's just awesome. hands down. loooooved the interview, love the girl.

i'm not denying Gabby performed the best, because she did, but you can't compare the two situations, and to add to that, I'm not saying that if Gabby was in the meet she would have fell apart, maybe she would have even done better! But we won't know

Someone has been helping her not to say "like" every other word! Phew.

She's gained so much poise in the last year and her gymnastics is so lovely - both dynamic and elegant. SHe had a great meet today and I think she's going to have a great year.

It's not about whether Gabby "should" have won. She got the highest score and Jordyn knows it, Geddert knows it, Raisman knows it, Mihai knows it, and Gabby and Chow know it.

Also, trying to pretend that Gabby wasn't under pressure when she was the one with everything to lose AND to prove is ridiculous. This meet was way more important for her than Jordyn since if Jordyn bombed ScAM while trying out new upgrades early in the season, it's not as if it would have had any impact on her Olympic chances. Whereas Gabby has been trying to prove since Nats 2011 that she's not a headcase. If she'd messed up, even after doing well at Worlds, Martha would have definitely thought she didn't have it mentally to contend and Gabby certainly knows that.
And that was NOT the meet of Gabby's life. I would argue that she had a much better meet during prelims at Worlds. She was wobbly on beam here and she had two easily avoidable OOBs on floor and attendant errors. And she had major upgrades as well.
Gabby was the best gymnast in the arena on the day and she clearly has the goods to be the best gymnast again. Get over it.

Gabby did do amazing! but its not right for everyone to hate on Jordyn and say that Gabby should have one, you can't compare the two situations. Gabby had an amazing day, and Jordyn won the American Cup.

so people really need to stop saying Gabby should have won, she was in a completely different situation and had nothing to lose and everything to prove. To be honest if she didn't hit that could have been detrimental to her olympic case, so yes she did awesome, but you can't say she should have one, if she was officially in the competition you have no idea how differently the results might have turned out for her