McKayla Maroney has become an Olympic icon a decade ago a decade ago. See it now.

Maroney and the rest of the five ferocities are no longer competing in elite gymnastics.


Almost 10 years ago, the five ferocious titles have competen in the 2012 London Olympics. Members of thelegendary team Everyone has become famous in its own right:Gabby Douglas,McKayla Maroney,Aly Raisman,Kyla Ross, andJordyn Wieber. The viewers have granted that the five young women led the u.s.s.a team. to the gold of the team competition team. They won by a five-point landslide, which is almost incredible in the sport. But Maroney became well known for more than his performance almost perfectly marked on the vault - she also became viral for an expression she made on the camera that was hungry the "unsecured" face.

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While Maroney won a golden gymnastics gold medal after his performance of the stellar vault, she then ranked a little lower with a silver medal for an individual vault after the fall during the landing . While receiving her silver medal, Maroney made a face that seemed to transmit that she did not have.

A few years after Maroneyunpackaged face went viral, she discussed the moment withGym magazine inside. "I remember making the face to literally two seconds," Maroney said in the magazine in 2014. "As if you look at the video, it's two seconds. And I remember thinking, did I think Just a face? All the time. I have pictures of me when I do it little. "

Maroney did not think much of the moment before returning to his room and reading a text from his father informing him that she had become viral. She took the same in the stride but was more dissatisfied with the fall. "I was sad. I was upset. And I was not impressed," Maroney said. She added that she was unable to sleep for almost a week, mentally replay the moment she fell. "There are definitely moments of your life that changed it and it was definitely number one."

Although it may have felt that it will weaken, its performance in the 2012 Olympic Games, next to its team, remains one of the memorable history of the Olympic Games. Read it to see Maroney and the rest of the Five Feroces now.

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McKayla Maroney: So

McKayla Maroney 2012 Olympics
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Maroney has won an almost perfect score on the vault, affecting a higher score than one of the other five ferocious members. She received a gold medal as part of the team competition and a silver medal for an individual vault.

McKayla Maroney: Now

McKayla Maroney
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Maroney has retired from gymnastics in 2016 after a series of injuries prevented him from trying to participate in the Rio Olympics. Since leaving the sport, it has marked in a handful of other arenas. She appeared in some shows, includingBONE, and she had a recurring role onHart of Dixie. Maroney alsotried his hand in singing, with songs such as "Call Call" and "Covid Lockown". In May, Maroney has tweeted thatShe works on a book This will detail his personal story and what she has "learned from being an elite gymnast." She said, "It felt too hard to write before, but I'm ready now."

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Gabby Douglas: So

Gabby Douglas 2012 Olympics
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Douglas was the only member of the team to participate in the four-stage events, vault, unequal bars and beam - in the complete team competition. She later became the first black American to win the golden around. Douglas also made history as the first American to win gold in team and individual events. She also participated in the 2016 Olympic Games.

Gabby Douglas: Now

Gabby Douglas
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Douglas ceased to compete with gymnastics after the 2016 Olympics. Following the 2012 Olympic Games, she published an autobiography entitledGrace, gold and glory: My Pas de Faith. The athlete then started to act in movies, includingLove andDifference. She also worked onHistory Gabby DouglasTV movie and short show showDouglas Family Gold. Douglas also has its own propertyBarbie doll. In February, she wasThe first winner competition from realityThe masked dancer.

Aly Raisman: So

Aly Raisman Olympics 2012
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Raisman was the captain and the oldest member of the 18 year old fierce team. She got a gold medal for her individual floor routine and a bronze medal for her performance on the individual equilibrium beam. She also participated in the 2016 Olympic Games.

Aly Raisman: Now

Aly Raisman
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The five of the five US gymnasts who participated in the 2012 Olympic Games, as well as hundreds of other women, were presented as survivors of sexual abuse inflicted by the American Gymnastics Team doctorLarry Nassar. Raisman led the fight against Nassar, reading aimpact statement During his condemnation in 2018 andFiling of lawsuits Against the U.S.A. Gymnastics and the US Olympic Committee not to protect it and other gymnasts of abuse.Raisman retired Gymnastics in 2020.

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Kyla Ross: So

Kyla Ross 2012 Olympics
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Ross was the youngest member chosen to be one of the Five Feroces at only 15 years, but she would have 16 years in time for the Olympic Games. Although Ross is not eligible for the final of individual events, his performance on unequal bars, the balance beam and the ground helped his team win the gold medal.

Kyla Ross: Now

Kyla Ross
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In 2016, Ross started studying and participating in gymnastics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She studied molecular, cell andDevelopment biology. Ross graduated in 2020 and became the first female gymnast of being an Olympic champion, world and NCAA. The gymnast continues to train young athletes and hasHis own line of leotard.

Jordyn Wieber: So

Jordyn Wieber 2012 Olympics
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Wieber finished his fourth place in the competition all around during the 2012 Olympic Games qualification cycle. However, she was unable to compete in the final because Raisman and Douglas received higher scores and only two athletes from each country have been allowed to compete in the final. However, she always helped her team reach a gold medal.

Jordyn Wieber: Now

Jordyn Wieber
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Wieber graduated from UCLA in 2017 with a psychology degree. Wieber was an assistant coach of the UCLA Gymnastics Program from 2016 to 2019. In 2019, she became the head coach of the University of Arkansas Female Gymnastics Program. She has also been a strong defender of women's athletes, following a victim of Nassar abuse.

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