After her first attempt, world champion McKayla Maroney looked like a sure gold medal winner.

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Maroney, who had nailed her first effort and scored 15.866, received only a 14.300 on her second.

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Maroney posted the day's highest score, a 15.866, after an extremely difficult Amanar that involved only a small hop forward at the end.

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Alice Denison's father, Mickey Maroney, was also one of the federal employees killed, and she said she had mixed emotions about what should happen now.

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McKayla Maroney scored a meet-high 16.233 to lead the Americans.

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She relied on Gabby Douglas, Jordyn Wieber, Ali Raisman and Kyla Ross to do well across the board, and on McKayla Maroney to do one thing, the vault, exceptionally well.

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After Maroney got a silver medal for her performance on the vault during the summer Olympics in London, she was caught by a Reuters photographer making this disappointed expression.

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During their gold-medal-winning team competition last week, the "fab five" of Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber shared a whopping 55 individual hugs with teammates and coaches.

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The approach worked with Maroney playing a pivotal role in getting the U.S. ahead of the pack with her opening vault in the team competition on the way to the team all-around gold.

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