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

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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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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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