Gabrielle Douglas, a 16-year-old from Virginia Beach, earned her second Olympic gold medal and became the first African-American Olympics all-around gold medalist on Thursday.
Douglas is candidly known as ''The Flying Squirrel,'' but her nickname may have to change after winning the women's all-around title Thursday night, becoming the third straight American to win gymnastics' biggest prize and the first African-American. It's her second gold medal of the London Games, coming two nights after she and her ''Fierce Five'' teammates gave the United States its first Olympic title since 1996.
Another Russian, Aliya Mustafina, and American Alexandra Raisman, had the same score, 59.566, but Mustafina won the bronze medal after a tiebreaking procedure was used. Raisman seemed stunned as she looked at the scoreboard.
''I'm still upset because I could have been gold and I didn't get it,'' said Komova, her silver medal buried in the pocket of her warm-up jacket.
The official tiebreak procedure is the total of the three best scores. Mustafina had 45.933 and Raisman 45.366.
''I wanted to seize the moment,'' Douglas said, according to the Associated Press. ''It hasn't sunk in yet. Team finals hasn't sunk in yet. But it will.''
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