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Gymnastics

U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Beam her up: Gabby Douglas is back in the gym

Nancy Armour, Associated Press
(AP) - The Olympic all-around champion was to practice Monday afternoon after meeting with coach Liang Chow to discuss her comeback plan...
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Gabby Douglas sits down with 'TODAY' anchor Savannah Guthrie on Monday, April 29, 2013. (Video still via 'TODAY')

Gabby Douglas on her 'whirlwind' life

Todd Johnson
TODAY - Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas talks about life after becoming the first U.S. gymnast to take home a team and individual gold medal. She also discusses her new book, “Raising the Bar,” and describes hitting the gym to start training again...
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Gabby Douglas sits down with theGrio.com's Todd Johnson in February, 2013 (Video still/TheGrio.com)

theGrio’s 100: Gabby Douglas, gold medalist with an Olympic-sized smile

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theGRIO's 100 - For many, watching gymnast Gabby Douglas lead her team to gold and then earning individual all-around gold was the highlight of the 2012 Olympics Games in London...
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Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas attends the 22nd annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall on November 12, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

Gabby Douglas: 'I almost quit gymnastics to work at Chick-Fil-A'

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Having moved far from home to train for the Olympics, Gabby Douglas told her mother when she 15 years old that she was ready to throw in the towel, move home, and 'get a job at Chick-Fil-A'...
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President Barack Obama jokingly mimics U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney's "not impressed" look while greeting members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics teams in the Oval Office, Nov. 15, 2012. Steve Penny, USA Gymnastics President, and Savannah Vinsant laugh at left. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obama poses for 'not impressed' pic

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theGRIO REPORT - An image of Maroney twisting her mouth upwards in a kind of irritated pout after she came in second in the vault competition became one of the most memorably pictures of the London Games...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: Gabrielle Douglas of the United States performs the floor exercise in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around final on Day 6 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 2, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Gabby Douglas allegedly told to get a nose job

Abdul Sada
theGRIO REPORT - In the upcoming October issue of Vanity Fair, Gabby Douglas opens up more about the racial bullying she suffered at her former training center...
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London 2012 Olympic games gold medalist Gabby Douglas visits Citi Field on August 23, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Gabby Douglas to launch gymnastics tour

Beth Harris, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gabby Douglas has barely had time to enjoy her Olympic all-around gymnastics success and now it's time to get back to work...
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Gabby Douglas of the 2012 U.S. Women's Gymnastics Olympic Gold Medal Team rings the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on August 14, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Gabby Douglas' old gym refutes racism claims

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - During a recent interview the CEO of Gabby Douglas' former gym denies the racist claims that she made during her interview with Oprah...
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London 2012 Olympic games gold medalist Gabby Douglas visits Citi Field on August 23, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Gabby Douglas once called 'slave' by fellow gymnast

theGrio
theGRIO REPORT - In her highly anticipated sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey on Oprah's Next Chapter, Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas spoke candidly about the bullying, taunts and racism she endured from her fellow gymnasts on her historic rise to the top...
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Greeted and accompanied by friends and family, 2012 Olympic gymnast and Gold medal winner Gabby Douglas arrives at the Norfolk, Va. Airport on Thursday evening, Aug. 16, 2012, on a visit to hometown of Virginia Beach, Va. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Ross Taylor)

Gabby Douglas enjoys celeb spotlight

Samantha Crtichell, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - She's been on a whirlwind tour since the Olympics — from 'Late Night With David Letterman'" to the Empire State Building and the New York Stock Exchange...
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