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US Women's Gymnastics Olympic Trials 2016: Sunday Results and Qualifying Scores

Joe Pantorno

After two nights of all-around competition at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, the United States women's gymnastics team, comprised of five gymnasts, was officially named for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night.

United States Women's Gymnastics Team

Simone Biles

Gabby Douglas

Lauren Hernandez

Madison Kocian

Alexandra Raisman

With five spots on the line, the gymnast with the best all-around score over the two days of competition automatically qualified. A committee led by gymnastics coach Marta Karolyi decided the other four spots. 

Here are the full two-day results from the all-around competition:

Gymnast Vault Bars Beam Floor All Around
Simone Biles 16.000 16.200 14.950 14.900 15.200 14.750 15.700 15.550 123.250
Lauren Hernandez 15.150 15.150 14.900 14.750 15.500 15.700 15.300 14.700 121.150
Alexandra Raisman 15.250 15.200 14.450 14.300 14.800 15.250 15.450 15.050 119.750
MyKayla Skinner 15.500 15.450 14.300 14.400 14.850 14.500 14.800 14.800 118.600
Ragan Smith 14.700 14.550 14.600 14.500 14.900 15.300 14.500 14.700 117.750
Maggie Nichols 15.100 15.100 14.550 14.600 13.700 14.900 14.900 14.750 117.600
Gabby Douglas 15.100 15.000 15.100 15.250 13.700 14.100 14.650 14.550 117.450
Madison Kocian 13.900 14.000 15.750 15.900 14.700 13.850 14.250 14.700 117.050
Amelia Hundley 14.950 15.100 14.700 14.750 14.100 14.400 14.250 14.600 116.850
Brenna Dowell 14.850 15.100 14.900 14.950 13.600 14.150 14.550 14.500 116.600
Rachel Gowey 14.400 14.900 14.900 14.800 14.200 14.700 12.900 13.450 114.250
Christina Desiderio 14.300 12.950 13.500 13.500 14.400 14.650 14.450 14.400 112.150
Emily Schild 14.950 14.700 13.900 14.150 12.750 14.150 13.800 13.550 111.950
Ashton Locklear - 15.750 15.700 13.200 14.400 - 59.050

USA Gymnastics helped welcome the team:

Biles received the automatic bid after another dominant all-around performance, highlighted by a brilliant vault that earned a score of 16.200. Her floor and her uneven bars were solid, which helped her clinch the top spot even though she fell off of the balance beam.

The 16-year-old Hernandez and the veteran Raisman also put in admirable performances, finishing second and third, respectively, as they punched their tickets to Rio as expected.

Hernandez's balance beam routine was the final activity of the night, and she cemented her place on the team with a brilliant score of 15.700. Both of her balance beam scores over the two days at the trials were the best of all 14 competing gymnasts.

The same couldn't be said of 2012 two-time gold medalist Douglas, however. She entered Sunday night in seventh in the standings and had work to do to convince Karolyi that she belonged on the team. 

She started off on the right foot on the vault when she stuck a double layout Yurchenko, earning a score of 15.000. The uneven bars went even better, as she posted a 15.250. 

For the second straight time, however, she fell off of the balance beam, dropping her score to 14.100 after the 2.200 deduction.

Despite the fall, her display on the uneven bars did her a ton of good, as it is Team USA's most glaring need in the all-around competition. 

The last spot went to Kocian, whose mastery of the uneven bars clinched her berth onto the team as well. Her overall score of 31.650 on the event was the best over the two days, and her 15.900 on Sunday night was the best single run of the trials.

Now it's up to Biles, Hernandez, Raisman, Douglas and Kocian to add to the Americans' medal collection and keep up the tradition of United States excellence at the Olympics. The U.S. women's gymnastics team has won eight medals in the all-around competition at the Olympics, including two gold medals in 1996 at Atlanta and in 2012 at London. 

Stats courtesy of MyUSAGym.com.

   

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