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Playinghardball

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Thu Nov 15, 2012, 02:35 PM Nov 2012

Members of the 2012 US gold medal gymnastics team meet with President Obama (pictures)


Members of the 2012 US gold medal gymnastics team – Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Gabby Douglas – leave the Oval Office after meeting with President Obama



From left to right, Jordyn Wieber, Kyla Ross, Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Wieber wave as President Obama departs the White House via Marine One
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Members of the 2012 US gold medal gymnastics team meet with President Obama (pictures) (Original Post) Playinghardball Nov 2012 OP
Love those pics and love these facts - DURHAM D Nov 2012 #1
And McKayla Maroney finally looks impressed! Tanuki Nov 2012 #2
I would love to see a pic of... Oilwellian Nov 2012 #3

DURHAM D

(32,610 posts)
1. Love those pics and love these facts -
Thu Nov 15, 2012, 02:50 PM
Nov 2012

-Gabby Douglas: From Virginia, then Iowa. Black, and mostly raised by a single mom (her parents are divorced);

-McKayla Maroney: From California: White, of Irish descent;

-Aly Raisman: From Massachusetts. White and Jewish;

-Kyla Ross: From Hawaii, then California: One quarter Black, one quarter Japanese, one quarter Filipino, one quarter Puerto Rican;

-Jordyn Weiber: From Michigan. Roman Catholic, one quarter Lebanese.



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