{"id":13487,"date":"2012-07-02T03:07:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T03:07:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-07-02T05:07:27","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T05:07:27","slug":"Two-Asian-American-girls-make-Olympic-Gymnastics-Team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13487","title":{"rendered":"Two Asian American girls make Olympic Gymnastics&#8217; Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Women&#8217;s U.S. Olympic Gymnastics&#8217; Team will be Gabby Douglas, Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and <strong>Kyla Ross<\/strong>. Sarah Finnegan, <strong>Anna Li<\/strong> and Elizabeth Price will be alternates. <strong> Both Kyla Ross and Anna Li are Asian American! Congrats to all!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ross posted the second-highest score on uneven bars and finished tied for first with Douglas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ross&#8217; 15.65 score on uneven bars propelled her onto the team, which had only one competitor \u2013 Douglas \u2013 performing consistently well in the event.<\/strong> Ross called it &#8220;an honor&#8221; to go to London.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiancemagazine.com\/news\/2012\/07\/01\/two-asian-american-girls-look-to-make-usa-gymnastic-team\">Watch Kyla and Anna Li in action!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last Summer Olympics, in Beijing, <strong>Asian American<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiancemagazine.com\/aug_2008\/ivana_hong_us_olympic_gymnast\">Ivana Hong<\/a>, was an alternate. Now she is a student at Stanford.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source AP<\/em><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Women&#8217;s U.S. Olympic Gymnastics&#8217; Team will be Gabby Douglas, Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross. 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