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Aly Raisman added a gold and a bronze to the United States’ medal count, but her bronze only came after judges re-counted her score in the balance beam final.

The Americans lived up to their considerable hype and then some Tuesday night, routing silver medalist Russia and everybody else on their way to their first Olympic title in women's gymnastics since 1996. Their score of 183.596 was a whopping five points ahead of Russia and made their final event, floor exercise, more like a coronation. Romania won the bronze.

American Jordyn Wieber, the reigning world and national gymnastics all-around champion, did not advance to the all-around finals in today’s qualifying. Aly Raisman shocked everyone by taking the top spot overall. Gabby Douglas was second, Wieber third. Only two gymnasts from one country can advance.

Ten years after finishing fourth at the Sydney Olympics, the U.S. women's gymnastics team received the third-place prizes that were stripped from China because a member of that team was found to be underage.