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The United States women’s gymnastics team made history Tuesday, becoming the first country to win back-to-back team gold medals in Olympics history. The “Final Five” as they have dubbed themselves, a group consisting of Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and Aly Raisman, dominated the competition en route to winning the gold. Naturally, there was a plethora of folks on the internet who wanted to congratulate and celebrate this tremendous accomplishment. Here is but a selection of the reactions from the internet after the American women took home their second gold medal in as many Olympics. Clearly, this team has struck a chord with a lot of people. Not just because of patriotism and jingoism, but because they are awesome.
USA gymnastics looking at the rest of the teams like https://t.co/RY2yAipiCc
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) August 9, 2016
WHO RUNS THE WORLD. pic.twitter.com/02IsQuPJxA
— SB Nation (@SBNation) August 9, 2016
Four years ago #USA won by 5.066 points, the biggest margin in 52 years. This time they won by 8.209.
— Bryan Armen Graham (@BryanAGraham) August 9, 2016
Back-to-back #GOLD for the first time EVER. pic.twitter.com/0kMQfhh15Y
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 9, 2016
They are GOLDEN!
CONGRATS to @USAgym’s @Simone_Biles @Aly_Raisman @gabrielledoug @lzhernandez02 & @MadisonKocian! pic.twitter.com/KWVNmNaAbs
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) August 9, 2016
London 2012: Gold #Rio2016 : Gold
Team USA #gymnastics has the range pic.twitter.com/vurIHpi8U0
— The Ringer (@ringer) August 9, 2016
Congratulations #FinalFive!!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/nk6uNBPVbh pic.twitter.com/Ty4SQUCaDg
— ELLE Magazine (US) (@ELLEmagazine) August 9, 2016
The “Final Five” @USAGym repeats at #Rio2016! pic.twitter.com/7ZCHOEYbYD
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 9, 2016
D.O.M.I.N.A.N.T@USAGym's #FinalFive win back-to-back #Gold for the first time ever. #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/WbIZpUHM0z
— The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) August 9, 2016
🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅 pic.twitter.com/upNMRPdK7B
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) August 9, 2016
U.S. women's gymnastics team wins gold at #Rio2016. Team represents a level of diversity rarely seen in the sport. pic.twitter.com/Mphz49ZHiu
— AJ+ (@ajplus) August 9, 2016
WOOOO! #FinalFive #Rio2016 #Gold Olympic Champions! @USAGym pic.twitter.com/TKCg0QXNq8
— Brit + Co (@BritandCo) August 9, 2016
Congrats to @USAGym Final Five! So incredibly inspiring. https://t.co/LkftKCPyzG
— HuffPost Women (@HuffPostWomen) August 9, 2016
These five couldn't have represented Team USA any better! #FinalFive #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/j3WKSYV5m6
— Sam Mikulak (@SamuelMikulak) August 9, 2016
Hi, this is the Final Five and they won the gold by over 8 points. pic.twitter.com/bo2KW7YFfK
— SB Nation (@SBNation) August 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/mackenzielintz/status/763122398048550912
Congrats @Aly_Raisman & @USAGym on winning gold in #Rio2016! #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/VDGEIhBsSz
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 9, 2016
Aly Raisman & Gabby Douglas are now the only two U.S. women to win three Olympic gold medals. #TeamUSA #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/KbdLM5qORv
— Jen Ator (@jen_ator) August 9, 2016
When the US women's gymnastics team doesn't even give the rest of the world a chance to fight for gold… pic.twitter.com/Xe7L2f7WaX
— Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) August 9, 2016
Women's gymnastics brings America together, from black to brown to white. Those brilliant girls teach us all a lesson – love to them all!
— David Feherty (@Fehertwit) August 9, 2016
Holy bejeezus. US wins by 8-plus points. This doesn't happen in gymnastics
— Nancy Armour (@nrarmour) August 9, 2016
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