Before They Were Stars
Happy 18th Birthday Gabby Douglas: Check out the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Before the Fame!
Happy 18th Birthday to Gabby Douglas! Take a look at some of Team USA’s shining stars before they were stars... By Nina Hämmerling Smith
McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross as Kids and McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross in 2012
Sure, they’re teammates—and, sometimes, competitors. But in the case of two U.S. Olympic gymnasts, the connection goes far deeper (and a lot longer). McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross, her 17-year-old teammate, met as six-year-olds in the same gymnastics club and have been BFFs ever since. As Maroney wrote on her Facebook page, “Once upon a time two little best friends from California were dreaming about the Olympics… They trained together, both make the Olympics… And the rest is history.”
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