Gabby Douglas Fails to Medal in 2012 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Balance Beam

After becoming the first American gymnast to win gold in the team and individual all-around events in the Summer Olympics, Gabby Douglas has continued her dramatic slide.

After an uncharacteristic slip off the balance beam, Douglas failed to medal in the women’s balance beam finals, posting a score of 13.633 and finishing second to last. 

Place	Name	Country	Score
1	Deng Linlin	China	15.6
2	Sui Lu	China	15.5
3	Aly Raisman	USA	15.066
4	Catalina Ponor	Romania	15.066
5	Ksenia Afanasyeva	Russia	14.583
6	Larisa Iordache	Romania	14.2
7	Gabby Douglas	USA	13.633
8	Viktoria Komova	Russia	13.166

This comes on the heels of Douglas’ poor performance in the uneven bars finals, in which she placed eighth out of eight competitors.

Despite tying with Russian star Viktoria Komova with a 15.266 in qualification for the beam, the 16-year-old from Virginia Beach could not harness that same gracefulness on Tuesday morning.

It's hard to fathom considering Douglas earned the second-best score during the event in the team finals and received top honors on the apparatus in the individual all-around.

According to USAgym.com, the beam is Douglas’ favorite event, but it may not be much longer after this disappointment.

She was a favorite going into the finals and truly should have been on the podium, but eventually was doomed by the fall.

It seemed that the pressure finally got to the young woman, although she still will be remembered as one of the greatest gymnasts ever and will always be known as the first to earn the two top honors in the same Olympic Games.

Despite failing to medal, USA fans will forever remember Douglas for her brilliant performances earlier in the 2012 Olympic Games. She will head back to the States not just an Olympic gold medalist, but an inspiration and hero.