The United States women's gymnastics team did something that it hadn't done since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, win a gold medal. Team USA took the highest score in three of the four team events in the team competition, finishing third overall in the uneven bars.

Team USA took the gold with a final score of 183.596. Russia took the silver medal with an overall score of 178.530 and Romania took the bronze medal with an overall score of 176.414.

The individual competitions for the women's gymnastics will start on Wednesday. Team USA will have both Gabby Douglas and Alexandra Raisman participating in the all-around competitions. The team event will be broadcast on NBC Tuesday night at 8 p.m.

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