McKayla Maroney: Chances We'll See Star Vaulter Return in 2016 with a Triple

McKayla Maroney is an adorable, sixteen-year-old girl who just so happens to be far and away the best vaulter in the world. Not a bad spot to be in before.

LONDON — McKayla Maroney didn't need to look at the scoreboard. Neither did Louis Smith. The Olympic gold medals they were expected to win were going to someone else. ''It happens. It's gymnastics,'' Maroney said. ''You can't be perfect, and sometimes

16-year-old McKayla Maroney is an amazing gymnast. She's recognized almost universally as the world's best vaulter, especially after her near perfect vault in the team finals, which she stuck with an incredible landing.

Indeed, at Olympics 2012 McKayla Maroney did soar at the games, as did Gabby Douglas when she won gold last week and when she earned respect from the whole entire world. Congratulations America's Flying Squirrel. Suggested by the author:

Indeed, at Olympics 2012 McKayla Maroney did soar at the games, as did Gabby Douglas when she won gold last week and when she earned respect from the whole entire world. Congratulations America's Flying Squirrel. Suggested by the author:

McKayla Maroney: Chances We'll See Star Vaulter Return in 2016 with a Triple

McKayla Maroney is an adorable, sixteen-year-old girl who just so happens to be far and away the best vaulter in the world. Not a bad spot to be in before.

LONDON — McKayla Maroney didn't need to look at the scoreboard. Neither did Louis Smith. The Olympic gold medals they were expected to win were going to someone else. ''It happens. It's gymnastics,'' Maroney said. ''You can't be perfect, and sometimes

16-year-old McKayla Maroney is an amazing gymnast. She's recognized almost universally as the world's best vaulter, especially after her near perfect vault in the team finals, which she stuck with an incredible landing.

Indeed, at Olympics 2012 McKayla Maroney did soar at the games, as did Gabby Douglas when she won gold last week and when she earned respect from the whole entire world. Congratulations America's Flying Squirrel. Suggested by the author:

Indeed, at Olympics 2012 McKayla Maroney did soar at the games, as did Gabby Douglas when she won gold last week and when she earned respect from the whole entire world. Congratulations America's Flying Squirrel. Suggested by the author:

McKayla Maroney Falls In Olympic Vault Final, Settles For Silver Medal (PHOTOS)

McKayla Maroney is widely considered the best female gymnast in the world on the vault. Just ask her coach. Before the women's vault, U.S. coach Martha Karolyi was quite clear. "She's the best," Karolyi told The Associated Press. Over the long run

McKayla Maroney fails to land her dismount in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault final on Day 9 of the 2012 Summer Olympics at North Greenwich Arena on Sunday (August 5) in London, England. The 16-year-old

McKayla Maroney is an adorable, sixteen-year-old girl who just so happens to be far and away the best vaulter in the world. Not a bad spot to be in before.

usian-bolt-100m.jpg. Image Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images. I hope you buckled up, kids. We had five hours of Olympics last night. By which I mean as much Michael Phelps as could possibly have been justified considering his career officially

On Sunday she sat with her teammates in the stands as they cheered on McKayla Maroney, who everyone expected to win gold in the vault. But, Maroney had an uncharacteristic error, sitting down on her second vault, which earned her a silver medal.

OLYMPICS: Long Beach native McKayla Maroney could be key to helping US …

LONDON (AP) — McKayla Maroney's busted big toe won't keep her from vaulting for the U.S. in Sunday's Olympic team qualification. The reigning worl.

A broken toe will not keep McKayla Maroney from performing the enormous Amanar vault which won her the vaulting world championship in 2011. She will compete on vault during Sunday's preliminaries. Jordyn Wieber, the U.S. all-around champ, and

-staying with gymnastics, I've seen Twitter chatter about McKayla Maroney (pictured above), and it's people tweeting about checking her out. And then feeling creepy/weird about checking her out, and not knowing her age.

Olympian McKayla Maroney looks so much like Posh Spice check out these photos of the gymnast and Victoria Beckham right here.

If there is one thing McKayla Maroney knows how to do, it is how to excel in the vault. But that's not the only gold medal she'll contend for this summer in London. Maroney is going to be difficult—no, impossible—to beat in the vault. It would be

McKayla Maroney: Vault Specialist Will Be X-Factor in Team Finals

A broken toe will not keep McKayla Maroney from performing the enormous Amanar vault which won her the vaulting world championship in 2011. She will compete on vault during Sunday's preliminaries. Jordyn Wieber, the U.S. all-around champ, and

If there is one thing McKayla Maroney knows how to do, it is how to excel in the vault. But that's not the only gold medal she'll contend for this summer in London. Maroney is going to be difficult—no, impossible—to beat in the vault. It would be

A broken toe will not keep McKayla Maroney from performing the enormous Amanar vault which won her the vaulting world championship in 2011. She will compete on vault during Sunday's preliminaries. Jordyn Wieber, the U.S. all-around champ, and

Olympian McKayla Maroney looks so much like Posh Spice check out these photos of the gymnast and Victoria Beckham right here.

As the United States women's gymnastics team looks to win the gold medal in the team competition, it will need everyone to perform their best, especially McKayla Maroney. The American squad is full of competitors who can perform well on every apparatus.