The Greatest Sports Teams Of All Time
It's not hard to pick the best gymnastic team because the numbers can just speak for themselves. So when we tell you that the 2016 U.S. Women's Gymnastic Team is the best of all time, we mean it. They defeated second-place Russia by 8.209 points in the finals of the Olympics that year, the largest margin of victory since 1960. And here's the thing, there were far fewer competitors back then, and the routines have grown increasingly complicated over the last 50 some years, so really the 2018 team was dominant in a way the sport had never seen before.
"The Final Five," as they were known, was Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, Aly Raisman, and Simone Biles, who would go on to win the individual gold at the games as well. Oh, and Raisman took home silver. As a team, they went a perfect 12-for-12, and posted a winning team score for all four events. Raisman even said at the time, "I heard we still would've won if we had a couple falls, but it's still better when you have that magical moment of hitting 12-for-12." In fact, they were so dominant, they would have won the gold even if you removed Biles, by far their best gymnast, from the team. Now that's domination.
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