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History made: U.S. women's gymnastics wins gold in dominant fashion at Rio Olympics

The United States women's gymnastics team gave a performance for the ages with a dominant showing on Tuesday to beat Russia and China for the gold medal in the team finals at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez, Gabby Douglas and Madison Kocian -- who dubbed themselves "The Final Five" after their win -- put together a flawless meet, posting the high score in all four rotations on Tuesday to live up to their hype coming in as one of, if not the, greatest women's gymnastics teams of all time.

The 8.209 point victory by the United States (185.