USA DAWN: NEWS AND UPDATES

At 22, Jewish-American captain is nicknamed ‘Grandma’ by her teammates, who are all younger than she is US gymnasts (from left to right) Alexandra Raisman, Madison Kocian, Lauren Hernandez, Gabrielle Douglas and Simone Biles celebrate with their medals on the podium during the women's team final Artistic Gymnastics at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 9, 2016. (AFP/Ben Stansall)        The United States women’s gymnastics team, led by its Jewish-American captain Aly Raisman, won the Olympic gold medal in Rio. The Americans finished with a total of 184.897 points to easily outdistance silver medalist Russia, which had 176.688 points. China took the bronze. It was the second consecutive Olympic team gold for Raisman and the US, whose team members nicknamed themselves the “Final Five.” Rio is the last Olympics to have five-member gymnastics teams. Starting in 2020 in Tokyo, each team will have four members. ...