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Can Gabby Douglas Win Gold Again in London 2012 Olympics? Full Women's Gymnastics Television Schedule

Defending champion He Kexin of China is favored to win the gold on the uneven bars.

 

Twice a gold medal winner in the London 2012 Olympics, Gabby Douglas will be the last gymnast to perform Monday on the uneven bars – her specialty, and apparatus that earned America’s new women's gymnastics sweetheart the “Flying Squirrel” moniker.

Can she do it again?

Yes, if she’s focused, her coach, Liang Chow, told USA Today’s Kelly Whiteside.

He thinks Douglas will be focused, despite an onslaught of publicity surrounding the history-making gymnast, who moved to West Des Moines two years ago to train at Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute. That's the same place Shawn Johnson trained before earning four medals, including a gold on the balance beam, in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Iowa's NBC stations will show Gabby Douglas and women's gymnastics starting at 7 p.m. Monday. Click here for the full Olympics television schedule in Iowa.

"She had two good days of training after the all-around," Chow said of Douglas. "She's still fighting for more medals."

Douglas was the first African-American in history to win the all-around gold medal – something only three other American gymnasts have achieved. She was also the first African-American gymnast to medal since 1996, when Dominique Dawes won a bronze in the floor exercise.

The finals start at 8:50 a.m. Iowa time (2:50 p.m. London time). She’ll compete for a final time Tuesday on the balance beam Tuesday at 8:47 a.m. Iowa time (2:47 p.m. London time).

Nick Zaccardi, writing for Inside Gymnastics in Sports Illustrated says Douglas’s fiercest competition will come from defending champion He Kexin of China. Zaccardi picks Great Britain’s Beth Twaddle to win the silver and Russia’s Viktoria Komova to win the bronze.

In the qualifying rounds last weekend, Douglas finished sixth on the bars with 15.333.

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