D-Aly Double! American Aly Raisman Wins Gold In Floor, Adds Bronze On Beam

American Aly Raisman was able to win two medals on Tuesday as she took home a bronze medal in the in the Women’s Individual Beam and added another gold medal in the Women’s Individual Floor, her third medal of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

“To say that I even almost had four medals, that makes me even more happy,” Raisman told the Associated Press. “It definitely went better than I thought it would.”

Aly Raisman ends the London Olympics with the most medals of any American gymnast after capturing gold on the women’s floor exercise.

Raisman scored a 15.600, winning by four tenths over silver medalist Catalina Ponor of Romania (the same woman she beat out in a tiebreaker on balance beam earlier on Tuesday). Russia’s Aliya Mustafina took bronze, winning a tiebreaker of her own over Italian gymnast Vanessa Ferrari.

Aly Raisman won her second medal of the Olympics, but not without some controversy.

Raisman originally finished one-tenth a point behind Romania’s Catalina Ponor, but was not given the difficulty score she expected and as a result the USA coach put in an inquiry with the judges. After review, the judges raised the difficulty level by one tenth to a 6.3, landing her in a tie with Ponor. However, since Aly had the higher execution score she won the tiebreaker and bronze medal. Perhaps this is some sweet justice for Raisman after she lost a tiebreaker for the bronze in the all-around competition to Russia’s Aliya Mustafina. Raisman was clearly thrilled to be on the winning side of a tie this time around.

China’s Feng Zhe earned another gold for the 2008 hosts, winning on the parallel bars. The medal is China’s third men’s gymnastics gold of the Games, more than any other country has mustered regardless of gender.

The United States didn’t have an entry among the nine competitors in the first apparatus of the day, while China had two. Feng, who won the 2010 World Championships on the parallel bars, earned China’s third gold on the apparatus in four Olympics after Li Xiaopeng won in 2000 and 2008. He attempted to execute the most difficult score of any competitor, with a maximum score of 17.0 and his eventual score of 15.966 was good enough for gold.

After eight days of competitions, men’s and women’s gymnastics will come to a conclusion Tuesday. Ten gymnastics gold medals have already been handed out and another four will be won Tuesday.

The United States will compete in three of the four events. Fresh off her individual all-around gold medal, Gabby Douglas will look to add another gold in the women’s balance beam competition. Aly Raisman will also be competing in the event. The balance beam isn’t Raisman’s only event of the day, however, as she will also compete in the women’s floor exercise. Fellow American Jordyn Wieber will join Raisman in the floor exercise competition.