Nancy Armour

Aliya Mustafina couldn't take her eyes off the scoreboard, staring at it with pride and delight. She capped an impressive comeback from a serious knee injury with the gold on uneven bars Monday. It was Russia's first gold in women's gymnastics in London.

Three-time world champion Kohei Uchimura bolstered his argument for being perhaps the greatest male gymnast ever today, running away with the all-around event.

The American women gymnasts lived up to the hype and then some today, routing Russia and everybody else on their way to their first Olympics title since 1996.

When there's gold to be had, don't ever doubt the Chinese. When it comes to silver and bronze, it can get tricky. It did at men's gymnastics on Monday.