Gabrielle Douglas claims first AT&T American Cup title; Whittenburg wins silver

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By John Powers

This time it was official. When Gabby Douglas 'won' the AT&T American Cup during the last Olympic year she was participating as an alternate whose scores didn't count. "It just feels so good to actually be a competitor," the London champion said Saturday afternoon after she had outpointed teammate Maggie Nichols to win the women's title inside Newark's Prudential Center in the season's first major international meet. "The time before, I wasn’t, so I was so happy to be out on the floor and my scores counted."

Douglas went wire-to-wire with a performance that indicated that she was well along her comeback trail en route to this summer's Games in Rio de Janeiro. "There's just something that flips and something that clicks," said Douglas, who won on vault, beam and bars and was second on floor for a total of 60.165 to Nichols' 59.699. "I'm so honored to still have that clicking mode when the cameras are on, when it counts."

Nichols, who won floor and was second in the other events, was solid and secure in what was meant to be a showcase opportunity as an all-arounder. "I think I gained a lot more confidence knowing that I can hit my routines in this big of a meet," said Nichols, who was a key contributor to last year's U.S. team victory at the World Championships.

It was the 14th consecutive time that the American women had won the all-around title and only a

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