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08/09/2012

McKayla is not impressed

Fans are giving American gymnast McKayla Maroney a gold medal in pique.

She was forced to apologize on Twitter after apparently not congratulating the competitor who beat her. A video started circulating of her cold-shouldering a Russian competitor's hug after her disappointing silver medal finish in the women's vault final.

Her pout on the podium capped it all off and has become a new Olympic meme called "McKayla Is Not Impressed" on the photo site Tumblr, plunking a sullen 16-year-old Maroney down amid some of history's more awe-inspiring moments.

McKayla's response? "This tumblr is kinda funny, made me laugh,” she wrote on Twitter. No pictures, though, with that response.

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