"We've got spirit, how 'bout you?" is what we assume McKayla Maroney was saying to the Russian gymnasts in her head as the photo below was snapped. In competition Maroney, a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic gymnastics team, demonstrates poise far beyond her 16 years. But in moments of victory, her youth comes out -- in her enthusiasm and her insane vertical leap.

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Writer Willa Paskin alerted us to another rockin' photograph of Maroney earlier this morning with a tweet:


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