When Gabrielle Douglas woke up Thursday morning, Aug. 2, she did what she has done every day sinceshe arrived in London: she read a letter written by one of her family members. And since shes been iving with a host family in West Des Moines, Iowa, for the past year and a half, she has no shortage of those. Packed in her bag in separate envelopes are dated missives from her brother John, her sisters Arielle and Joy, her host mother Missy Parton, her host father Travis, host siblings and other hostrelatives. Today, however, was her mothers turn. In her letter, Natalie Hawkins quoted scripture thatsays no one runs a race without the goal of winning. Run to win, Hawkins wrote her daughter. Competeto win. Douglas, 16, did just that. In four events at the North Greenwich Arena, with all of the U.S.s Olympic all-around champions Mary Lou Retton, Carly Patterson and Nastia Liukin as well as gymnastics greats Nadia Comaneci and Shawn Johnson in attendance, Douglas led from the start and never gave up the lead. Already a gold medalist with the U.S. Women's gymnastics team, Douglas earned the all-around title as well, becoming the first African American to do so and the first U.S. Gymnast to claim both the team and all-around gold medals in a single Games. Wow, she says, admitting she wasn’t aware of the second honor. You learn something new every day.