'Fierce Five' gymnast Maroney steps away from competition

Want to impress McKayla Maroney? Don't say she's ''retiring.''

The two-time Olympic medalist said in an interview with gymnastics podcast Gymcastic released Wednesday (https://youtu.be/oOx1jLcM1XM ) that she's stepping away from competition but not ''retiring'' from the sport.

The 20-year-old helped the ''Fierce Five'' U.S. women's gymnastics team to the gold medal at the 2012 Games and added a silver in the vault. Her peeved expression on the medal stand after slipping on her second vault, a miscue that cost her the gold, became an Internet sensation and she ended up doing her ''not impressed'' face with president Barack Obama.

Maroney also won a pair of gold medals at the world championships, capturing the vault in 2011 and 2013. She hasn't competed since the 2013 world championships in Belgium due to a series of injuries.

''Fierce Five'' teammate Kyla Ross announced her retirement from elite competition on Monday.