Li was a stand-out at UCLA, where she helped the Bruins win a NCAA title in 2010.
The other alternates are Sarah Finnegan and Elizabeth Price.
Since the Magnificent Seven, which included Dominque Dawes won the team gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, women's gymnastics now apparently only consists of five gymnasts.
Among those who are on the scheduled competing team are McKayla Maroney (pictured), Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas, Kyla Ross and Alexandra Raisman, who at 18 is the oldest of the five regular team gymnasts.
Douglas, 16, from Virginia Beach, Va., edged out Wieber, who is considered to be America's strongest gymnast.
There was some controversy as some analysts believe Price, who came in fourth at the trials, should have been on the main team instead of Ross, who is strong on bars and beam.
Alas, the night of competition in San Jose brought an end to two great gymnastics careers as both Alicia Sacramone, 24, the oldest competitor who was also the captain of the 2008 Olympic team and a stand-out gymnast at Brown University, and Nastia Liukin, 22, the 2008 Olympic all-around champion failed to qualify for the team.
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