USA Women eArn 5 medAlS At the 2009 World ChAmpionShipS Photos by John Cheng record-breaking 73 countries The battle for the title went down to and more than 1,200 gymnasts, the last event, the exercise. Bross coaches and officials participated had a comfortable lead over Sloan by in the 2009 World 1.275 and just needed to hit her floor Championships, which featured routine to win the title. However, Bross competition in the all-around and went last, and fell on her final individual events, in the O2 arena pass (two and a half twist punch brani) in , , Oct. 13-19. which gave her a 12.875, and moved The U.S. women earned five Sloan into the top spot. medals including two gold, a silver Bross and Sloan started the and two bronze. competition on . Both gymnasts A In the women’s all-around performed a double full competition, of and both had small steps on their Sharp’s Gymnastics and of WOGA finished one-two in the landings, earning a 14.525 and a 14.825, standings with scores of 57.825 to 57.775, just a small margin of .050 separated respectively. the two. Bross nailed her difficulty-packed bar “I didn’t even look at the scores or notice them,” said Sloan, who was a routine, including a full twisting double member of the 2008 Olympic Team that won the silver medal. “At the very back dismount, and posted a 15.075. end of the meet, Marvin (Sharp, her coach) came up and said, ‘Look,’ and Sloan earned a 14.800 for her routine, I went, ‘Oh my gosh, did this just happen?’ Looking at how close it (the where she stuck her full twisting double competition) was, that is about as close as you can get.” layout dismount. The USA won the top two world spots only one other time, four years ago On beam, Bross was first up in in , , when and went 1-2 her group and had a strong routine, by just 0.001, respectively. The USA’s Shawn Johnson also won the world all- including a standing Arabian and a around title in 2007, giving the USA the coveted all-around crown in three of double Arabian dismount. She scored the last four World Championships. a 15.300, which moved her into first in “This is a tremendous moment for Bridget, Rebecca, and all of the coaches the standings at 44.900. Sloan had a few and athletes connected with women’s program,” said Steve Penny, president wobbles on beam, which resulted in a of USA Gymnastics. “Both athletes have worked hard to achieve this result 14.000 and put her into second place in and they are a testament to the continuing legacy of success being developed the all-around with 43.625. within our country.” Sloan did an impressive floor routine that included a one and a half to triple full, a Randi, Bridget SloAn a pike full-in , and a double pike dismount. She tallied a 14.200, giving her a 57.825. Bross, who was up last on the event, has a strong floor routine that included a front layout to double front. The routine was going well until she put her hands down while landing her last tumbling pass, RESULTS ON P. 46 which earned her

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ALL-AROUND 1. Bridget Sloan USA 57.825 2. Rebecca Bross USA 57.775 3. Koko Tsurumi JPN 57.175 VAULT 4. Lauren Mitchell AUS 57.150 1. Kayla Williams USA 15.087 1. Deng Linlin 15.000 5. Youna Dufournet FRA 56.650 2. Ariella Kaeslin SUI 14.525 2. Lauren Mitchell AUS 14.875 6. Yilin CHN 56.575 3. Youna Dufournet FRA 14.450 3. Ivana Hong USA 14.550 7. Ana Porgras ROU 56.500 4. E. Kurbatova RUS 14.337 4. Un Hyang Kim PRK 14.450 8. Ariella Kaeslin SUI 55.925 5. Un Jong Hong PRK 14.262 5. Elisabetta Preziosa ITA 14.200 9. Anamaria Tamirjan ROU 55.625 6. Anna Myzdrikova RUS 14.225 6. Koko Tsurumi JPN 14.100 10. Ekaterina Kurbatova RUS 55.475 7. CAN 14.200 7. Ana Porgras ROM 13.425 11. Deng Linlin CHN 55.225 8. Elsa Garcia MEX 13.287 8. CHN 13.125 12. Elsa Garcia MEX 54.875 13. Ksenia Semenova RUS 54.525 14. Bruna Kuroiwa BRA 54.075 15. Pauline Morel FRA 53.850 FLOOR exeRCISe 16. Rebecca Downie GBR 53.775 17. Un Hyang Kim PRK 53.625 1. He Kexin CHN 16.000 1. GBR 14.650 18. Rebecca Wing GBR 53.400 2. Koko Tsurumi JPN 14.875 2. Lauren Mitchell AUS 14.550 19. Brittany Rogers CAN 53.075 3. Rebecca Bross USA 14.675 3. CHN 14.300 20. Paola Galante ITA 53.025 3. Ana Porgras ROU 14.675 4. Anna Myzdrikova RUS 14.275 21. Veronica Wagner SWE 52.450 5. Yong Hwa Cha PRK 14.650 5. Rebecca Bross USA 14.125 22. Miki Uemura JPN 51.075 6. Bridget Sloan USA 14.600 5. Ana Porgras ROM 14.125 23. Kim Bui GER 50.475 7. Larrissa Miller AUT 14.575 7. Deng Linlin CHN 13.875 24. Mayra Kroonen NED 49.900 8. Serena Licchetta ITA 11.950 8. Jessica Gil Ortiz COL 2.975 World ChAmpionShipS men’S reSUltS PARALLeL BARS 1. Wang Guanyin CHN 15.975 1. CHN 16.150 2. Feng Zhe CHN 15.775 2. NED 15.825 3. Kazuhito Tanaka JPN 15.500 3. ITA 15.625 4. Vasileios Tsolakidis GRE 15.350 4. Danell Leyva USA 15.600 5. Yoo Won Chul KOR 15.300 5. Aljaz Pegan SLO 15.500 6. Epke Zonderland NED 15.125 6. Kohei Uchimura JPN 15.175 7. Pham Phuoc Hung VIE 14.475 7. A. Tsarevich BLR 14.375 ALL-AROUND 8. Adam Kierzkowski POL 14.325 8. Jonathan Horton USA 13.250 1. Kohei Uchimura JPN 91.500 2. Daniel Keatings GBR 88.925 3. Yury Ryazanov RUS 88.400 STILL RINGS VAULT 4. Kazuhito Tanaka JPN 88.300 1. Yan Mingyong CHN 15.675 1. Marian Dragulescu ROU 16.575 5. M. Devyatovskiy RUS 87.475 2. Jordan Jovtchev BUL 15.575 2. ROU 16.337 6. GBR 87.350 3. O. Vorobiov UKR 15.550 3. A. Golotsutskov RUS 16.287 7. Timothy McNeill USA 87.150 4. Zanetti Nabarrete BRA 15.325 4. GER 15.850 8. Benoit Caranobe FRA 86.175 4. G. R. Stanescu ROU 15.325 5. FRA 15.775 9. M. Kuksenkov UKR 86.125 6. Matteo Morandi ITA 15.300 6. I. Botella Perez ESP 15.650 10. Enrico Pozzo ITA 86.100 7. Samir Ait Said FRA 15.250 6. Ri Se Gwang PRK 15.650 11. A. Shatilov ISR 85.825 8. D. Rodrigues Pinheiro FRA 14.750 8. NED 15.425 12. GER 85.775 13. Lopez Giraldo COL 85.075 13. Roman Gisi SUI 85.075 FLOOR exeRCISe POMMeL HORSe FLOOR exeRCISe 15. Campos Almeida POR 84.900 16. N. Boeschenstein SUI 84.775 1. Beth Tweddle GBR 14.650 1. Zhang Hongtao CHN 16.200 1. Marian Dragulescu ROU 15.700 17. Jonathan Horton USA 84.300 2. Lauren Mitchell AUS 14.550 2. Krisztian Berki HUN 16.075 2. Zou Kai CHN 15.675 18. Ildar Valeiev KAZ 84.200 3. Sui Lu CHN 14.300 3. P. Sellathurai AUS 15.400 3. ISR 15.575 19. S. Sasaki Junior BRA 84.150 4. Anna Myzdrikova RUS 14.275 4. Cyril Tommasone FRA 15.225 4. Kohei Uchimura JPN 15.475 19. Sergio Munoz ESP 84.150 5. Rebecca Bross USA 14.125 5. Tim McNeill USA 15.150 5. Makoto Okiguchi JPN 15.425 21. Luis Rivera PUR 84.050 5. Ana Porgras ROM 14.125 6. Flavius Koczi ROU 14.975 6. Matthias Fahrig GER 15.400 22. Artsiom Bykau BLR 82.950 7. Deng Linlin CHN 13.875 7. Robert Seligman CRO 14.750 7. Sepulveda Gonzalez CHI 15.225 23. Velazquez Vargas PUR 82.200 8. Jessica Gil Ortiz COL 2.975 8. GBR 14.450 8. Steven Legendre USA 14.950 24. Federico Molinari ARG 81.800

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