Bridget Sloan

Two years after retiring, Olympic silver medalist Alicia Sacramone is headed back to the gymnastics world championships.Sacramone was selected to the U.S. women's team for the Oct. 16-24 world championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Wednesday night along with reigning world champion Bridget Sloan, U.S. champ Rebecca Bross, Mackenzie Caquatto, Chelsea Davis, Mattie Larson and Alexandra Raisman. National team coordinator Martha Karolyi will decide later which six gymnasts will compete and...Read Full Story

American Rebecca Bross overcame a fall during her balance beam routine to win the women's all-around gold medal at the Pacific Rim Championship gymnastics here on Friday.Bross steered the United States to the team gold despite an ankle injury which restricted reigning world all-round champion Bridget Sloan to one apparatus.Bross, who finished second behind Sloan in the all-around in last year's world championships, tallied 59.150 points to beat team mate Alexandra Raisman (58.250) with...Read Full Story

Bridget Sloan will be unable to defend her national gymnastics title, due to ankle and shoulder injuries that will limit her to one event at U.S. Championships.Sloan is also the defending world champion in the all-around. She'll compete on beam when the women start Thursday. She has been nursing an ankle injury since March and last week in training she hurt her shoulder and pectoral muscles, forcing her to give up hope of competing in the all-around.Sloan's absence from the all-around makes...Read Full Story

Congratulations to Bridget Sloan! The Olympic gymnast and current World Champion scored a victory in the all-around final of the gymnastics world championships today, with a score of 57.825. According to Reuters, she scraped past the silver medal winner Rebecca Bross, who ended her routine with a bumpy landing and fell 0.050 of a point short of Sloan's score. Bross was leading the competition initially, as she only needed a score of 12.925 to win the gold (she'd broken 14.500 in the...Read Full Story

World all-around champion Bridget Sloan and silver medalist Rebecca Bross will lead a strong American team at the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne this month, organisers said Monday.Sloan became the fifth American woman to win the world all-around title, defeating team mate Bross by only 0.050 points in London last October.The USA men?s team features Danell Leyra, who finished fourth in the high bar at last year?s worlds, to set up a showdown with Australia's world high bar...Read Full Story

2009 world all-around champion Bridget Sloan is listed on the roster to compete at the upcoming VISA National Championships, but recovery from bicep surgery has changed her plans. We caught up with the Olympic team silver medalist to talk about her plans for Nationals and the lead-up to 2012.Read Full Story

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