Bridget Sloan Takes Gold in All-Around Final at Gymnastics World Championships

Bridget Sloan of USA poses next to Rebecca Bross of USA (L) and Koko Tsurumi after she won gold during the Women's All Round Final on the fourth day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 at the O2 Arena on October 16, 2009 in London, England. Bridget Sloan of USA won gold, Rebecca Bross of USA won silver, Koko Tsurumi of Japan won bronze (Getty Images)more pics »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.

Bridget performing her routine.
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 three contests before). After Bross's shaky landing, Sloan took her opportunity to bring home the top prize, but she was gracious about Bross's loss: "I knew I had a strong floor but just not as good as hers. When she fell it was like 'oh no.' [When the scores came up] it was like 'oh my gosh did that just happen?'" Watch Sloan's floor routine below.



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