Congrats to the 2009 World All Around Champion, Bridget Sloan!
Sloan captured the title with 57.825 ahead of Silver Medal Winner Rebecca Bross (57.775) by a tiny margin of .050 after Bross fell on her final tumbling pass. it was the last routine of the meet.
A surpise bronze medalist, Japan’s Koko Tsurumi showcased some of the cleanest gymnastics of the meet. She lead the first two rotations, huge scores on beam and bars. (14.850 and 15.050).
Unfortunately, Romanian Ana Porgras fell off the beam into a 7th place finish. She was up on the podium a long time before the green light, so I think she just got a little unfocused perhaps. She will be a force to be reckoned with once she upgrades vault.
The highest score of the night was rebecca Bross’s 15.300 on balance beam.
Sloan improved her beam (though with wobbles tonight) to a 14.000 from her Prelims score of 13.825. her bars also went up two tenths to a 14.800 and vault also improved from a 14.550 to a 14.825. Her final routine of the night, floor, Bridget had an amazing performance….nice landings and a stuck double pike end. Her score of a 14.200 I actually thought was low.
hates off to 4th place Lauren Mitchell of Australia. .050 also separated 3rd and 4th places, and Mitchell’s OOB on her last event, FX cost her the bronze. Mitchell received a 15.100 for her amazing beam set. Look for this girl in both event finals Sunday.
Way to go everyone!
I thoroughly enjoyed this competition, I thought Bross had it in the bag. I love both these gymnasts, and I thought Sloan demonstrated some amazing sportsmanship today, running off to comfort her teammate before celebrating her own victory. Nice.
