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Sloan passes Hong on last day for title

Associated Press

Saturday, August 15, 2009

DALLAS -- Shawn. Nastia. Mary Lou. And with a few more nights like Saturday, maybe we'll know America's newest national champion simply as Bridget. Bridget Sloan put her name up there with the stars of American gymnastics Saturday, winning a national championship in a come-from-behind effort that was as much about her unrelenting tenacity as her surprising grace. The 17-year-old, a member of last year's Olympic silver-medal team, opened the meet in a hole after falling off the balance beam on ...

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