Bridget Sloan takes gold at worlds

LONDON (AP) - The Americans are making a habit of this 1-2 thing.  Bridget Sloan edged teammate Rebecca Bross for the title at the world gymnastics championships on Friday night, just as Nastia Liukin beat Shawn Johnson for the Olympic gold medal last summer in Beijing.

It couldn't have been any closer, with Bross' fall on her final tumbling pass the difference. Sloan, the lone holdover from the U.S. team that won the silver medal in Beijing, finished with 57.825 points. Bross, competing at her first world championships after turning 16 in July, scored 57.775 points.

Koko Tsurimi gave Japan a rare medal in the women's all-around, winning the bronze.