At the start of the fourth and final rotation at the women's gymnastics all-around world championship in London, it was clear that an American would be atop the medal stand. The only question remained was which American, Bridget Sloan or Rebecca Bross?

Sloan, the American all-around champion, hit a solid, if not difficult, floor routine. When Bross, who trains at the same gymnasium as Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin, took the floor, she knew she needed to nail the routine to win the championship. Her first two passes were good, but on her final pass, she fell forward, placing both hands onto the mat. With that, she only scored a 12.875. That pushed her to second place, opening the door for Sloan to win the world championship. Japan's Koko Tsumuri finished in third place.

An Olympian in Bejing, Sloan's experience showed with her calm demeanor and steadiness. Her win was marked by performances that weren't as high in difficulty as her competitors, but were clean. Bross had more difficulty and a near-perfect balance beam and bars, but the floor exercise mistake was too much to come back from. Tsumuri led through two rotations, but the lack of difficulty on her vault kept her from staying at the top of the leaderboard. 

This 1-2 finish for America comes a year after the U.S. took the gold and silver in the all-around at the Olympics with Liukin and Shawn Johnson. Though there are different people leading the pack, America still dominates women's gymnastics. On the other hand, China, who had been so dominant at the Beijing Olympics, fell behind today, as neither of their athletes placed in the top five.