Balance beam scoring update
NEW WAVERLY, Texas -- Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson and Alicia Sacramone were stellar on the balance beam, each posting scores of 16.200.
Chellsie Memmel, wearing an elastic patch on her upper back after suffering an injury during the floor exercise, returned after missing two rotations. She suffered one small bobble on the beam but hit a strong landing and gave a fierce raised arm salute to the judges. She scored a 15.900.
Bubble sitters Ivana Hong and Bridget Sloan both finished strong. Sloan's 15.600 beam score brought a smile to her normally frowning face. Hong's steady landing and 15.300 score won her a big hug from coach Al Fong.
Other scores: Samantha Peszek, 15.500; Corrie Lothrop, 15.300; Mattie Larson, 15.000; Chelsea Davis (one fall), 14.600.
-- Diane Pucin
Photo: Alicia Sacramone on the balance beam during the Olympic Trials last month in Philadelphia. Credit: Stew Milne / US PRESSWIRE
