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FEATURES
16Sharper Image Olympian Bridget Sloan assumed leadership of a U.S. team
in transition
By Dwight Normile
OCTOBER 2009
VOL. 51 - NO. 8
24High Flyin’ Horton 2008 Olympic hero Jonathan Horton finally won his first U.S.
senior title
By Dwight Normile
32Visa Visions U.S. gymnastics has plenty of new talent to fill any vacated
spots from its 2008 Olympic team
Pictorial
38Gym Gems A collection of cool stuff from the 2009 USA Gymnastics National
Congress in Dallas
By Dwight Normile
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DEPARTMENTS
6 Ziert Alert!
8 Warm-up
10 Spotted
12 Chalk Talk
15 GymFaces 35 All Around the World 40 Stretching Out 42 IG Kids Klub 44 Gym-Mart 45 Ad Index 40
46 Dismount
Cover
U.S. champions Bridget Sloan and
Jonathan Horton (p. 16, 24)
(Photos by Jeff Sipsey)
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