U.S. women rout Russia for worlds title

[batsbrew]

U.S. women rout Russia for worlds title

http://espn.go.com/olympics/gymnasti...n-capture-gold

TOKYO -- Just imagine if the Americans were at full strength.

Unfazed by the loss of Beijing Olympic captain Alicia Sacramone, the United States women won their third world gymnastics title Tuesday with a commanding performance that let everyone know they're the team to beat next summer in London -- regardless of who's on the roster.

The Americans scored 179.411 points, finishing a whopping four points ahead of Russia, last year's champion

"I just told them, 'We're going to remember this night for the rest of our lives so let's make it count,' " Aly Raisman said.

Even the Russians had to applaud as the Americans finished on floor exercise, the gold medal already decided.

The gold is the 10th medal at worlds for Sacramone, breaking the American record she'd shared Shannon Miller and Nastia Liukin. Sacramone, who had surgery Monday to repair a torn Achilles tendon, sent a message to the team on Twitter afterward, saying, "Words can't describe how proud I am of all of you!"

[batsbrew]

what, seriously?

[chrisr777]

The Olympics next year will be great.

[bobmc]

Big fan of most US Olympic teams. But have to admit I am curious about 4 point win being a rout; I am not belittling the win, just wanted to clarify that that is a big margin when they had a total of 179+.