The Commercial Appeal

GYMNASTICS

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John Orozco rallied to win the U.S. men’s gymnastics championsh­ips Saturday in St. Louis, edging defending champ Danell Leyva on the last rotation to give the Americans a potent one-two punch at next month’s London Olympics. The 19-year-old from the Bronx trailed Leyva by two points with two events to go before putting together a pair of spectacula­r routines on high bar and floor exercise to lift the three-time U.S. junior champion to victory. Orozco finished with a two-round total of 184.850, barely ahead of Leyva’s 184.800.

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