Brandy Johnson won three events and was...
Brandy Johnson won three events and was second in the other in the McDonald’s American Cup gymnastics meet at Fairfax, Va.
Favorite Phoebe Mills, 15, the defending champion, finished fourth overall after falling off the balance beam and placing fifth in the event. Mills won the vault, edging Johnson, also 15.
Vitali Marinich of the Soviet Union won the men’s competition, with American Lance Ringnald edging countryman Patrick Kirksey for second.
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