Directly from the plane from Beijing, Gold Medalist in gymnastics, Shawn Johnson stopped by to chat with David Letterman. She’s tired, but she’s adorable. Take a look:
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After a week of Silver Medals–in the team, the all-around competition, and the floor exercises, American gymnast, Shawn Johnson has a Gold Medal. She earned the medal in the balance beam competition on Tuesday, with a stellar score of 16.225. Her teammate, Nastia Liukin earned the Silver Medal and China’s Cheng Fei took the Bronze […]
There have been a few surprises in the women’s individual gymnastics competitions. In the floor exercises, Romania’s Sandra Izbasa edged out the American women by just .15 points for the Gold Medal. Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin of the United States took the Silver and Bronze Medals.
In the vault, Alicia Sacramone of the United States, […]
Actually it was a combination of the Chinese women’s strong performances and the American women’s mistakes that earned China the women’s team gymnastic Gold Medal and the defending Olympic champion US team the Silver Medal. It started off well enough for the US, with all three gymnasts–Alicia Sacramone, Shawn Johnson, and Bridget Sloan–nailed their vaults. […]
It wasn’t the start the US women’s gymnastic team would have hoped for. Just minutes before the qualifying competition began, Samatha Peszek injured her ankle, allowing her to compete just on the uneven bars and leaving the US with just four uninjured gymnasts for most of the qualifiying rounds, where teams are allowed to use […]
If you weren’t able to stay up to watch the podium training session for the US women’s gymnastic team last night, don’t worry; neither was I. (I’m saving my sleepless nights for the actual competition.) However, there are a few scenes from the session posted on YouTube, including this one of Shawn Johnson […]
“Time” magazine has just released their picks for the top 100 athletes to watch at the Beijing Games. Leading the list is my hometown hero, LeBron James. (sometimes the world is a very small place.) The other top 20 on the list are below. Visit the “Time” Web site for the complete, interactive list.
1. LeBron […]
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The US women’s Olympic gymnastic team was named yesterday evening, with few surprises. Joining Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin in Beijing will be Chellsie Memmel, Alicia Sacramone, Samantha Peszek, and Bridget Sloan (pictured above). The US women are favorites to win the […]
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US Gymnast, Shayla Worley fractured her right fibula yesterday during the two-day Olympic selection camp at the Bela Karolyi Camp outside of Houston, likely ending her Olympic chances for this year.
The camp will decide the final four members of the US […]
Shawn Johnson is one of two members already confirmed for the US Olympic gymnastics team. (The remaining four members will be chosen on July 20.) She’s also one of the most popular members of the entire US Olympic team.
The 16-year-old Iowan is the 2007 World All-Round Champion as well as the 2007 and 2008 US […]
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Written by Jeanne Dupuis [email], and Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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