Gymnastics

Shawn Johnson 'put Iowa on the map for gymnastics'
Indianapolis Star
Shawn Johnson during the Senior Women's competition on day four of the Visa
Gymnastics Championships at Xcel Energy Center on Aug. 20, 2011, in St
Paul, Minnesota. / Getty Images file photo Shawn Johnson finds herself at a
career crossroads at the ...
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Why US Gymnast Shawn Johnson Gave Up Bid for Second Olympics
TIME (blog)
Johnson talks candidly about what inspired her comeback — and why she
decided to end her competitive career By Alice Park | @aliceparkny | June
4, 2012 | + Shawn Johnson stretches before the Senior Women's competition
on day four of the Visa ...
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GYMNASTICS: Knee injury forces former world champion to retire
Pakistan Daily Times
INDIANAPOLIS: Shawn Johnson, the former world champion and 2008 Olympic
all-round runner-up attempting a London Olympics comeback, announced her
retirement from competitive gymnastics on Sunday. A nagging left knee
injured Johnson's dream of returning ...
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3 Reasons Shawn Johnson's Retirement is No Surprise
Midwest Sports Fans
It seems like just yesterday we were watching the young, bubbly Johnson
triumph on the US Olympic Gymnastics Team while charming the hearts of
American fans. Sunday, after months of training, Shawn Johnson announced
her retirement from gymnastics.
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Ross, 15, could compete in all four Olympic gymnastics events if she makes
US ...
The Republic
By Diane Pucin Los Angeles Times Ross likes the balance beam too, a piece
of gymnastics equipment that she has also studied well. It is, at least on
some days, Ross' favorite apparatus. That's on the days when she isn't
totally engrossed in her floor ...
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Shawn Johnson says sport can be 'brutal,' but it's good
USA TODAY
By Roxanna Scott, USA TODAY Shawn Johnson, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist,
says she doesn't know if she'd allow a daughter of hers to compete in the
sometimes "brutal" sport of gymnastics. Johnson, 20, announced her
retirement from competitive ...
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Gymnasts place high in nationals
Charlotte Observer
By Corey Inscoe Southeastern Gymnastics' Grace Glenn finished fourth in the
uneven bars at the Women's Junior Olympics National Championships. Courtesy
of Southeastern Gymnastics Weddington-based Southeastern Gymnastics had a
strong showing in the ...
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Brian Cazeneuve: Johnson's comeback worth commemorating as she walks away
SI.com
In the accelerated shelf life of gymnastics, a 20-year-old may well be
living on bonus time, a value-added second wind often guided by gumption
and plied on gimpy knees. Shawn Johnson was not going to accomplish
anything she hadn't already done.
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Olympics: Gymnast Shawn Johnson retires
OCRegister
Shawn Johnson competes at the Nissan Gymnastics Complex during Day 10 of
the XVI Pan American Games on Oct. 24, 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The
four-time Olympic medalist announced her retirement Sunday. Click on the
photo for more photos of Johnson.
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