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Uploaded by Anne From Gymnastike | September 23, 2011

Shawn Johnson is a former Olympic and World Champion but was left off the 2011 World Championships team. She made her comeback to the sport this year with the ultimate goal of making the 2012 Olympic team and competed in her first competition in July at the CoverGirl Classic. Johnson talks about how she feels about this team selection. She is the non-traveling alternate for the World Championships in Tokyo and was selected to compete at the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico at the end of October.

Speakers: Shawn Johnson

Categories: Press Conference, world championships, tokyo 2011, shawn johnson

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17 comments

amanda 2 years ago

cirstance

Amanda 2 years ago

hahaha. WTF did Marta just say?

M 2 years ago

@ Kaylee Jimmons: I agree!

kaylee jimmons 2 years ago

she definitely has the right mindset!

ApolytonGP 2 years ago

yeah, it's the filter...

ApolytonGP 2 years ago

profanity filter? If so, should be tweaked not to mess with phrase when in words.

ulative, , cirstance

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

It did it again! haha what the hell

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

That's strange, when I submitted my message, it said "cirstance". And this site changed it to "cirstance" when I submitted my comment. haha weird.

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

People upset that Shawn did not make the team REALLY need to educate themselves about the intricacies of gymnastics. I'm not kidding. Seriously, there is nothing worse than ignorant uber fans. Research the code of points, learn about D scores, learn about routine composition, learn about piecing a team together for Finals at Worlds. I'm proud of Shawn for even getting to the level of Non-Traveling alternate. She has been limited skill wise by her knee and the time off and I think she has done a phenomenal job. Even though she didn't fit in onto this team, I find her journey inspirational. With that said, I certainly don't believe her huge success 3 years ago should make her an asset on current teams. Every code of points is different and every cirstance is different. If you don't understand our sport, please learn about it!

Anonymous 2 years ago

elitegymnast- if you're referring to Nastia I'm not sure that she's a . But I did wonder how she could possibly be objective judging her former teammates- especially Shawn. They were friends but they were also a great rivalry and I can't imagine that Nastia would want Shawn to get more even more attention. Hopefully she wasn't lobbying against Shawn behind the scenes.

M 2 years ago

@ elitegymnast: Woooow!.... smh... that sux for them.

elitegymnast 2 years ago

A certain bit*h in the selection committee (not Marta) played dirty politics behind the scene. That bit*h will pay off for what she did cuz God's watching.

M. Smith 2 years ago

Shawn is a very charming girl. We rarely see this kind of charisma from star gymnasts. Hopefully her comeback will turn out to be successful at London Olympics. We need superstars like her to promote our sport to the general public.

Nick 2 years ago

@gymmanic You're just taking it negatively. They don't mean it badly at all.

gymmanic 2 years ago

to gymnastike: why you always write about Shawn in negative way??? Has she done anything to you??? You came up a poll that misguided fans to vote before selection camp, and now here you come again "Shawn STILL looking to London". Where does the stupid "STILL" come from?? She never said her final goal was this Worlds, of course she's looking to London!!! Just stop dringking the haterade, K?!