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Uploaded by Euro Gym | October 24, 2011

Shawn Johnson on beam at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara. This is during the team final competition. Johnson is the reigning Olympic Champion on beam and made her comeback to gymnastics in July of this year.

Speakers: Shawn Johnson

Categories: pan american games, Beam, shawn johnson, team usa

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16 comments

Carly 2 years ago

I think there are a lot of areas where she's made great improvements. She's more mature, dance has improved and she's upgraded her difficulty since Classics. I agree that with more numbers, I think by next year she will be looking pretty darn good. Go Shawn!

Marieke 2 years ago

I hope the ankle she rolled on beam is ok, and not the one she sprained recently.

Lauren H 2 years ago

Too bad about the falls, but I wasn't expecting Shawn to be perfect here. This is her first international competition since the Olympics, so to expect her to be flawless isn't realistic. I'm really pleased to see that she's making upgrades, it shows that she's really serious about this comeback. Who will make the Olympics next year is still too close to call, but I'm happy the journey will be fun to watch. Go Shawn!!

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

Xgym, splitting the beam means she fell, but take a look a Shawn's beam routine. When she does her split leap,her foot hits the beam then slides off the side and she almost straddles the beam. That's splitting the beam and it can be very painful. Shawn sort of saved herself from a full on split. Hope that helps. Someone else may have a better explanation.

John Morgillo 2 years ago

@Anonymous Coward... I agree 100%

xGymCouture 2 years ago

What does it mean if you "split the beam"?

So Marta made the right choice 2 years ago

So I guess all those people who wanted Shawn flown out for Worlds, Marta knew best. I'm sure right now your thinking, well we don't know if she would have made mistakes and taken falls and your absolutely correct. However, Marta must have known that something could or would happen if she was on the team. Now I still don't agree with her on the Anna Li thing but on the Shawn Johnson decision, I think this competition proved she was right.

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

Shawn looks great. The first tumbling pass is flawless. She has fallen on that switch leap before if you remember. I think she was thinking about the layouts after it and just got a little ahead of herself. She is almost there. She just needs a little more time, but she looks great.

S 2 years ago

I really really hope she's ready for the Olympics but can't help feeling she left her comeback a year too late... and there's so much depth now on the team. There almost isn't room for her anymore... Still, a lot can happen in 10 months. This will probably spur her on, too, coz she'll be annoyed with herself.
Splitting the beam is SO horrible - I have some awful memories of doing that!

koruton 2 years ago

The routine definetley has potential but she needs way more numbers to make it consistent enough for major competitions (hello Olympic Games!) She definetley would not have been ready for Worlds and I wonder what these falls and the stall on UB means for her chances of making the Olympic Team...

John Morgillo 2 years ago

Her body looks fantastic... She just needs the numbers to boost her confidence. She has always been one to charge after each skill on beam with little hesitation. You can tell she wants to do exactly that in this routine but doesn't have the fluency yet. If she can stay healthy, I have no doubt that she will be a huge force.

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

There is no doubt after seeing this that Marta made the right choice in leaving Shawn off of the worlds team. If there were any Marta doubters this performance and her bars performance should convience even the biggest skeptics.

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

those falls seem to be bc she does not have the numbers yet bc she seems to have the power for the skills just not the numbers to know where she is on the beam

Mary 2 years ago

Glad to see her at this level. Her full is back, shame about the falls, but I'm sure she will be more consistent soon.

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

super annoying camera angles on all these vids

Nicole L 2 years ago

Yikes about the falls but love that she went for so many new upgrades. The two turns in a row worked out nicely. I'm impressed by the improved dance elements.