Gymanist Shawn Johnson retires

Subject: Gymanist Shawn Johnson retires Sun Jun 03, 2012 4:30 pm

http://espn.go.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/8003799/gymnast-shawn-johnson-retires-cites-lingering-knee-injury

Posts : 13554 Join date : 2012-04-09

I thought she was trying to make the olympic team

Subject: Re: Gymanist Shawn Johnson retires Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:16 am

Her knee injury was to severe.

Posts : 15292 Join date : 2012-03-18 Age : 40

that sucks..i liked that young lady...

Subject: Re: Gymanist Shawn Johnson retires Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:46 am

Yea, I do too.

Posts : 15292 Join date : 2012-03-18 Age : 40

this is weird...but ive always followed womens gymnastics at the Olympics ...i remember being a big fan of dominque dawes and dominque muchiono (misspelled)...

Subject: Re: Gymanist Shawn Johnson retires Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:08 pm

Nothing weird about that, I watch womens gymnastics too.

Posts : 15292 Join date : 2012-03-18 Age : 40

i remember watching kerri shrug (ms) ..and when she landed that last flip with a fucked up ankle?..i was in vegas with "mah boys"...and we were all watching freakin girls gymnastics..lol...we all jumped up and down like it was the greatest thing...i was only like 13 or something..

Subject: Re: Gymanist Shawn Johnson retires Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:18 pm

, aw youth.

Moderator Posts : 3583 Join date : 2012-04-08 Age : 38

that sucks, I was hoping she would be able to make the Olympic team.

Posts : 3026 Join date : 2012-04-08 Age : 53

She's a true class act. Does loads of charity appearances in Iowa and is very friendly and kind to "the public".

I love her foresight in taking care of herself though. It's a smart move on her part.