Shawn Johnson - 2011 CoverGirl Classic - Balance Beam

[klegler1664]

I am a HUGE fan of Shawn and wouldn`t care if she fell off the beam 20 times. Though for her it`s not possible to fall off even close to 20 times. So no worries:)

[xGymCouture]

@klegler1664 It's not possible for anyone because no gymnast performs 20 skills on the beam ;)

[meadowlane37]

she's got a very nice physique....

[3rockstargymnast]

I LOVE SHAWN SHE AMAZING

[McDiddy9999]

Legs? THICK.

[meeg2005]

i would smell, lick bite slap, squeeze and sleep on her booty. Please have her blow stinkers in a jar and put it on my nose!. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!

[1Timoteo41]

It loos like she is starting to be more artistic than she used to, that's good!

[f8thovermoney]

I LOVE Shawn Johnson I do gymnastics and she's the reason I wanted to start I'm the first place and some day I want to be just like her

[SuperBesties143]

she is still so good!

[DoggyHelpChannel]

QUACK! QUACK! SHAWN JOHNSON IS THE BEST GYMNAST IN THE WORLD! QUACK! QUACK!

[daniluvzuforeva]

i am soo happy i got your autograph !!! YOU ROCK 

[matts0494]

Did Shawn Johnson participating in the olympics 2012?

[kooki85]

@matts0494 Magic ball says yes.

[matts0494]

Did Shawn Johnson participating in the olympics 2012?

[xGymCouture]

@matts0494 Dude try and speak in the present tense first of all! :P And the olympic team will not be decided until after the Olympic Trials in July.

[jblover10184]

DOES SHE HAVE TATOOS NOW??? WOW GIRLLLLLL.

[xGymCouture]

@jblover10184 tattoos? no she doesn't!! :P

[Jumpamora]

MET**

[Jumpamora]

!!! I MEET U AND HAVE UR AUTOGRAPH <3 WOODWARD !! LUV U

[learsisud]

¬¬' =S

[pianistofbabylone]

5.7 + 7.7 = 13.4, not 13.3...

[xGymCouture]

@pianistofbabylone I forgot to add in she had a 0.1 penalty aswell :)

[pianistofbabylone]

@xGymCouture Than all is fine now^^

[LeticiaHollywood]

Nossa 13.300 espero que a shawn de antes volte a brilhar #2012PROMETESHAWNJOHNSON

[kewelgirl]

wait i havent been watching gymnastics for a while since the olympics...why is her score so low? did they change the scoring system/what's equivalent to like a 16 back then now?

[xGymCouture]

@kewelgirl Well firstly the scoring has gotten tougher and the start values have become lower aswell. But Shawn's start value here is only a 5.7 meaning a 15.700 if she scored a 10 which could never happen & she did have her fall here and a few skills are quite rusty :/ But fingers crossed she'll be in great shape for 2012 :)

[aznboi415nigguh]

why does she have to have such a manly name..

[missjenjenrox]

shawn- please dont stop! For me! I love u and wanna be just like u!

[olgafre]

Why johnson's score decreased in the second day?

[xGymCouture]

@olgafre There was no 2nd day of the CoverGirl Classic..

[kyle887923]

you can tell she is deffinitly not in the same shape she was in 2008, but she will be.

Her splits have improved though. She couldnt quit hit them in 2008 but she hits them alot better now.

[Timtation69]

Can't wait to see her in the Pan American GAMES!

[saallyy13]

she won a teen choice award?! omg!! =D

[xGymCouture]

@saallyy13 Yeah! & it's her second aswell! :D

[anne11dance]

yeah, it'll be hard but in the interviews she looks quite confident about her chance to be on the world team so .. i don't know we'll see :), but do you know when will the list of the girls going to worlds will be released?:o

[xGymCouture]

@anne11dance Yeah :/ I have no idea!! Thats what I'm asking everyone!! USA are always the last country to annonuce their team for any competition so it will most likely be next week :)

[anne11dance]

it's her first competition since 3 years, she needs a little time to get back in the beat, she also is recovering from an injury, juste give her a break, i'm sure she'll be ready for worlds AND the Olympics in 2012:)

[xGymCouture]

@anne11dance To true! But I have a feeling she won't make the world team because there are girls doing amanar vaults so she wouldn't be used in TF, her bars SV isn't high enough and she could be used on beam but there are are a few girls which are most likely to make the team which have difficult beam routines and she's not competed her new floor routine yet so her chances of making the world team are quite slim maybe?& since usa are weak on bars atm martha will want to put on strong bar workers

[PioneerOnSupercity]

i think that the injury is the reason behind her mistakes

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

@PioneerOnSupercity Oh definately. It's a combination. The injury, nervousness, lack of numbers, and her new body.

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

No offense to Johnson, but what's with the front tuck + sheep? Who does she think she is? Fan Ye?

[Timtation69]

@ShawnVikaKomova2012 Crack me up hahaha! Who does she think she is, Carly PATTERSON???

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

@Timtation69 Yes, Patterson did the combination as well... But it was nothing compared to Fan Ye's.

[kooki85]

Looks good to me, considering she's had two years off because of a destroyed knee.

[XOXOGymnasticsMonkey]

Shawn is awesome but she was better. She has to get back in the gym and get as good as she was. maybe if she trains very hard again she make it to 2012 and maybe get gold in the A.A.

[1797rachel]

she is amazing! :) not as good as she was in 2008 olympics, but considering she has left gym for more than 2 years, its already great!!! :)

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

I could see Shawn doing the following: 1. Cartwheel through chest stand to swing down. (A) 2. Flic-Flac+Flic+Back layout 1/1 (B)(B)(G) .2 3. Front tuck/pike+Back tuck (D)/(E)(C) .1 4. Back full+Flic-Flac (F)(B) .1 5. Johnson 1/2 [D] 6. Switch split leap+Layout stepout+Back pike [C](C)(C) .2 7. Full turn w/ leg at horizontal+full turn [C][A] .1 8. Split jump+Straddle [A][A] 9. Flic+Flic+Double Pike (B)(B)(E) .2 Or Full-in (G) Either 6.9/7.0 depending on form of pike

[xGymCouture]

@ShawnVikaKomova2012 Whats a "Johnson"?

[KMoney3187]

@xGymCouture the move at 1:10

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

@xGymCouture A Johnson is the split she does at at 1:13, but Shawn does it with a 1/2 twist. It is not named after Shawn. It is named after Brandy Johnson of the US who was most successful from 1986-1990.

[xGymCouture]

@ShawnVikaKomova2012 Oh right, is it basically just like a kind of straddle/box split jump?

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

@xGymCouture Well it's like a split leap with a 1/4 counter movement to a straddle split. I don't know if that makes sense. In this video, /watch?v=0scpElwITCQ, you'll see at 1:04 Shawn will do a regular Johnson split without the additional 1/2 turn that she did at Classics.

[xGymCouture]

@ShawnVikaKomova2012 Haha yeah thats what I mean't ;) :)

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

@xGymCouture Oh okay. Good =).

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

@ShawnVikaKomova2012 My bad. Back full + Flic combo has a .2 CV not .1. She would have either a 7.0 or a 7.1 depending on the form of the pike if she did that routine.

[bryanific11]

@ShawnVikaKomova2012 Wow! That's nice to hear that Shawn's intended Balance Beam routine has a Difficulty Value of about 7.0. By the way, a Back lay-out is a G element? After the Pike front, is that a Sheep Jump? thanks!

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

@bryanific11 Well it's not Shawn's intended routine, but it's what I see her doing pretty easily. A back layout is an E, back layout 1/1 is a G. In the routine I think she should do, she would do a back tuck after the front tuck/pike. In her routine in the video, she does a front tuck and then a sheep jump.

[bryanific11]

@ShawnVikaKomova2012 Thanks!

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

@bryanific11 No problem.

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

@ShawnVikaKomova2012 Now she does a free cartwheel on beam so she actually could have either 7.1 or 7.2 depending on the form of the pike.

[larsmonty100]

I studied Health Science Diploma and doing any sort of gymnastics other than bars with an ACL injury is madness. You go girl. ACL's are such tricky injuries so it is amazing to see her doing gym at all. ACL are very hard to repair and sometimes never do. I know people who have done them and they were advised pretty much no sport at all

[maddimayhem15]

Shaky, but I'm SO glad she's back.

[dorkBoi07]

kinda "unshawnly"

[gymnastgirl245]

Wow. Thats the first time I've EVER seen her not completely stick that handspring handspring layout series. Good job for getting back into gymnastics tho :)

[SuperGymmie]

@gymnastgirl245 She fell on it at the Team finals at the world championships in 2007 and nearly fell at the Event Finals. Im sure she was just nervous in 2007 when she made those mistakes Chow also said it was "just the nerves"

[sollibrero]

Lauren Mitchell I meant on floor.

[sollibrero]

The girls that I want to get medal... Shawn in beam, Beth in UB and Laura on floor.

[ASME0071]

Thank you for uploading this!

[KhickFreak]

I'm just so happy to see her back. I'll always love Shawn, no matter what!

[monpeskina]

we have to think she fell twice at wordls (BB event final)...these are normal things guys...she was so nervous!!!3 year off from competition and an injury...she said she wasn't ready to do this but she did anyway...i'm so proud of her!!next time i'm sure she will do better...but nothing is better see her again competing!!!!!!!GO SHAWN!!

[GEErardwayy]

I'm just glad she's back :-)

[Gr33nkiwi]

That sheep leap was HORRIBLE.

[chinghxd]

she must be so nervous; but who wouldn't be after no official comps since beijing! but the thing is we KNOW she can do those skills so well. she just needs to get it back! this is just the first step =). go shawn!

[zEmsterMBM]

I truly think her falls are just because of nerves. Cant wait for VISAs! Go Shawn!

[stph8605]

Does anyone know why she wasn't wearing a nike leo? She looked great!

[xGymCouture]

@stph8605 I thought everyone wore GK leos at the Nationals? But howcome Alicia was wearing an Under Armour leo? I always thought the tradition was to wear GK leotards at Classics & Nationals and then Adidas leos at international events?!

[zdancer6]

@xGymCouture the gym chooses the leo. Most choose GK because it is such a popular brand for gymnasts. There are always those one or two gymnasts that use a different brand.

[xGymCouture]

@zdancer6 Really? Howcome Aly wore a GK leo then?! :S

[zdancer6]

@xGymCouture i guess the coach let them choose. The Under Armour might have something to do with her being sponsored by visa?

[xGymCouture]

@zdancer6 Yeah, she seems to wear Under Armour stuff all the time! Like in training all her t-shirts, sweatpants, shorts, heandbands like everything is UA! :L Is UA owned by Visa or something?

[zdancer6]

@xGymCouture maybe they partnered with visa, since visa is not a sports brand

[stph8605]

@zdancer6 well shawn is sponsored by nike now. and alicia was wearing a lot of under armour, that would be cool if she has a sponsor too.

[zdancer6]

@stph8605 i remember hearing that alicia is now partnered with visa like nastia was during the olympic period

[gymnastcastillo1017]

@stph8605 I think its because this is a classic meet and not like nationals where everyone has to be put together as a team. So in classics obviously its competeing against everyone else and not on an official U.S team so they dont have to match. :)

[uzizoe04]

@stph8605 Yes , because she recently signed a contract w/ Nike they are supporting her til 2012

[lion9008]

@stph8605 I think she is wearing one from her own line at GK. I also think I remember reading somewhere that the agreement with nike was her to wear the nike workout gear but not during the competitions.

[lion9008]

@stph8605 I think she is wearing one from her own GK line. On her website, it says that she was going to wear nike workout gear, but she was going to continue to wear GK leotards.

[stph8605]

@lion9008 that makes sense, thanks!

[tumblefan101]

her mount is not as good as lauren mitchells

[allaroundcoach]

the thing that strikes me is that she is a million times more elegant than he used to be! now THAT means goooood things for her in the future!!

[cleicsioluek]

@allaroundcoach I hope it will be REALLY good things :)

[gymukc]

The main thing is: we KNOW she can do the skill she fell on from the podium training video. This was simply nerves. She is back!

[liukin95]

This is just the first step for her, she used this competition to get back into the swing of things and that is what she did so she can learn from her mistakes and come back knowing what to do at visa's.

[27lovecheerforever]

i hope she adds the full and dismount bak again

[91andRWforever]

I think she did amazing! Yes, she fell, and yes, she made some mistakes, but she was probably more nervous than she'd ever been in her entire life. She will regain confidence soon and she will be stronger than we've ever seen!!

[xGymCouture]

@91andRWforever Agreed completely!!!

[mvo09]

@91andRWforever I agree with you !! She will do it to the olympics !! I'm sure she will ! :D

[xGymCouture]

@Ilovebrucieboy No just Bars and Beam

[Ingriddoingsports]

tnx for the upload!!! 

[gabie100]

@Ilovebrucieboy no :(



[caillinnumberonefan]

shawn! woo!