Nastia Liukin - Balance Beam - 2007 Visa Championships - Day 1

Score: 15.600 - Aug. 16, 2007 - Day one of the women's competition at the 2007 Visa Championships at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

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[musiclover4698]

Nastia Liukin is amazing, besides the dismount, she was great!

[xoxPatriots83ily]

@Tumble4Life123 Um actaully Shawn is training for the Olympics. Nastia's the one who gave up on the sport. Sure she did beam at the 2009 nationals, other than that nothing. Nastia's been doing the celebrity thing more than Shawn. Shawn did for a year and a half after the Olympics, but now she's making a full comeback. She's going to be competing and this year's Visa's and not just on one event like Nastia. So which gymnast is the one who gave up? Shawn just took a break at the right time.

[Aceuniverse]

@xoxPatriots83ily Just so you know. Nastia held a position as the Athlete Representative for FIG. So she was supposed to keep as neutral as possible. Which kept her from competing. She still trained through.

[OhHeyyItsJay]

@laurenbogart Nastia is actually making a comeback for this years Olympics. She is on the nation team. They both needed a break and now, they are both back.

[PhenixJoe]

That Switch Ring was amazing.

[laurenbogart]

@xoxPatriots83ily nastia is 22 years old .

you can only put your body through all the things gymnastics has you doing for so long .

if she chooses not to come back it is her decision , people grow out of things .

every great gymnast has to retire eventually .

[Elle23345]

@xxLOlliPOPLUVERxx Uh Nastia is coming back??

[xxLOlliPOPLUVERxx]

@chinghxd lol false. Nastia said she earned all the medals she wanted. What can you win thats bigger than the all-around olympic gold? nothing. So why would she come back if she's won virtually all titles there is to win?

[ireguil]

you know, a triple twist is incredibly hard. the fact that she landed that was great. maybe it was a bit sloppy according to gymnastics but i want to take the time and give her props for her whole routine

[Elle23345]

I think Nast chose the right time for a comeback. Sure its really close to London but alot of the other girls who announced a comeback a year or 2 ago are now stuck with injuries. I believe she can do it.

[camjay8]

@xoxPatriots83ily Nastia is coming back for 2012. She has officially announced she will get beam and bars back then hopefully the all around will follow.

[fantastischfish]

@xoxPatriots83ily Nastia is a bit older than Shawn though. There comes a point when you have to relax your training and allow your body to develop naturally. Training so fiercely really prevents your body from developing fully, and can also damge your joints and muscles if you don't slow down as you get older. I think it's rather naive and dismissive to expect an Olympic champion to continue training ferociously for a further four years in a sport where they've already achieved so much.