Goodbye 2008 Retirees-Montage

Dedicated to the elite gymnasts who retired last year.

They started out in this sport young, worked hard, and got to the highest level. And even though they made mistakes, they have so much to look back at and be proud of.

You might notice that Alicia Sacramone is in there.
She has announced her return to competition (hopefully 2010 US Nationals.

However, she DID retire in 2008 :)
Features:
Isabelle Serverino (France)-2006 European Floor Champion.
Alicia Sacramone (USA)-2005 World Floor Champion.
Steliana Nistor (Romania)-2007 World All Around Silver.
Irina Krasnianska (Ukraine)-2006 World Beam Champion.
Cassey Vericel (France)-2007 World Floor Bronze.
Verona Van de Leur (Netherlands)-2002 World Floor Silver.
Monica Bergamelli (Italy)-2006 European Team Champion.
Li Ya (China)-2006 World Cup Beam Champion.
Patricia Moreno (Spain)-2004 Olympic Floor Bronze.
Pang Panpan (China)-2006 World Team Champion.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Isabelle
• Serverino
• Alicia
• Sacramone
• Steliana
• Nistor
• Irina
• Krasnianska
• Cassey
• Vericel
• Verona
• Van
• de
• Leur
• Monica
• Bergamelli
• Li
• Ya
• Patricia
• Moreno
• Pang
• Panpan

[smartabarn]

did shawn johnsson ritiree?

[y2kbabe347]

She hasn't officially announced it, but hasn't been in the gym for over year.

When she gets asked if she will be going to the 2012 Olympics, she always says "well I'll go back to the gym and see if my heart is still in it".

Most likely, I'd say shes pretty much retired.

[KaeslinFan2]

im going to miss steliana :(

[londongymgurl]

aww...i think i will miss isabelle the most. she was one of the best!

good song choice!

[unevercalled]

I'm surprised Steliana isn't around anymore...it just seemed she'd be there forever. She's nowhere near my fave but I always admired how she improved over the yrs.

[MadeleinePhillips666]

@y2kbabe347 Ahn...honey? Shawn is back. She competed the US National Championships this year on Beam, Bars and Vault. She she was really great. Even without floor. And her new fx music is Bajofondo - Pa' Bailar

[GymnasticsFan1144]

I miss Steliana aloot! She was amazing :')

[brdbarreira]

Stela was my favorite gymnast. It's sad to say that Romania lost almost all of their power with her retirement :'(

[hondutrujilloca]

SHAWN JOHNSON HAS NOT RETIRE SHE'S BACK AT THE GYM IN FACT SHE'S BEEN BCK AT TH GYM FOR OVER A YEAR NOW!!! SINCE FEB. 2010 ALSO ALICIA SACRAMONE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT IN 2010 AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY AT THE 2010 WORLDS IN ROTTERDAM AND WON THE VAULT EVENT FINALS

[rgtzgmnst]

@KaeslinFan2 Totally agree she is the best

[afgymnast96]

@smartabarn she is now back in the gym, but she hurt her knee badly in January. she promised she has a new skill,which by looking at trianing videos, looks like a layout full on beam. I don't think the US will need her horribly,as they need bars workers(which she never really was,though she had a layout double double off them)

[tide32athlete]

Great music selection

[isa1285]

It's sooooo beautiful... a real tribute